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Pods more than 4 times as long as broad; leaflets not obtuse (except 
in C. amazonica). 
Hilum short, not over one-fifth the circumference of the seed. 
Apex of leaflets not strongly acuminate. 
Leaflets firm, almost chartaceous. Intermediate ridge 2 to 3 mm. 
from the ventral ridge__________--~_____- 15. C. mexicana. 
Leaflets membranaceous. 
Intermediate ridge 3 to 4 mm. from the ventral ridge; pods 
12 to 14 em. long______-___--------_- 16. C. panamensis. 
Intermediate ridge 5 mm. from the ventral ridge; pods 17 cm. 
long __--------------------------- 17. C. paraguayensis. 
Apex of leaflets strongly acuminate. 
Leaflets conspicuously venulose__...____________ 18. C. fendleri. 
Leaflets not conspicuously venulose_________ 19. C. leptophylla. 
Hilum long, at least one-third the circumference, and nearly as 
long as the seed. 
Pods 20 to 80 cm. long; seeds red, white, or cinnamon-colored. 
- 20. C. gladiata. 
Pods less than 20 cm. long; seeds brownish. 
Intermediate rib of pod 2 to 3 mm. from the ventral rib. 
Leaflets acutely acuminate and apiculate, conspicuously reticu- 
late__________-_-_ ee 21. C. caribaea, 
Leaflets obtusely acuminate and apiculate, not conspicuously 
reticulate _..-___-_----_-_ eee 22. C. boliviana. 
Intermediate rib of pod 5 mm. from ventral rib. 
Leaflets obtuse or obtusish, elliptic in outline. 
23. C. amazonica. 
Leaflets not obtuse or obtusish. 
Seeds black and brown striped; leaflets lance-oblong, acute, 
reticulate; calyx teeth ciliate__-____--__ 24, C. dictyota. 
Seeds isabella-color; leaflets ovate, acuminate; calyx teeth 
not ciliate_______-..-__.-__-______-- 25. C. brasiliensis. 
4. Didiplopleura. Stems herbaceous; leaflets membranous; calyx with 
upper lip bread, emarginate, and lower lip small, 3-lobed; pod valves each with 
4 longitudinal ridges, a pair of them close to each suture. 
A single species___---------_-____------------------------__ 26. C. anomala. 
1. Canavalia cubensis Griseb. Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. 8: 178. 1861. 
Stems climbing, woody, glabrous; petioles slender, mostly shorter than the 
leaflets; stipules and stipels not seen; petiolules puberulent, 3 mm. long: 
leaflets coriacecous, oblong to broadly oval, shortly and obtusely acuminate. 
rounded at base, glabrous, prominently reticulate, 5 to 8 em. long; peduncles 
about as long as the 10 to 15-flowered thyrse, the rachis sparsely puberulent ; 
pedicellar glands prominent; pedicels 3 to 4 mm. long; bracteoles minute, 
orbicular; calyx campanulate, glabrous, 10 mm. long, the broad upper lip 
bilobed, about equaling the tube, the lower lip entire, oblong, 2 mm. long; 
corolla purple, 1.5 cm. long; standard broadly obovate, reflexed, not emarginate, 
obscurely biauriculate and with two linear callosities; wings nearly as long 
as the keel; keel falcate, obtuse; stigma capitate; young pods sparsely strigil- 
lose; mature pods oblong, beaked at tip, stipitate, compressed, dark brown, the 
valves thick and much wrinkled, each with a single rib near the ventral suture, 
2 to 9-seeded, 10 to 15 cm. long; seeds dark red, shiny, 17X17X10 mm., the 
linear blackish hilum two-fifths of the circumference. 
Cusa: Monte Verde, a coffee plantation in the mountains back of Santa 
Catalina de Guanténamo, Wright 139, “ climbing over trees” (Gray, Kew). 
