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flowered, peduncled : calyx bilabiate to the middle, half as long as the corolla : superior 

 lobes ovate, inferior lanceolate ; legume oblong, sessile, pubescent with appressed down. 

 — Bot. Mag. t. 3034. — Leaves blunt in the "West Indian form ; flowers variegatcd-blue. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, a common weed in the fields ; Bahamas ! and Caribbean Islands ! ; [East 

 Indies !] . 



4*. C. sericea, Retz. {non Burnt.). Stem erect, obtuse-angled, glabrous; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, shortly petioled, blunt, mucronulate, glabrous above, subsericeous-pubescent 

 beneath, pellucid-dotted : stipules sessile, semi-sagittate, reflexed ; racemes terminal, elon- 

 gated, many-flowered : the lowest bracts sterile ; calyx bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : 

 superior lobes ovate, inferior ovate-lanceolate ; legume oblong, shortly and broadly stipitate, 

 glabrous. — C. Leschenaidtii, Macf. {non DC). — Habit of a stout Lupinus; stem 2'-3' 

 high ; flowers bright -yellow. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils. ; [East Indies I]. 



5*. O. retusa, L. Annual; stem erect, striate, subsericeous-pubescent or glabrate; 

 leaves spathulate, very shortly petioled, rounded or retuse at the top, glabrous above, sub- 

 sericeous-pubescent beneath, pellucid-dotted : stipules minute, subulate-setaceous, or want- 

 ing ; racemes terminal, elongated, many-flowered ; calyx bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : 

 superior lobes ovate, inferior lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate ; legume oblong, very shortly 

 and broadly stipitate, glabrous. — Bot. Mag. t. 2560. — C. sericea, Burnt, (lnd. t. 48./. 1) : 

 probably a form with mucronate leaves. — 1'-2' high ; flowers yellow ; the standard varie- 

 gated. — Hab. Jamaica !, very common ; Bahamas !, Caribbean Islands 1, Trinidad I ; [Cuba to 

 Brazil !, East Indies !]. 



6*. C. juncea, L. Annual ; stem erect, striate-cylindrical, sericeous-pubescent ; leaves 

 linear or oblong-linear, mucronate, very shortly petioled, sericeous-pubescent chiefly beneath, 

 obsoletely dotted : stipules minute, setaceous ; racemes terminal, elongated, with many dis- 

 tant flowers; calyx tomentose, 5-partite or bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : segments lanceo- 

 late-linear (the inferior sometimes cohering at the top) ; legume oblong, subsessile, villous- 

 tomentose. — Bot. Mag. t. 490, 1933. — C. fenestrata, Sims. — Stem virgate, 2' high ; flowers 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, March ; [East Indies]. 



7*. C. tetragona, Roxb. Suffrutescent ; branches acutely tetragonal, pubescent ; 

 leaves elongated, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, very shortly petioled, strigose-pubescent or 

 glabrate : stipules minute, setaceous ; racemes terminal and lateral, with many distant, re- 

 supinate flowers ; calyx rusty-velvety, deeply bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : segments 

 lanceolate (the inferior usually cohering at the top) ; legume oblong, sessile, tomentose. — 

 Bot. Repos. t. 593. — Inferior leaves often 10" long, 8'" broad ; calyx large, with a dark- 

 rusty tomentum; flowers yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, Al. ; S. Andrews, in gravelly river-beds ; 

 [East Indies]. 



8*. C. nana, Burnt. Annual ; stem hairy with appressed down, low, cylindrical ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, mucronulate, shortly petioled, strigose-pubescent chiefly beneath : stipules 

 none ; peduncles lateral, few-flowered ,• calyx deeply bilabiate : superior lobes and inferior, 

 segments lanceolate; legume oblong, subsessile, glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. — 

 Burnt. Ind. t. 48./. 2 : agreeing exactly with our plant, which is in fruit, while Wight 

 and Arnott's diagnosis corresponds less. — Stem 4" long; legume 8'" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, Wullschl., Manchester at Fairfield ; [East Indies]. 



9*. C. folva, Roxb. Shrubby ; branches cylindrical, pubescent or sericeous ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, blunt, mucronulate, very shortly petioled, sericeous-pubescent or glabrate : 

 stipules none ; racemes compound, in a terminal panicle ; calyx 5-partite, sericeous on the 

 outside, exceeded by the corolla, excrescent : segments flat, ovate, bluntish ; legume oval, 

 sessile, villous, enclosed within the calyx. — C. Berteriana, DC. — 10' high; down appressed, 

 whitish or fulvous. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Bancr., Wils. ; S. Vincent I, Guild. ; 



[East Indies !]. 



** Leaves %-foliolate, long-petioled. 



10. C. pumila, Ort. Annual, ascending, diffuse, pubescent or glabrate ; leaflets 3, ovate, 

 oblanceolate or obcordate : stipules minute, deciduous ; racemes few-flowered, corymbiform, 

 terminal ; calyx 5 -fid, exceeded by the corolla: lobes ovate, pointed; keel with a straight, 

 horizontal beak ; legume short, obovate-oblong, sessile, puberulous, much longer than the 

 calyx. — C. lupulina, DC. C. litoralis, DC C. dichotoma, Grah. ! C. tepicana, Hook. Am. I 



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