182 LEGUMINOSjE. 



flatly compressed, many-seeded. — Leaves impari-pinnate (rarelg 3-1); flowers racemose, 

 {rarely fascicled), purplish, blue, or white ; standard usually sericeous on the outside. 



Sect. 1. Eutjephrosia. — Vexillar stamen adhering. Flowers racemose. — Leaves pinnate. 



24. T. toxicaria, Pers. Suffrutescent ; stem erect, silicate, velvety ; leaflets 10-20- 

 jugal, oblong-linear, petiolulate, sericeous-pubescent chiefly beneath : stipules subulate-seta- 

 ceous ; racemes terminal and axillary, many-flowered, elongated : pedicels fascicled ; calyx- 

 lobes ovate, 2 superior ones shorter ; standard sericeous ; style pubescent ; legume continuous, 

 pubescent.— Tuss. Fl. 1. 1. 20. Desc. Ft. 3. 1. 183. Mart. Ft. Bras. 24. t. 8.— Galega, Sio. 

 T. Schiedeana, Schlecht. /—4'-5' high ; leaflets \\"-%", flowers 8"'-10'", legume 2" long; co- 

 rolla blue. — Hab. Trinidad ! Lockh. ; cultivated, rarely wild in Jamaica {Mac/.); [Mexico ! 

 to Brazil !, introduced into the East Indies]. 



25.* T. grandiflora, Pers. Shrubby; stem erect, striate, puberulous ; leaflets 

 4-6(-9)-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, petiolulate, pubescent beneath: stipules ovate, 

 pointed, marcescent ; racemes terminal, few-flowered : pedicels solitary ; calyx-lobes subu- 

 late, the lowest longer ; standard puberulous ; style pilose ; legume continuous, ciliate on 

 both margins. — Leaflets 6"'-8'", flowers 8"'-10" long ; corolla rosy. — Hab. Naturalized in 

 the Blue Mountains of Jamaica!, Al., Wils., in coffee-plantations, up to 4000'; [intro- 

 duced from the Cape]. 



26. T. leptostachya, DO. Annual ; stem ascending, often suffrutescent, puberulous, 

 angular above ; leaflets 4-6-jugaI, obversely lanceolate or obovate-obloug, retuse, usually mu- 

 cronulate, puberulous beneath : stipules lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes terminal or opposite 

 to the leaves : flowers at length distant, 2-3 together ; calyx-lobes subulate, subequal ; 

 standard sericeous, twice as long as the calyx -. keel horizontally incurved ; style glabrous : 

 stigma capitate, glabrous (or with a few hairs); legume continuous, pubescent, spreading, 

 5-8-seeded.— T. ascendens, Macf. /— 1'-2' high ; leaflets 6"'-10'", flowers 4'" long ; corolla 

 pale-purplish. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, M'Nab, in dry savannahs ; [Mexico !, Venezuela !, 

 Brazil !, tropical Africa !]. 



27. T. cinerea, Pers. Suffrutescent, diffuse, hoary-pubescent ; leaflets 4-7-jugal, ob- 

 versely lanceolate : stipules subulate or lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes opposite to the leaves : 

 flowers geminate or solitary ; calyx -lobes subulate, subequal ; standard sericeous, thrice as 

 long as the calyx ; vexillar stamen slightly adhering ; styles glabrous : stigma long-ciliate ; 

 legume continuous, pubescent, spreading, 5-10-seeded. — Galega, L. T. procumbens, Macf. ! 

 — Stem 1'— 14' long, usually procumbent ; leaflets 6" -12"', flowers 5'''-6'" long; corolla 

 rosy. 



o. Down appressed, subsericeous. — Jacq. Ic. Far. t. 575. 



/3. litoralis, Pers. Dowij spreading, villous. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 192. — Galega, Z. — 

 Leaflets larger. 



Hab. Jamaica!, Macf, Dist. (a), March (j8), in savannahs and on the seashore; Ba- 

 hamas ! 03), S. Kitts ! (a), Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica ! Imr. ; [Cuba I and Mexico I to 

 Brazil 1 and Montevideo !]. 



Sect. 2. PjEGOLobium. — Vexillar stamen free. Legume tumid on both margins. 

 Flowers fascicled or single, axillary. — Leaflets 3-1. 



28. T. brevipes, Benth. Shrubby ; branches virgate, cylindrical, sericeous-tomentose ; 

 leaves shortly petioled : leaflets 3-1, linear- lanceolate, blunt, glabrous above, sericeous- 

 tomentose and silvery-shining beneath : stipules minute, setaceous ; peduncles axillary, 3-1, 

 as long as or exceeded by the petiole ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, inferior longer ; standard seri- 

 ceous ; style glabrous : stigma penicillate ; legume 6-9-seeded, arcuate above, villous-tomen- 

 tose : down rusty on the tumid margins. — Cytisus sessiliflorus, Pair. Rhynchosia, DC. 

 Erioseme, Walp. — Leaflets 3"-2" long, 5"'-3'" broad, shortly petiolulate, striate with nume- 

 rous, straight, excurrent veins ; pedicels 2" -1'" long, dilated at the top ; calyx 2V"> standard 

 4'" long ; wings free from the keel ; legume 2" long, 2£"' broad. — Hab. Trinidad I, Cr., in 

 savannahs ; [Portorico, Guiana, Brazil]. 



6. CRACCA, Benth. 

 Calyx 5-fid. Standard roundish ; wings transversely rugulose, free from the pointed 



