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keel. Stamens diadclphous. Legume flatly compressed, bivalved : seeds separated by spu- 

 rious dissepiments. — Herbs; leaves impari-pinnate ; racemes axillary : flowers scattered. 



29. C. caribsea, Benth. Suffnitescent, sericeous-pubescent (rarely " glabrescent") ; 

 leaflets 7-9(-3-\2)-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate ; racemes peduncled, few-flowered ; 

 calyx-lobes twice as long as the tube, the lowest longer, and exceeding half the keel. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 193 : the glabrescent form. — Galega, Jacq. Tephrosia, DC. T. mollis, 

 Kth. — Leaflets 8"'-10"', flowers 5"'-6'", legume 2" long; corolla rosy, variegated with 

 white. The old garden-plant, cultivated in Germany at Jacquin's time, is pubescent, and 

 agrees well with our species. — Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl.; Dominica!, Imr.; S. Lucia!, 

 Anders.; [Haiti!, S. Thomas!, Central America, Venezuela, Guayaquil!]. 



7. COURSETIA, DC. 



Calyx shortly and unequally 5-dentate. Standard roundish : wings transversely rugu- 

 lose, free from the keel. Stamens diadelphous. Style circinate, pubescent. Legume flatly 

 compresled, continuous, shortly stipitate or subsessile, slightly margined on both margins. — 

 Trees or shrubs; leaves abruptly pinnate, with a terminal mucro ; racemes axillary: 

 flowers scattered. 



30. C. arborea, Gr. («. sp.). Leaflets 9-15-jugal, oblong, bluntish, pubescent be- 

 neath, at length glabrescent; racemes peduncled, shorter than the leaves; calyx -teeth 

 triangular, villous on the margin, the superior ones 4 times shorter than the tube ; keel 

 shortly falcate ; legume linear, elongated, subsessile. — A tree, 20'-40' high ; leaflets 2"-l" 

 long; racemes 5 — many-flowered, pubescent; peduncle subdivided at the base : pedicels 5" -6"' 

 long, cemuous, jointed at the top ; calyx 2"' long, pubescent : corolla whitish-violet : 

 standard 8'" long ; legume 5"-3" long, 3" broad : stalk included within the calyx. — Hab. 

 Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr.; [S. Jean!, Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana!]. 



8. SABINEA, DC. 



Calyx turbinate, truncate-subentire or 5-denticulate. Standard roundish, as long as 

 the free, auricled wings, exceeded by the blunt keel. Stamens diadelphous. Style in- 

 curved, glabrous, exserted. Legume flatly compressed, continuous, long-stipitate, linear. — 

 Shrubs ; leaves abruptly pinnate, glabrescent, deciduous : leaflets small, mucronate, petio- 

 lulate ; flowers axillary , fascicled or subsolitary, rosy. 



31. S. florida, DC. Leaflets 8-15 -jugal, oblong or elliptical-oblong; calyx subentire; 

 wings obovate : keel broad, semiorbicular ; style circinate. — Yahl, Symb. 3. t. 70. — Ro- 

 binia, V.— Leaflets 4'", pedicels 1 2"'-6"', calyx 1£'", standard and wings 6'", keel 8'" long. 

 — Hab. Dominica !, Lmr. ; [S. Thomas !]. . 



32. S. carinalis, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaflets 6-8-jugal, oblong; calyx repand-subentire, or 

 obsoletely denticulate : wings spathulate-oblong : keel elongated, oblong, slightly curved at 

 the dilated top; style incurved. — Leaflets distant, mucronulale-bluut, glabrous, 6"'-5'" 

 long, 2'" broad : petiole hairy ; flowers precocious, large, bright-scarlet, fascicled : fascicles 

 5-3-flowered : pedicels 4" long ; calyx 4"' long, spreading ; wings and recurved standard 1", 

 keel 16"'-18'" long ; style exserted. — Hab. Dominica !, Lmr., on the seashore. 



9*. AGATI, Ad. 



Calyx campanulate, denticulate-repand. Standard oval-oblong, exceeded by the free 

 wings and the obtusely falcate keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legume compressed, elongated, 

 linear, stipitate, tumid on both margins: seeds separated by spurious dissepiments. — A 

 small tree- leaves abruptly pinnate: leaflets many-jugal ; racemes axillary, few-flowered; 

 flowers very large ; legume pendulous, upward* of V long. 



33*. A. grandiflora, Desv. — Meed. Mai. 1. t. 51. — iEsoiynomene, L. — Leaflets 

 pubescent or glabrescent; flowers 3" long, rosy- white or red (A. coccinea, Desv.). — Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica !, and Caribbean Islands ! ; [introduced from the East Indies]. 



10. SESBANIA, Peri. 

 Calyx 5-dentate. Standard roundish, with a callosity on its claw. Stamem diadelphous, 



