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18*. ARACHIS, L. 



Calyx-tube elongated, filiform. Corolla and stamens of Stylosanthes. Lomenlum long- 

 Btipitate, subterraneous, devoid of a beak, reduced to a single indehisceut joint. — Herbs ; 

 leaves usually abruptly piftl ate: stipules adnate to the petiole ; flowers yellow, in axillary 

 clusters. 



63*. A. hypogsea, L. Annual; branches procumbent; leaflets bijugal, obovate or 

 oblong-oval : petiole exceeding the calyx-tubes. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 23. /. 1. — Hab. 

 Cultivated, and naturalized in Jamaica, Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica !, S.Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [cultivated in all tropical countries], 



19. BRYA, P. Br. 



Calyx 5 -fid. Standard oval-roundish: keel-petals distinct below. v Stamens monadel- 

 phous : column split on the axillar side. Lomentum compressed : joints 2, dehiscent, the 

 superior usually abortive. — Shrubs; leaflets 1- or many-fascicled, or pinnate; flowers 

 yellow, axillary, fascicled or cymose. 



64. B. ebenus, DC. Branches pubescent; leaflets spathulate, usually emarginate, 

 fascicled (5-3), or single from the axil of a minute spine, subsessile; flowers fascicled; 

 calyx-lobes bluntish; standard glabrous; lomentum-joints semiorbicular. — SI. t. 175. f. 1. 

 Br. Jam. t. 31./. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 4670. — Aspalathus, L. Amerimnum, Sw. — An arbo- 

 rescent shrub, 15-20' high; leaflets leathery, deciduous, 6"'-3"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 all coll., common in dry, hot places ; [Cuba " 



3. 



20. CHiETOCALYX, DC. 



Calyx 5 -fid : teeth subulate, unequal. Standard emarginate -roundish. Stamens of Brya. 

 Lomentum linear, continuous : joints elongated, longitudinally striate, indehiscent. — Scan- 

 dent herbs; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets few-jugal ; flowers yellow, axillary, fascicled 

 or shortly racemose : pedicels filiform. 



65. Ch. vincentinus, J)C. Glabrous; leaflets bi-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, 

 mucronate ; pedicels fascicled, prickly ; calyx-tube prickly, as long as the longer teeth ; lo- 

 mentum glabrescent : joints 6-8, compressed, convex on the margins, linear. — Bot. Reg. t. 

 799. — Glycine, Lindl. — Leaflets membranaceous, deciduous, 10"'-6'" long ; corolla 6"'-8''' 

 long : standard pubescent ; lomentum-joints 4'" long, §"' broad, deeply striate, truncate at 

 both ends. — Hab. — Dominica !, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. 



Subtribe 5. VICIE2E. — Stamens diadelphous : vexillar stamen often adherent. Le- 

 gume bivalved. Cotyledons thick, amylaceous. — Leaves usually abruptly pinnate, with 

 the terminal leaflet transformed into a tendril. 



21. VICIA, L. 



Calyx 5-fid. Wings adherent above to the keel. Style filiform, pubescent at the top : 

 hairs usually only at its exterior side. Legume many-seeded, devoid of complete dissepi- 

 ments. — Herbs; leaves abruptly pinnate, with a terminal tendril (ormucro); inflorescence 

 axillary. 



66*. V. sativa, L. Annual; leaflets 4-7-jugal, usually oblong-linear, truncate at the 

 mucronate top : stipules mostly semi-sagittate ; flowers purple, shortly pedicellate, 1-3 in 

 axillary fascicles ; calyx-teeth subequal, subulate-linear ; standard glabrous ; legume sessile, 

 linear, glabrescent. — Corolla 8"'-10'" long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March ; [intro- 

 duced from Europe]. 



22*. ERVUM, L. 



Calyx 5-fid. Wings adherent to the minute keel. Style filiform, glabrescent or pubes- 

 cent at the top. Legume few-seeded. — Habit of Vicia, but flowers small. 



67*. E. hirsutum, L. Annual; leaflets 6-10-jugal, linear: stipules semi-sagittate or 



