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late, acuminate, nearly as long as the corolla ; legume not constricted, oblong, pubescent 

 or glabrescent : seeds nearly black. — Glycine, Sw. R. latifolia, Nutt. R. macrophj;lla, DC. 

 R. longeramosa, Mart. <%• Galeott. I R. eequinoetialis, Waif. ! — Variable in the size of the 

 leaflets, their under side white with down, or greenish, the size of the calyx, which exceeds 

 the corolla or is exceeded by it. Calyx 6"'-3'" long : tube very short, turbinate : segments 

 spreading; corolla yellow or variegated with purple?; legume 10'" long, 3"' broad: seeds 

 reniforni-roundish, compressed, with a shortly linear-oblong rhaphe, 2"' diam. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, all coll., in the southern and westeru hills; Antigua!, Wullschl. ; S, Vincent!, 

 Guild. ; [Texas ! to Peru I, Cuba ! to Brazil !]. 



25. ERIGSEMA, Desv. 



Calyx 5-fid. Standard obovate or roundish. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 2-ovulate. 

 Legume compressed, continuous. Seeds transversely oblong : rhaphe linear. — Herbs ; leaflets 

 3-1, subsessile : stipules lanceolate ; flowers usually in axillary, spiciform racemes : stan- 

 dard often villous. 



72. E. violaceum, E. Mey. Suffrutescent, erect, rusty-pubescent system striate ; leaf- 

 lets 3, lanceolate-linear, rugose above, veiny beneath : stipules opposite to the subsessile 

 leaves, connatf, or at length distinct ; racemes oblong, shortly peduncled, exceeded by the 

 leaves ; calyx half as long as the villous standard : lobes acuminate, as long as their tube ; 

 legume oval, villous. — Jubl. t. 306. — Cytisus, Aubl. Rhynchosia, DC. E. grandiflorum, 

 Bernh.! in PI. Kappler.— Stem virgate, l'-2' high; leaflets 3"-2" long, 3"'-6'" broad ; 

 corolla yellow. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., common in dry savannahs ; [Guiana !]. 



73. E. simplicifolium, Walp. Suffrutescent, decumbent, pilose with spreading or 

 appressed rusty hairs ; stem subcylindrical ; leaflets single, oolong-lanceolate or linear- 

 oblong, minutely cordate at the base, smooth above, reticulated-veiny beneath : stipules 

 opposite to the leaves, connate to the acuminate top, much longer than the petiole ; racemes 

 few-flowered, long-peduncled ; calyx half as long as the hairy standard : lobes acuminate, 

 longer than their tube ; legume ovoid-oblong, pilose. — Rhynchosia, DC. E. lauceolatum, 

 Benth. /—Leaflets 3''-2" long, 12"'-8'" broad, pointed or blunt : stipules 6'" long ; corolla 

 6"'-8'" long, yellow. — Hab. Trinidad !, Lockh., Cr., in savannahs, Arima, Piasco ; [Guiana !, 

 Brazil!]. 



26*. CAJANUS, DC. 



Calyx 4-fid : upper lobe bidentate. Standard roundish, auricled. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Ovary mauy-ovulate. Legume compressed, continuous, constricted between the seeds. — A 

 shrub ; leaflets 3 ; racemes axillary : flowers yellow. 



74*. O. indicus, Spreng.—Tuss. Tl. 4. t. 32. Desc. 17. 4. t. 280.— Cytisus Cajan, L. 

 C. flavus, DC: flowers yellow, concolor, and C. bicolor, DC. : a form with orange-blotched 

 standard, both occurring sometimes in the same plant (Duchass.). — 6-12' high; leaflets 

 lanceolate-oblong, pointed, hoary -subtomentose beneath. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica 1, 

 Pd. ; S. Kitts !, Els. ; Antigna !, Wullschl. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sch. ; [Vene- 

 zuela I to Pern I and Brazil !, trop. Africa !, East Indies !, Pacific islands !]. 



27*. FLEMINGIA, Roxb. 



Calyx 5-fid : inferior lobe longer. Standard roundish, with inflexed auricles : wings ad- 

 herent to the keel. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 2-ovulate. Legume turgid, continuous. 



Shrubs • leaflets 3-1, glanduliferous beneath; flowers in spiciform, often compound 



racemes. 



75*. p # strobilifera, R. Br. Branchlets pubescent ; leaflets single, elliptical ; flowers 

 concealed within large, reniform, folded, scarious, distichous bracts; keel bluntly falcate. — 



L. Zeyl. t. 3. Hedysarum, L. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March ; S. Kitts !, Trinidad !, 



Cr.; [introduced from the East Indies]. 

 ,F. stricta, Roxb., with 3, oblong, acuminate leaflets, is cultivated in Jamaica !, Al. 



