194 LEGUMINOS.E. 



Stamens diadelphous. Stigma minute. Legume compressed : seeds separated by cellular 

 tissue. — Habit and inflorescence oi Teramnus : flowers larger; stem twining (or 'procumbent); 

 leaves 3-foliolate (rarely 5-1-foliolate). 



Sect. 1. Sweetia, DC. (Galactia, Mich. ; Campesia, W.J.) — Vexillar stamen free. 



87. G. filiformis, Benth. Stem twining ; leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, hairy beneath, 

 about as long as the common petiole; racemes elongated, interrupted ; calyx-lobes linear, 

 twice as long as their tube, the superior aud inferior of equal length, the lateral ones some- 

 what shorter ; legume flat, oblong-linear, rounded at the arcuate top, with a short, uncinate 

 beak, pubescent, often villous, chiefly along the middle line of the valves. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 

 573. — Galega, Jacq. Sweetia, DC. Glycine tenuiflora, W. Galactia tenuiflora, W. A. ; 

 G. dubia, DC. ; G. pilosa, Nutt. ; G. Beitcriana, DC. ; G. brevistyla, Schlecht. Tcramnus 

 volubilis, Macf. partim! {non Sw.). — It resembles Teramnus labialis, but is distinguished 

 by larger flowers (corolla 5"'-6"' long), and broader legumes, and by the generic, though 

 rather artificial character. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, Macf., Al., LHst., Wils., 

 Wullschl. ; common ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Trinidad !, Or. ; [Georgia !, Florida !, Cuba !, 

 Guadeloupe !, Panama !, Venezuela !, trop. Australia !, East Indies !]. 



88. G. angustifolia, Kth. Stem twining above ; leaflets 3, oblong -linear, raucronu- 

 late-obtuse, pubescent beneath, much longer than the common petiole ; racemes exceeded by, 

 or as long as the leaves, usually few-flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, twice as long as the 

 tube, subequal, the superior broader ; legume flat, oblong-linear, rounded at the straight 

 top, with a short, uncinate beak, pubescent. — Jacq. Ic. Bar. t. 572. Humb. Mimos. t. 56. 

 — Galega longifolia, Jacq. (Sweetia, DC). Doliehos filiformis, L. e Jamaica? (non Macf). 

 G. Sagbti, Walp. /—Leaflets \\"-Z" long, 3"'-4'" broad ; corolla purple, 4"'-5'" long ; 

 legume 1" long, 2§"! broad. — Hab. Antigua !, Wullschl.; [Guadeloupe !, Venezuela]. 



Sect. 2. E'ugalactia. (Galactia, P. Br.; Collsea, DC.) — Vexillar stamen adhering 

 to th%column above its base. 



89. G. Lockharti, Gr. (». sp.). Stem twining, pubescent, leaflets 3, oval-oblong, 

 mucronulate-obtuse, pubescent beneath, as long as the common petiole ; racemes many- 

 flowered, exceeding the leaves ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 2-3 times longer than 

 their tube, subequal, the lateral somewhat shorter ; standard scarcely twice as long as the 

 calyx, glabrous ; legume oblong, pointed, villous, at length pubescent. — Collsea parviflora, 

 Benth. MS. — Habit of G. filifonnis, but flowers more approximate, 1-2 in the fascicle ; 

 leaflets 2"-9"' long, l"-i" broad : stipules and stipellse setaceous, persistent ; racemes 

 peduncled, 6"-4^ long (the peduncle included) : pedicels as long as the calyx ; calyx 3'" 

 long : tube tuWnate-eampanulate, pubescent ; standard 4 m -5' w long, obovate-roundish, ex- 

 ceeding^ little" the other petals i keel oblong, blunt : wings spathulate ; vexillar stamen 

 adhering to the column above its free base ; style filiform, arcuate : stigma minute ; legume 

 sessile, 1" long, 4'" broad. — Hab. West Indies \, Sw. ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Venezuela !, 

 Fendl. 273, New Granada!]. . 



90. G. pendula, Pers. Stem twining, pubescent; leaflets 3, obovate-oblong, mucro- 

 nulate-obtuse, hispidulous beneath, longer than the common petiole ; racemes few-flowered, 

 equalling or exceeding the leaves : flowers large, pendulous : pedicels as long as the calyx; 

 calyx -lobes ovate, pointed, as long as the tube, subequal, the lateral narrower; standard 

 obovate-spathulate, 6 times as long as the calyx, glabrous ; legume stipitate, arcuate, ob- 

 long-linear, acuminate, pubescent.- -SI. t. 114. f 4. Br. Jam. t. 32. f 2. — Clitoria Ga- 

 lactia, L. Collsea pendula, Benth. partim. — A " milky," higb climber ; calyx 2'", corolla 

 12'" long, crimson. — Hab. Jamaica! Macf, Bancr., Wils., March, common in the lime- 

 stone districts. 



91. G. longiflora, Am. Stem twining, pubescent; leaflets 3, ovate-oblong, mucro- 

 nulate-obtuse, pubescent, about as long as the common petiole ; racemes several-flowered, 

 exceeding the leaves : flowers large, in distant pairs : pedicels shorter than the calyx ; calyx- 

 lobes lanceolate, acuminate, the inferior longer than the tube, the lateral shorter ; standard 

 obovate-spathulate, twice as long as the calyx, glabrous; legume subsessile, straightish, 

 oblong-linear, rounded at the mucronate top, villous-pubescent. — Collsea pendula, Benth. 

 partim. Doliehos ruber, Jjgeg. Amer. Pict. t. 191 (Dioclea Jacqniniana, DC), appears 



