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210 LEGUMINOSjE. 



Sect. 8. Chailecrista. — Stamens 5-10, all fertile ; anthers linear, bursting at the top t 

 with two short clefts, puberulous along a closed furrow below them. Legume flat-com- 

 pressed, bivalved : seeds compressed, parallel to the valves : podosperm deltoid. — Pedi- 

 cels minutely bibracteolate. 



+ Inflorescence terminal. 



167. C. Absus, L. Annual, suffrutescent ; stem glandular-pilose ; leaflets bijugal, dis- 

 tant from the node, obovate, glabrescent : petiole bearing a minute gland between the pairs : 

 stipules lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes terminal, few-flowered (with accessory axillary 

 flowers) ; legume pilose, impressed with oblique lines at the dissepiments. — Jacq. Eclog. t. 

 53. — C. viscosa, Macf. ! — Leaflets 12"'-8"', sepals 2"', legume 1" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf. ; [trop. Africa ! and Asia ! ; Egypt !] . 



ft "Peduncles supra-axillary. 



168. C. diphylla, L. Annual, suffrutescent, glabrous; leaflets \-jugal, obliquely 

 seiuiorbicular or semiobovate, flabellate-nerved with excurrent veins : stipules cordate-su- 

 bulate, exceeding the glandular petiole; peduncles single, 1 -flowered, exceeding the leaves; 

 sepals striate with many nerves, scarious ; legume hairy with long, scattered, appressed 

 down : seeds oblong, oblique to the margins. — Cav. Ic. t. 600. f. 1. — Leaflets 10"'-6"', sepals 

 3'", legume 1£"-1" long.— Hab. S. Kitts !, S. Vincent !, Anders.; [Portorico ; Mexico! 

 to Brazil !]. 



169. C. rotundifolia, Pers. Annual, suffrutescent, hairy ; leaflets 1-jugal, semioval, 

 or obliquely semiorbicular, reticulated-veiny : stipules obliquely cordate-subulate, longer 

 than or as long as the eglandular petiole ; peduncles single, 1 -flowered, exceeding the leaves ; 

 sepals foliaceous ; legume puberulous with short hairs. — Collad. Cass. t. 9 B. — C. bifolio- 

 lata, D(7.— Habit of the preceding; leaflets 9"'-4"', sepals 2'", legume 12"'-8"' long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, M'Nab ; [Mexico 1 to Brazil !]. 



170. C. pilosa, L. Stem suffrutescent, pilose ; leaflets fj-3-jugal, oblong, mucronate, 

 oblique at the base, glabrescent, ciliate : petiole eglandular : stipules semisubulate ; pedun- 

 cles 1-3, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; legume pubescent. — Collad. Cass. 

 t. 20 ^.—Leaflets 8"'-4'", legume 18"'-10'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, List., M'Nab, Wullschl., 

 in canefields ; [New Granada]. 



171. O. serpens, L. Perennial ; stems delicate, herbaceous or suffrutescent, pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets 4t-9-jugal, unequal-sided, oblong-linear or obovate-linear, mucronulate, gla- 

 brescent, veiny beneath : petiole bearing a stipitate gland below the pairs : stipules semi- 

 subulate ; peduncles single, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; legume pilose with 

 scattered hairs. — C. prostrata, Kth. C. pygmsea, DC, Macf. I C. diffusa, Salzm. ! — The 

 petiolar gland is usually long-stipitate, but variable in ihe length of its stalk. Leaflets 3"'- 

 H"', petals 4"'-5"', legume 12"'-8"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., in pastures ; [Cuba ! and 

 Mexico I to Brazil !]. 



172. C. lineata, Sw. 1 Shrubby or suffrutescent, perennial, pubescent with small, 

 curved hairs ; leaflets 6-2-jugal, unequal-sided, obovate-oblong, rounded or subtruncate at 

 the top, mucronate, penninerved with excurrent veins : petiole bearing a sessile, depressed 

 gland below the pairs and close to them .• stipules acuminate from a lanceolate base ; pedun- 

 cles single, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; stamens 10 ; legume pubescent with 

 scattered, curved down. — C. cuneata, DC, Mich. Cub. — 8"-3' high, covered entirely with 

 down in the original specimen, only at length glabrescent on the upper side of the leaflets ; 

 leaves often black in drying .- leaflets 5"'-3'", petals 6"', legume 3"-l" long. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Sw., Pd. : [Cuba !]. 



173. C. polyadena, DC. Shrubby: branches slightly puberulous ; leaflets 8-4i-jugal, 

 glabrous, obovate-oblong, oblong, or oval, oblique at the rounded base, mucronulate-obtuse 

 or retuse-truncate at the top, penninerved, striate with veins: petiole bearing glands be- 

 low each pair-, stipules acuminate from a lanceolate base ; peduncles 1-2, "one-flowered, er- 

 cededby the leaves ; stamens 10; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — Variable in the 

 petiolar glands either suksessile or long-stipitate, and in the size of the stipules ; leaflets 

 12"'-4'"long, 4"'-2'" broad ; petals &", legume 1*"-1" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., March, 

 e.g. in the Pedro plains, S. Elizabeth ; [S. Barthelemi, Guadeloupe !]. 



