510 
long, oblong, ovoid, brown, mottled with black. Very variable. 
March—December. 
Original locality, near Havana, Cuba. 
Keys, Florida, West Indies; also in Central America. 
Synonymy: Galactia spiciformis T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1: 287. 1838. 
13. Galactia Wrightii A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 1: 44. 1852. 
Sub-erect or decumbent; stems several from the same lignes- 
cent root, branched from the base, cinereous with a fine, white, 
appressed, retrose pubescence; stipules 1-2 mm. long, subulate 
or setaceous ; petioles 1-4 cm. long; leaflets oblong or oblong- 
linear, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse, mucronulate, less canescent above 
than beneath, rarely becoming glabrate above; racemes many- 
flowered, 5-15 cm. long, the lower ones longer than the upper 
ones; flowers purplish, about 1 cm. long, sessile or nearly so, 2-3, 
fascicled at mostly regular intervals along the upper portion of the 
rhachis ; calyx 5-7 mm. long, sericeous, the lobes acute, the mid- 
dle lower one attenuate and longer; vexillum 7-10 mm. long, 
obovate, retuse, tapering to the biappendiculate base ; legume 3-4 
cm. long, 4 mm. wide, sericeous, acute at each end, 4-7 seeded. 
Mature seeds not seen. July—October. 
Original locality, Hills near Limpia, Texas. 
Type, Wright No. 111. 1849. 
Extreme western Texas and adjacent New Mexico and Mexico. 
Synonymy: Galactia tephrodes A. Gray, Pl. Wright. 2: 34. 1853- 
. 
a 14. Galactia Elliottii Nutt. Gen. 2: 117. 1818. 
Prostrate and climbing high on brushes; stems branched, 1-3 
m. long, from a long, branched, lignescent rhizome, angled, 
channelled, striate and somewhat retrorse-hirsute ; stipules minute, 
subulate; petioles 2-5 cm. long; leaflets 2-3 cm. long, elliptical- 
oblong, obtuse, somewhat retuse, mucronulate, coriaceous, 
glabrous and shining above, pubescent beneath; racemes longer 
than the leaves, 1-3 dm.; flowers 10-12 mm. long, white, tinged 
with red, 2 or 3 together, fascicled at regular intervals along the 
upper part of the rhachis; bracts and bracteoles minute; calyx 
about 7 mm. long, appressed-hirsute, the lobes slender, attenuate, 
vexillum obovate, obtuse or acutish, obscurely biappendiculate 
at the base; legume 3-4 cm. or more long, 1 cm. wide, oblong, 
acutish, emarginate, tomentose; seeds 3-5, about 5 mm. long, 
ovoid, blackish, smooth and shiny. 
Original locality, South Carolina. 
