190 FABACEAE. 



mm. long; pedicels pubescent, 2-6 mm. long; calyx about 1.3 cm. long, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent; corolla red or the standard violet, nearly 2 cm. long; 

 standard obovate, parallel with the wings; pod 3-5 cm. long, 7-9 mm. wide, 

 densely villous, several-seeded. 



Scrub and pine-lands and in coppices, from Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, 

 New Providence. Eleuthera, Cat Island. Watling's, and Exuma Chain to Fortune 

 and Crooked Islands: Cuba. Recorded by Dolley as G. penttula Persoon. RED 

 MILK-PEA. Catesby, 2 : pi. 28. 



2. Galactia monophylla Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 75. 1866. 



Slender, herbaceous, appressed-pubescent with short hairs, 8 dm. long or 

 less, twining or trailing. Stipules narrowly lanceolate or subulate, 1-3 mm. 

 long; petioles slender, 5-15 mm. long; leaflet only 1, oblong to ovate, 1-3 cm. 

 long, thin in texture, rounded or emarginate at the apex, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, glabrous or sparingly pubescent above, appressed-pubescent beneath, 

 the petiolule about 1 mm. long; inflorescence 1-few-flowered, not longer than 

 the leaf; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; calyx sparingly pilose, about 6 mm. long, its 

 lanceolate teeth longer than the tube ; corolla purplish, about 1 em. long, the 

 standard obovate, erect; pod 3-5 cm. long, about 5 mm. wide, appressed-pilose. 



Pine-lands, Great Bahama at Barnett's Point : Cuba. SLENDER MILK-PEA. 



3. Galactia spiciformis T. & G. Fl. X. A. 1: 288. 1838. 



Slender, herbaceous, twining, densely pubescent or glabrate, 2 m. long or 

 less. Petioles 1-7 cm. long; stipules subulate, 2-4 mm. long; leaflets 3, ovate 

 to elliptic or elliptic-obovate, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 4-7 cm. long, gla- 

 brous or nearly so above, appressed-pubescent or velvety beneath, obtuse or 

 acute at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base ; inflorescence usually as long 

 as the leaves or longer, several-many-flowered, sessile or peduncled ; pedicels 

 1-2 mm. long; calyx pubescent, about 6 mm. long, its lanceolate teeth 2-3 times 

 as long as the tube; corolla purplish, pink or nearly white, about 11 mm. long, 

 the broadly obovate standard erect; pod 4-7 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, often 

 somewhat curved, more or less pubescent. 



Rocky and sandy scrub-lands and coppices, throughout the islands from Abaco 

 and Great Bahama to Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Watling's, and the 

 Exuma Chain to Great Ragged Island and the Angnilla Isles : Florida : Cuba. 

 Referred by Mrs. Northrop to G. culjcnsis H.B.K. : recorded by Dolley as G. fill- 

 form-is Bth. The Teramnus uncinaius referred to by Hitchcock, proves to be this 

 plant. SPICIFOEJI MILK-PEA. 



4. Galactia bahamensis Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 331. 1900. 



Very slender, twining, somewhat woody, glabrate or reddish puberulent, 

 5-8 dm. long. Stipules linear-subulate, 1-2 mm. long, deciduous ; petioles very 

 slender, 0.5-2.5 cm. long; leaflets 3, chartaceous, nearly equally short -p.etioluled, 

 oval to elliptic or obovate, 1-2.5 cm. long, rounded or emarginate at the apex, 

 narrowed, rounded or the terminal one cuneate at the base, glabrous and 

 reticulate-veined on both sides, or sparingly pubescent beneath; inflorescence 

 mostly longer than the leaves, several-flowered; pedicels 2-7 cm. long; calyx 

 pubescent, 6-8 mm. long, its lanceolate lobes longer than the tube; corolla about 

 1 cm. long, rose-purple, the nearly orbicular standard erect; pod 3-5 cm. long, 

 7-10 mm. wide, appressed-pubescent. 



Scrub-lands and thickets, Rum Cay, Conception Island, Watling's, Crooked, 

 Acklin'x. Fortune. Grand Turk nnd Inagua : Endemic. Recorded by Hitchcock as 

 Galnctid r/aluctioMcs (Griseb.) Hitchc. BAHAMA MILK-PEA. 



5. Galactia uniflora Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 325. 1900. 



Slender, twining, somewhat woody below, densely whitish pubescent, some- 

 times 1 m. long. Stipules narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm. long; 



