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petioles slender, pubescent, 5-17 mm. long; leaflets 3, chartaeeous, 1-4 cm. long, 

 narrowly oblong to oblong-obovate, reticulate-veined, rounded or emarginate at 

 the apex, narrowed at the base, sparingly pubescent or glabrous above, densely 

 appressed-pubescent beneath, the terminal one with a petiolule 2-5 mm. long, 

 the lateral ones nearly sessile; inflorescence 1-2 -flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves; pedicels 2-4 mm. long; calyx about 6 mm. long, its teeth longer than 

 the tube; corolla pink; standard obovate, 9-10 mm. long, short-clawed; pod 

 linear, 3-4 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, densely pubescent. 



Scrub-lands, New Providence, Eleutliera, Caicos, Grand Turk and Inagua : 

 Endemic. Recorded by Hitchcock as GaJactia angiistifolia Kth. and as Oalactia 

 tcnuiflora (Willd.) W. & A. ONE-FLOWERED MILK-PEA. 



19. CANAVALI Adans. Fain. PL 2: 325. 1763. 



Perennial herbs, with prostrate or twining stems. Leaves pinnately 3- 

 foliolate; leaflets chartaeeous or thick. Flowers large, in axillary peduncled 

 racemes. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip truncate or 2-lobed, the lower one entire 

 or 3-lobed. Standard reflexed, suborbicular; wings curved or twisted; keel- 

 petals incurved, broader than the wings, obtuse or with an inflexed or spiral 

 beak. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) or monadelphous to the middle. Style 

 glabrous, incurved. Ovules several. Pod flat or slightly swollen, oblong or 

 broadly linear, 2-valved. Seeds white, red or brown. [Aboriginal name in the 

 South Sea Islands.] About 15 species, natives of tropical regions. Type 

 species: Doliclws ensiformis L. 



Leaflets fleshy, obtuse. 1. C. Uncata. 

 Leaflets chartaeeous, acute or acutish. 



Leaflets ovate. 8-15 cm. long. 2. C. glacliata. 



Leaflets oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 crn. long. 3. C. bahamcnsis. 



1. Canavali lineata (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 2: 404. 1825. 



Dolichos lineatus Thunb. Fl. Jap. 280. 1784. 

 Dolichos obtusifolius Lam. Encyc. 2: 295. 17S6. 

 Canavalia obtusifolia DC. Prodr. 2: 404. 1825. 



Foliage finely strigillose. Stems prostrate or climbing, 1-5 m. long, branch- 

 ing; leaflets leathery, suborbicular to oval or obovate, 4-10 em. long, obtuse 

 at the apex, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base; racemes surpassing the 

 subtending leaves; peduncles often longer than the racemes; pedicels spur-like; 

 calyx helmet-like, 14-17 mm. long, constricted at the base; corolla pink; pods 

 broadly linear, 10-12 cm. long ; seeds oblong, brown. 



Coastal sands, rocks and thickets, throughout the islands from Abaco and 

 Great Bahama to Watling's, Inagua and the Anguilla Isles : Bermuda ; Florida to 

 Texas, Mexico and continental tropical South America ; West Indies ; Old World 

 tropics. BAY-BEAN. HOESE.-BEAN. 



2. Canavali gladiata (Savi) DC. Prodr. 2: 404. 1825. 



Maloccliia gladiata Savi, Nuov. Giorn. Pisa 8: 116. 1824. 



Climbing or trailing, sometimes 10 m. long or longer, glabrous, or when 

 young finely pubescent. Leaflets thin, ovate or oblong-ovate, 5-12 cm. long, 

 acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base ; racemes several- 

 many-flowered, mostly longer than the leaves; pedicels short, thick, 5 mm. long 

 or less; calyx 1-1.5 cm. long; corolla white to purple, longer than the calyx; 

 pod broadly linear, flat, 1-2.5 dm. long, about 2 cm. wide; seeds oblong. 



Waste places spontaneous after cultivation, New Providence, and Inagua : 

 native of the East Indies, spontaneous after cultivation in tropical America. A 

 specimen from Nassau referred to this by Hitchcock proves to be Dolichos LaUab L. 



HOESE-BEAN. 



