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it is called " Senna " by the inhabitants, who use the leaves in lieu of 

 that drug in their domestic practice. East shore of Cozumel Island 

 (1576, 1579, 1585), where at one place I found a large patch of about 

 an acre solid of this species alone. A search of this patch, upon my 

 hands and knees, with the greatest care, at 10 a. m., resulted in secur- 

 ing but a single flowering or budding plant, and that with one flower 

 only (1585). Returning to the patch at 3 p. m. I was astonished to 

 find it almost wholly in bloom and many of the plants having well 

 developed legumes (1576, 1579). 



STYLOSANTHES HAMATA (Linn.) Taub. Abh Bot. Ver. Brand 1889:32. 



Hedysarum hamatum Linn. 6". procumbens Sw. Dry fields and road- 

 sides. Base of Morro Hill, Santiago de Cuba (1077), and along Bod- 

 den Bay road, Grand Cayman (1335). All with simple legumes. 



The following specimens have a two-celled pod, each cell one 

 seeded, much smaller leaves, less ciliate floral bracts, and more tufted 

 growth, viz.: dry soils about Catano, Porto Rico (153), and road- 

 sides near Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (391). 



MEIBOMIA TORTUOSA (Sw.) Kuntze Rev. Gen. 198. 



Hedysarum tortuosum Sw. Desmodium tortuosum de C. South shore 

 of Culebras Island (571). 



MEIBOMIA SCORPIURUS (Sw.) Kuntze loc. cit. 



Hedysarum Scorpiurus Sw. Desmodium Scorpiurus Desv. Waste 

 grounds near San Domingo city (868), and near Port Antonio, Jamaica 



<II28). 



MEIBOMIA SUPINA (Sw.) Britton Enum. PI: Parag. 83. 



Hedysarum supinum Sw. Desmodium incanum de C. Fields and 

 open woodlands near Charlotte Amalia, St. Thomas (379, 459, 543), 

 near San Domingo city (830, 836); near Port Antonio, Jamaica (930, 

 1129), along the Bodden Bay road (1330), and in the center (1384) 

 of Grand Cayman; also center of island of Cozumel (1550). 



MEIBOMIA TRIFLORA PILOSA Kuntze loc. cit. 197. 



Dry fields at El Caney, Santiago de Cuba (1031), and along Bod- 

 den Bay road, Grand Cayman (1800). Boggy soil on grassy mounds 

 center Grand Cayman (1368). From the fruit and seed characters I 

 have little doubt but that the American form of this plant is a dis- 

 tinct species; lack of a full amount of material prevents a more care- 

 ful consideration of the plants at this time. 



CICER ARIETINUM Linn. Sp. PI. 738. 



Running wild in a garden enclosure at Pedernales Point, Isle of 

 Pines (1407). 



ABRUS PRECATORIUS Linn. Syst. ed. 12: 472. 



Apparently indigenous throughout the Antillean islands visited. 

 Climbing over shrubbery at Catafio, Porto Rico (174), near Charlotte 

 Amalia, St. Thomas (513), where it is known as " Jumbee-bead," or 

 "Wild Liquorice;" suburban woodlands near San Domingo city 

 (828), along the shores of the bay Santiago de Cuba (1006), and Bod- 

 den Bay road, Grand Cayman (1796). In fruit only at the above 

 stations. 



