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4. C. pterocaula Desv. Jonrn. But. Hi. 7l (1*14); stipulr- 

 inostly obtuse. Beutlt. in FL llr<i*. xv. >t. 1, 10, /. 2; Gri*i'l>. 

 <>j>. cit. 17* (excl. syn.). 



"Hollis's savanna, St. Ann \ Clarendon," Purdic ! Trinidad, Panama, 

 tropical South America. 



Shrubby, -2 ft. high, the whole plant covered with brownish-yellow 

 adpressed hairs. Leave* linear-lanceolate, densely hairy 011 both sides, 

 - -I (-8) cm. 1. ; ^tipuli-s variable, sonic at least obtuse, others toothlike or 

 lanceolate, /.'/uvwi'.s few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, 5 mm. 1. ; bracteoles 

 lanceolate, 3'5-4 mm. 1. Cali/.r 11-12 mm. 1. Xt'ii'<l<ird 8-9 mm. 1.; 

 wings shorter than standard ; keel a little longer. Pod 3-4 cm. 1. 



-. Leaves 3-foliolate. 



5. C. lotifolia L. ,S>. PI. 715 (1753) (by error latifoli., > : 

 leaflets narrowly elliptical ; peduncles 1- or few-flowered, axillarv, 

 short ; calyx about 8 inm. 1., exceeded by the corolla ; pods 

 puberulous. Ma<\f. Jam. i. 240 : Griseb. op. cit. 180; Urb. 

 Symb. Ant. iv. 281. C. trifolia fruticosa foliis glabris &c. Sloan < 

 Gat. 141 & Hint. ii. 33. C. loti folio &c. Dill Eltlt. 121, t. 102, 



/. 121. Type in Herb. MILS. Brit. 



Between the Town Savanna and Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herb. vi. 5 ! 

 Shakspear \ Massonl Mac fad yen I Great Valley, Manchester, Purdir ! 

 Great Goat Is., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 9323. Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, 

 St. Thomas, St. Cruz. 



Shrubby, to 6 ft. high; branches tornentellous. Leaflets 5 cm. 1., 

 petioles and under surface silky pubescent; stipules minute. />/.r 



o-partite, pubescent. Pod obovoid-oblong, apex truncate, about 2 cm. 1. 



6. C. pumila Ortey. Hort. Natr. 23 (1800) ; leaflets oblanceo- 

 late or narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, 1-2 '5 cm. 1. ; calyx 

 ."> mm. L, corolla twice as long; pod puberulous, 1-1*5 cm. 1. 



-Griseb. oj_>. cit. 170 ; Hemsl BioL Centr. Amrr. Bot. i. '2'27 . 

 C. lupulina H. B. <( K. Nov. Gen. d: Sj>. vi. 4U2, /. 500 (18*24). 

 C. litoralis H. B. A K. tun,, cit. 401 (1824). 



St. Ann, MrXnh ! Man-li ! St. Ann's Bay, Prim- ! also Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 10,368. Florida and Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent, 

 . \rizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Venezuela. 



Perennial, to 3 ft. ; branches diffuse or decumbent, pubescent or 

 glabrate. Leaflets puberulous beneath ; stipules setaceous, deciduou.-. 

 /;<irrirx about 9- or 10-flowered, or corymbiforrn 2-3-lloweivd. 



artite, puberulous or glabrescent. Pod oblong. 



7. C. incana L. fy. PI 7 Hi (17")-")) ; leaflets broadly elliptical 

 <)! obovate ; racemes 5 many-flowered ' calyx 7-10 nun. 1., 

 < \cccdcd !>y the corolla; pods pilose with sjn-radini;- hairs. 

 Mar/. Jam. i. 242 j (;,;*<!,. op. tit. 180: Urb. torn. cit. 281. 

 C. trifolia fruticosa foliis rotundis ^c. Slmmc <'<it. 141 k v ///'.s/. 

 /'/'. 34, /. 17 ( ., /'. 1. Specimens in Ilcrii. Mus. I>rit. from Hort. 

 Cliir. ,v Sloane. 



Common, Slddiir Herb. vi. (i ! Hnrlunn and I.un<- in I Icrb. Sloane clxii, 7<i ! 

 Wright \ I.iguain a, Jlnm/tlitou ! M<i<-f<i<!>/i'>i ; Distin ! St. Mary, 



