ORA OF JAMAICA Crotdlwria 



rch\ Prior! J.P. 875 .l/o/r/.s ! Arcadia, .!/. Sari-ll] Chester Yale, 

 J Fan-is \ Barbican, Li^uanea plain, 450 ft., Cam]>bcll\ Providence. Too ft., 

 Thontjistm ! Fl. Jam. 5930, -055A ; Bog \Valk, Port Morant, Lucea, 

 JTitcltcack ; Porn-. Lloi/d. Tropical and subtropical regions. 



Annual, 2-4 ft. high, shrubby, erect, pubescent. Leaflets pubescent 

 h or glabrescent, 2-3-5(-5) cm. 1. ; stipules setaceous, deciduou>. 

 Moicers greenish-yellow, 10-12 mm. 1. Calyx 5-cleft, pubescent. J'ufl 

 oblong, pendulous, about 3 cm. 1. 



8. C. striata DC. Pi-odr. //. 131 (1825); leaflets elliptical, 

 3-9'5(-12) cm. 1.; calyx-segments lanceolate, 4-4 '5 mm. 1., 



olla more than twice as long as the calyx : pod glabrous, 



about 4 cm. 1. Bot. Mag. t. 3200; Macf. Jam. !. 241; Griseb. 



//. 180 ; Bak. torn. cit. 84. 1 C. mucronata Desv. Journ. 



Bot. 1814, 76. C. Brownei Bert, ex DC. Prodr. ii. 130 (1825); 



Reirltenl). I< . E.rot. t. 232. C. Hookeri Am. in Ami. Sc. Nat. 



. 2, ///. 248 (1835). C. striata var. acutifolia Trim. Cat. Ccijl. 

 PI. 22 (1885). (Fig. 1.) 



.Common; in fl. Oct.-Dec. ; Macfadyen ; St. Mary, McXab ! St. George's 

 Gap, 1'urdicl Parnell\ Wullsclilaegel ; March \ Prior; Gordon Town, 

 Ball ! Hope River, 1200 ft., Eggers ! Cinchona, 5000 ft., J.P. 1174, Morris 1 

 Johnsonl Castleton road, 600 ft., Thompson] Fl. Jam. 8093, Blue Mt. 

 Peak ; Lucea ; Hitchcock. Tropics. 



Shrubby, to 4 ft. high, erect, puberulous. Leaflets, apex mucronulate, 

 acute, rounded or retuse, cuneate at base, puberulous or glabrate beneath ; 

 stipules wanting. Racemes sometimes as long as 3 dm., many-flowered. 

 Flowers about 1*5 cm. 1. Calyx 5-fid, 2-lipped. Corolla : standard 1 cm. 1. ; 

 wings oblong, acute (or obtuse), blade about 1 cm. 1. ; keel 1*5 cm. 1., with 

 a rounded knee in the middle. Pod cylindrical. 



'^. Leaves 5-foliolate. 



[C. quinquefolia L. Sp. PI 716 (1753). Gnseb. Joe. cit.; 

 ir/'/x. loc. cit. ; Bale. torn. <it. 84. 



Wilson \ East Indies to Philippines. 



Annual, 2 ft. high, erect, puberulous or glabrescent. Leaflets 5, linear- 

 lanceolate, puberulous beneath, 2-7 cm. 1. ; stipules minute, awl-shaped. 

 Racemes many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, reflexed. Calyx 5-fid, 

 glabrous, half the length of the corolla. Pod oblong-ellipsoidal, glabrous, 

 about 5 cm. L] 



[ULEX L. 



fShrubs with spiny branches. Leaves 3-foliolate in seedling 

 plants, in mature plants spinescent without leaflets or reduced to 

 small scales. Stipules none. Flowers yellow, axillary at the ends 

 of the branches. Calyx coloured, 2-partite, 5-toothed. Stamina! 

 sheath closed. 



About 20 species in the west of Europe and 2 in the Medi- 

 terranean region. 



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U. europseus L. Sp. PI. 741 (1753); Macf. Jam. i. 242; 

 Grisel. Fl Br. W. Ind. 180. Type in Herb. Linn. 



