18 FLORA OF .JAMAK A Teplirosia 



uppi-r -ixils, often leafy at the base. rppermost stamen more 

 or loss free. Pod compressed, beaked with the persistent style. 



Species 1:20, widely spread through the warmer regions of 

 the world, numerous in South Africa and Australia, a few in 

 North America. 



Leaflets in 12-20 pairs ; pod 4-5-7 cm. 1 1. T. toxicaria. 



[Leaflets in 9-12 pairs; pod 8-10 cm. 1 T. Candida.] 



Leaflets not more than 10 pairs ; pod not more than 



5 cm. 1. 

 Pod about 5 cm. 1. 



[Pod glabrous (except on margins) T. grand i flora.] 



[Pod villose T. noctiflora.} ' 



Pod with minute adpressed hairs, 8-10-seeded 4. T. cinerea. 



Pod 3-4 cm. 1., glabrous or puberulous, 5-6-seeded. 



Calyx 3-3-5 mm. 1. ; teeth as long as the tube 2. T. purpurca. 



Calyx 4-5-5 mm. 1. ; teeth nearly twice as long 



as the tube . 3. T. Wallicliii. 



Flowers less than 2 cm. 1. 



Flowers more than 1 cm. 1 1. T. toxicaria. 



Flowers not more than 1 cm. 1. 



Calyx with minute adpressed hairs. 



Calyx 3-3*5 mm. 1. ; teeth as long as the tube.... 2. T. purpurea. 

 Calyx 4 '5-5 mm. 1. ; teeth nearly twice as long 



as the tube 3. T. Wallicliii. 



Calyx with long white hairs, 4-5-6 mm. 1 4. T. cinerea. 



[Calyx with long reddish-yellow hairs, 3-4 mm. 1.. . . T. noctiflora.} 

 Flowers 2 cm. 1. or more. 



[Leaflets 1-2 cm. 1 T. grandiflora.} 



Leaflets 3-5 cm. 1 T. Candida.} 



1. T. toxicaria Pers. Syn. it. 329 (1807) ; leaflets in 12-20 

 pairs, 2 5-7 cm. 1. ; racemes terminal and axillary ; flowers 

 more than 1 cm. 1. ; pod 4*5-7 cm. 1. Tussac FL Ant. i. t. 20 ; 

 Benth. in FL Bras, xv.pt. 1, 46, t. 8 : Macf. Jam. i. 255; Griseb. 

 FL Br. W. Ind. 182. Cracca leguminibus strictis Plum. PL 

 Amer. (Burm.) t. 135. Galega toxicaria, Sw. Prodr. 108 (1788) & 

 FL Ind. Occ. 1278. Cytisus 1 ? fruticosus erectus et villosus &c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 296. (Fig. 4.) 



Surinam Poison. 



Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 85 ! " Cultivated, rarely wild," Macfadyen ; 

 Brandon Hill, 1000 ft. (fls. white) Thompson ! Mavis Bank (colt.). Fl. Jam. 

 8045. West Indies, tropical continental America. 



Shrubby, 2-5 ft. high ; branches velvety. Leaves 1-2 dm. 1., leaflets 

 narrowly oblong, shortly stalked, silky-pubescent, especially beneath, 

 stipules awl-shaped. Flowers white with a purplish tinge, in clusters of 

 4-6 in many-flowered racemes, 1-3 dm. 1. Calyx silky, about * 5 cm. 1. ; 

 segments ovate. Corolla : standard silky outside, roundish, clawed, 1 * 2 

 cm. 1. (or more) ; wings and keel about as long as standard. Pod silky- 

 pubescent. 



Browne (loc. cit.) states : " This plant has been introduced to Jamaica 

 from the main, and is now cultivated in many parts of the island, on 



