20 FLORA OF JAMAICA TepJiroaia 



Andrew, 1000 ft.; Harris \ Fl. Jam. 9385, 12,205. Tropical and 

 subtropical region^. 



Somewhat shrubby, rising to 1 or 2 ft. high, branches glabrous or 

 adpivssed pubescent, angular. Lirtj!<>fs linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceo- 

 late, glabrescent on the upper surface, glaucous, obscurely silky with 

 minute white hairs beneath, 1-2 cm. 1., 2-5 mm. br. ; stipules 4-7 mm. 1., 

 lauceolate-awl-shaped. Flowers pale purplish or white, or crimson, solitary 

 or in clusters of 2 or 3 in racemes, which are opposite to a leaf, lax-flowered, 

 to 1 dm. 1. Calyx with minute adpressed hairs. Corolla: standard silky 

 outside; wings, blade oblong, about 5 mm. 1., claw about 2 -5 mm. 1. ; 

 keel about as long as wings. Style glabrous; stigma with very short 

 hairs. This species has been used for green dressing. 



3. T. Walliehii Gralim /// Wall. Ct. u. 5640 (nomen) ; 

 Fawc. (( Hcndla in Journ. Bot. Iv. 35 (1917); leaflets in 5-9 pairs; 

 calyx 4 '5-5 mm. 1., teeth nearly twice as long as the tube ; blade 

 of standard elliptical-roundish, broader than long, 6 mm. 1., 



8 mm. br., claw cuneate, 2 mm. 1. ; pod 5-6 seeded, 3 3'5 cm. 1., 

 puberulous or glabrous. Type in Herb. Wallich in Herb. Kew. 



Brongliton \ Palisadoes, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6753. Dominica, Trinidad, 

 Guiana, India. 



Somewhat shrubby ; branches glabrous or pubescent, at length terete. 

 Leaflets cuneate-oblong, green, glabrescent on the upper surface, glaucous 

 and obscurely silky with minute white hairs beneath, l'5-2'5 cm. 1., 

 5-1 '5 cm. br.; stipules 5-7 mm. 1., linear-lanceolate. Flowers crimson or 

 white, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3 in racemes, which are opposite to 

 a leaf, lax -flowered, to 1 dm. 1. Calyx with minute adpressed hairs; 

 segments setaceous. Corolla : standard silky outside ; wings, blade oblong, 

 about 5 mm. 1., claw about 1-5 mm. 1. ; keel, apex close to apex of wings. 

 Style glabrous ; stigma with very short hairs. 



4. T. einerea Pers. Syn. ii. 328 (1807); more or less pro- 

 cumbent; leaflets in 3-5 (6) pairs; calyx 4*5-6 mm. 1., teeth 

 as long as the tube to half as long again ; blade of standard 

 roundish, rhomboid-roundish, or ovate-roundish, 8 '5-9 mm. 1., 



9 mm. br., claw 2 '5 mm. 1. ; pod generally 8-10-seeded, 4-5 cm. 

 1., with minute white adpressed hairs. Be nth. torn. cit. 48 ; 

 Griseb. Joe. cit. ; Url). Symb. Ant. iv. 283. T. procumbens Macf. 

 Jam. L 256. Galega einerea L. Syst. ed. 10, 1172 (1759) & 

 Amoen. v. 403 ; Jacq. Ic. PI. Bar. t. 575. Galega herbacea &c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 289. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Wright \ Brougliton ! Shakspear ! Macfadyen \ Distin ! St. Andrew, 

 McNab \ Constant Spring, 1000 ft. ; Palisadoes ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6033, 

 6752. West Indies, tropical and subtropical America. 



Somewhat shrubby ; branches 1 ft. or more long, at length terete, white- 

 pubescent with adpressed or spreading hairs. Leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, 

 glabrescent or with minute adpressed hairs on the upper surface, silky- 

 pubescent and ash-coloured beneath, 1-3-3 cm. 1. (or more in var.), 

 3-5 mm. br. (or more in var.) ; stipules white-pubescent, lanceolate, 

 5-6 mm. 1. Flowers showy, rose-coloured, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 



3 in racemes, which are opposite a leaf, and to 1-5 dm. 1. Calyx silky 

 with long white hairs. Standard silky outside ; wings, blade 9 mm. 1., 



4 mm. br., claw 2-2 mm. 1. ; keel, claw about 1 cm. 1. Style glabrous; 

 stigma long-ciliate. 



