Siylosanthes 



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pastures, Macfadycnl St. Andrew, M^cXabl Purdiel Liguanea plain, 

 380 ft. ; Campbell ! near Kingston ; between Kingston and Morant Bay ; 

 Watson Hill ; Fanrctt ! Kingston, Port Morant, Hitchcock ; Fl. Jam. 6019, 

 6113, 8249, 8397. Bahamas, Cayman, West Indies from Cuba to Grenada, 

 Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia. 



Stem procumbent or ascending, woody at base, 1-3 or 4 dm. 1. Leaflets 

 7-1 -7 cm. 1., 2-6 mm. br., subglabrous, margin generally ciliolate ; net 



A , Portion of flowering branch x . 



B, Flower with one wing turned down x 5. 



C, Wing, inner face X 5. 



Fig. 8.Stylosanthes hamata Taub. 



D, Portion of flowering branch with po<l 



X 2. 



E, Pod X 2. 



prominent beneath. Bracts leaf-like, often without 1 or 2 leaflets, bearing 

 in the axil a flower and a bristle-like hairy stalk ; bracteoles hyaline. 

 Calyx : tube 3'5 mm. 1., limb 2'5 mm. 1., 2 upper lobes united nearly to 

 the apex, the remaining 3 distinct. Corolla yellow, standard 4 - 5 mm. 1. ; 

 wings 3' 7 mm. 1. ; keel 3 mm. 1. Pod, including the beak, nearly 1 cm. 1. 



2. S. viscosa Sw. Prodr. 108 (1788) ; viscous-pubescent ; 

 leaflets narrowly elliptical ; beak of the pod vrrv short.-- Sir. in 

 Svensk Vet. Acail Eandl 1789, 298, t. 11, /'. 3 & /'/. l,,,l. Occ. 

 128.". ; Mirf. Jam. i. L'C.i'. S. glutinosa //. )/. ! K. N<n: G, //. ,V- 

 % >;. 507, <. ( J5 (1824). Loto pentaphyl!<> itc. Slocme Cat. 71 

 vvr Hist. i. 186, /. 119, /. 1. Trifolium sul)croctum cVc. Brnrnr 

 Hist. Jam. L'99. Hedysarinn haiuatuin, var. vis</osa L. Amoen. 

 v. -104 (1760) (excl. ref. to Bunn.) A: var. ft L. ,S>. PI. ed. 2, 10.">6. 

 Type in Herb. .Mus. Brit. 



Sloanc Herb. iii. 93 ! Lane in Herb. Sloanc Ixii. 76 ! Rroicni' ; Hw 

 ton ! Shakspcar ! common in pastures and roadsides, M 

 Purdiel WullscJdacijcl ; Oersted \ Spring Hill, Portland; Lititz savanna, 



