58 FLORA OF JAMAICA Galactia 



puberulous or glabrescent ; calyx sparingly puberulous, 4-6 mm. 1., 

 the lowest segment lanceolate, acuminate, generally about twice 

 as long as the tube, lateral and upper segments shorter ; standard 

 9-12 mm. 1. ; pod 2-5 '5 cm. 1., 4-6 mm. br., hirtellous with 

 adpressed hairs. Urb. Symb. Ant. ii. 314 (1900) (incl. vars.). 

 G. angustifolia (and vars.) Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 75 (non H. B. rt- K.). 

 G. stenophylla Urb. torn. cit. 313. Dolichos herbaceus minor 

 foliis linearibus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 294. D. filiformis L. Syst. 

 ed. 10, 1163 (1759); Amcen. v. 492 & Sp. PL ed. 2, 1021. Type 

 of Linnreus's species is in Herb. Linn, and part of same specimen 

 in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Frequent about Old Harbour, Browne ! Old Harbour, Ridley ! Cuba, 

 Hispaniola. 



Stem very slender, twining, minutely puberulotis or glabrescent. Leaflets 

 apex obtuse, mucronulate or subtruncate, papery; petiole l-'3 cm. 1. ; 

 petiolule of terminal leaflet 4-1 mm. 1. ; stipules awl-shaped-lanceolate, 

 I' 5-2 mm. 1. Corolla red or purple (Wright) ; standard roundish, reflexed, 

 claw 1 5 mm. 1. ; wings slightly shorter and narrower than keel ; keel 

 about as long as the standard ; ovary 12-15 ovuled. 



5. G. laxiflora Urb. Symb. Ant. ii. 315 (1900); leaflets 

 2 5-4 cm. L, glabrous on upper surface, hairy beneath with 

 short adpressed hairs ; calyx with a few very short hairs or sub- 

 glabrous, 4-4*5 mm. 1., segments subequal, as long as the tube, 

 the uppermost a little longer ; standard 7-8 mm. 1. ; pod 5-6 cm. 1., 

 5-5 '5 mm. br., sparingly puberulous. G. filiformis Griseb. Fl. 

 Br. W. Incl. 194 (1860) (in part) (non Bentli.). G. Lockharti 

 Fawc. Fl. PI. Jam. 10 (1893) (non Griseb.). 



Prior. 



Stem twining, hairy near the apex. Leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate- 

 lanceolate ; petiolule of the terminal leaflet 5-8 mm. 1. Inflorescence to 

 20 cm. L, with several flowers distant from each other ; peduncle 3-7 cm. 1. 

 Corolla, wings 6 mm. L, a little shorter than the keel. Stamen, upper- 

 most free. 



An incomplete specimen from Dr. Wm. Wright (?) in the Edinburgh 

 Herbarium may perhaps belong here. 



6. G. Jussiseana Kuntli Mimos. 196, t. 55 (1824); leaflets 

 2 5-7 cm. 1.. white- silky above, white-silky-tomentose beneath ; 

 calyx silvery-silky, 6-8 mm. 1. ; segments about twice as long as 

 tube ; corolla with reflexed-spreading standard, about 1 cm. 1. ; 

 pod silky -torn entose, 5-6 cm. L, 5-6 mm. br. H. B. & K. Nov. 

 Gen. & Sp. 429; Bentli. in Fl Bras, xv.pt. 1, 142; Urb. Symb. 

 Ant. v. 373 ; Britton in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club xliii. 452. Clitoria 

 glomerata Griseb. Cat. Cub. 74 (1866). 



Bertero. Cuba, Is. of Pines, Hispaniola, tropical S. America. 



Stem trailing (" repens " Kunth), erect, 2 ft. high (Britton), branches 

 white-silky-tomentose. Leaflets elliptical ; petiolule of the terminal leaflet 

 G-8 mm. 1. ; stipules lanceolate-awl-shaped, 2-4 mm. 1. Inflorescence a 



