FI.OKA OF JAMAICA /,'/,///, 



angled. imlxTulous or glabrescent. I^'athis small, ovate-rhom- 

 boid, puberulous, rarely toxnentose, 1 5-2 5 (] :i) cm. 1. distant, 



low. Calyx 3'3-4-5 mm. 1. St<ui<i<n-<i' ;ihout ('> cm. ]., veined with 



i or purple, ohovate \vith auricles ut base slightly inllexed, claw wcdge- 

 -hajK'd. nbout I'M nun. 1.; wings shorter than tho keel (claw 1'5 mm. I.), 



i fowly oblong, truncate at base; keel oblong-elliptical, rounded 

 apex, truncate-wedge-shaped at base, about as long as the standard and 

 twice as broad as the wings, claw about 2 mm. 1. .l'<><! minutely puberulous. 



'ded, 1- :>-! 7 cm. 1., '4-'5 cm. br. Seeds ellipsoidal, slightly indented 

 on one side, black, 2 '5-3 mm. in diam. 



'5. R. earibsea DC. Prodr. ii. 384 ; calyx about one-third to 

 one-half as long as the corolla, upper 2 segments triangular, 

 .elite, lateral ovate, acuminate, a little longer than the upper, 

 lower segment lanceolate from a broad base, aristate, longer than 

 the lateral ; standard obcordate : ^ ings with claw-like auricle ; 

 pod hirsute; leaflets with yellow glandular dots beneath. J/m;/'. 

 Jam. i. 27?). Glycine caribsea Jacq. Collect, i. 66 (1786) A: !<. 

 PL Ear. t. 146 ', Bot. Beg. 1. 275. 



There is in Herb. Mus. Brit, a description of this species 

 from a garden plant by Solander (MSS. xv. 239), and also a 

 -{eciinen labelled " Hort. Kew. 1779." Jacquin's description is 

 ">f a plant raised from seed brought by him " ex insulis 

 Caribaeis," and presumably the figure in Ic. PL Rar. is of the 

 same plant. The Bot. Reg. states " the plant from which the 

 drawing has been taken was raised from Jamaican seed." 

 Macfadyen gives as its habitat, " on fences, neighbourhood of 

 Bath." We have not seen a specimen collected in Jamaica. 



Stem pubescent or glabrate. Leaflets small, rhomboid, acute or acu- 

 minate, puberulous with scattered hairs on the upper surface, puberulous 

 on the nerves and veins beneath, l'5-3 cm. 1. Flowers "about half an 

 inch long, deep yellow" (Bot. Keg. t. 275). Standard with purplish 

 streaks, auriculate ; keel purplish at the apex. Pod 2 -5-3 cm, 1. ^scimitar- 

 shaped, with glandular dots. 



4. R. phaseoloides DC. Prodr. ii. 385 (1825) ; calyx about 

 one -third to one-half as long as the corolla, segments about as 

 long as the tube, upper and lateral triangular, lower awl-shaped ; 

 pod constricted between the seeds, about 1 cm. br. ; leaflets with 

 orange-yellow dots beneath. Mac/. Jain. i. 276 ; Benth. loc. cit. 

 t. 54, /. i. ; Griseb. loc. cit. ; Urb. loc. cit. Glycine sylvestre 

 scandens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 298. G. phaseoloides Sw. Prodr. 

 105 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1248. 



Decoy, St. Mary, Broivne ; Wriglit \ Masson \ Swartz \ Bancroft I 

 Macfadyen ! St. Mary, McNab \ Purdiel Wilson \ Moneague, Priori 

 J.P. 872, Morris ! Chester Vale, 3000 ft. ; Knapdale, near Browns Town, 

 1000 ft. ; Mt. Diabolo ; near Troy, 2000 ft. ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5636, 5875, 

 7093, 8494, 8775. West Indies, Central and South America. 



Stem trailing, sometimes growing to a length of 18 ft., subterete, 

 tomentose-puberulous or glabrescent. Leaflets broadly ovate to rhomboid, 

 acuminate, glabrous on upper surface, puberulous or minutely tomentose 



