PERKINS THE LEGU MINOS AE OF PORTO RICO. 175 



Near Bayamon, in coast districts at Catano; near Cabeza de San Juan, in coast dis- 

 tricts; near Patillas, in thickets on the seashore at Guardaraya; near Coamo, around Los 

 Banos along roads, in the valley of El Tendal River in rocky ground, on El Fuerte 

 River, and near the Salinas Lagoons; near Penuelas; near Yauco; near ( ruanica, in coast 

 districts between Barina and La Boca and at Salinas; near Salinas de ( !abo Rojo at Los 

 Morillos; near Mayaguez, in coast districts at Algarrobo; near Rincon at Cabo San Fran- 

 cisco. Bahama. Cuba. Jamaica, Cayman (Millspaugh), Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix. 

 St. John (Eggersh St. Martin (Stockholm Herbarium), St. Bartholomew (do.), St. 

 Kitts (Grisebach), Antigua (do.), Guadeloupe, Desirade (Grisebach), Marie Galante 

 (Dues), Dominica (Grisebach), St. Vincent, Tobago, Margarita, Curacao. Tropical 

 continental America. 



On account of the strong resemblance of the Tephrosia species, it is often difficult 

 to distinguish them. T. cinerea differs from T. purpurea in having calyx teeth that 

 are almost twice as long as the tube. The racemes are also shorter in T. cinerea. 



In tropical America the young branches and leaves of this plant are crushed and 

 mixed with quicklime, and the mixture used for narcotizing fish. 



Local name, anil cenizo. 



2. Tephrosia cathartica (Sesse & Moc.) Urb. 

 (Urban, 283.) - 



The stem woody, branches firm, angular, thinly gray-silky; stipules setaceous, 

 minute. 2 mm. long; leaves 5 to 7 cm. long, imparipinnate, 2 to 3-jugate; leaflets 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, 1.4 to 3.5 cm. long, 6 to 12 mm. wide, gray-silky on both 

 sides, entire, blunt, emarginate, papyraceous; petiolule of lateral leaflets 1 mm. long, 

 that of terminal one 6 mm.; racemes both terminal and leaf-opposed, lax, 5 to 15 cm. 

 long; flowers solitary or in pairs, bracts minute; pedicel about 2 mm. long; calyx 4 

 nun. long, pilose outside, the lanceolate, acuminate teeth exceeding the tube; flowers 

 blood-red, 7 mm. long; pod linear, downy, 3.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, stipitate, 5 or 

 6-seeded . 



Near Mayaguez, in coast districts at Algarrobo; near Rincon at Cabo San Francisco; 

 near Vega Baja, in sandy soil. Bahama, Cayman, Haiti, St. Kitts, Trinidad, Ruatan 

 Island (Bay of Honduras), Cartagena. 



Poiret says that Cytisus sessiliflorus Poir. has been collected in Porto Rico, but the 

 original specimen was probably collected by Ledru or Riedle in Trinidad, not in 

 Porto Rico. 



32. BARBIERIA DC. 



Barhena DC. Prod. 2: 239. 1825. 

 Barbiera Spreng. Gen. 2: 587. 1831. 



Calyx long-tubuliform, with acute subequal segments: petals with long claws; 

 standard oblong, narrowed below into a claw; wings oblong, adhering to the keel; 

 petals of the keel longer than the wings, obtuse; upper stamen free, the others con- 

 nate; anthers uniform; ovary sessile, multiovulate; style long, slender, bearded on 

 the inner side; pod linear, straight, compressed, 2-valved, indented between the 

 seeds on the outside, septate; seed transverse, oblong. Shrubs; leaves imparipin- 

 nate; leaflets entire, numerous; stipels long, subulate; stipules acuminate-subulate; 

 flowers 2 or 3 together, in terminal or axillary racemes, rather large, red: bracts and 

 bracteoles lanceolate-subulate. 



Cook and Collins, p. 128, as Cracca leptostachys. 

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