208 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2. Galactia striata (Jacq.) Urb. 



(Urban, 304.) 



Perennial twining, stem becoming woody at the base, elongate, clothed with moder- 

 ately long or short, white, more or less spreading hairs; stipules subulate, 2 to 4 mm. 

 long; peduncle 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long; leaflets 3, terminal one ovate-elliptical, very obtuse 

 or subrotundate at the apex with a minute mucro, more acutate, obtuse or subobtuse 

 at the base, 3.5 to 6 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. wide, the lateral ones a little or one-third 

 shorter than the terminal, suboblique, ovate, rounded at the base, rotundate or very 

 obtuse at the apex, all membranous, with short appressed hairs above, pubescent 

 beneath; inflorescence 3 to 15 cm. long, peduncle 0.6 to 1 mm. long, many-flowered 

 above; pedicels 2 to 2.5 mm. long; calyx densely pubescent, its hairs appressed, 

 7 mm. long, anterior teeth lanceolate, acuminate, 2J times as long as the tube, the 

 lateral ones lanceolate, acutate, twice as long as the tube, posterior ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse; standard purple, striate, 8 to 9 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, broadly obovate, the 

 claw 1 mm. long; keel almost without color, dorsally arcuate, as long as the standard, 

 wings purple, a little narrower and much shorter than the keel, 8 mm. long, 1.5 mm. 

 wide; upper stamen free, all above incurved; anthers ovate or ovate-oblong; ovary 

 sessile, about 11-ovulate; legume (ex Jacquin) sometimes erect, sometimes a little 

 incurved; seeds reniform, brown, variegated. 



2a. Galactia striata tomentosa (Bertol.) Urb. 



(Urban, 305.) 



Stem clothed with moderately long, sometimes subequal white hairs, sometimes 

 recurved-pubescent; leaflets ovate, rarely orbicular-ovate or elliptical, rounded at 

 both ends, rarely obtuse, above shortly pilose, beneath densely soft-tomentose; calyx 

 densely patent-pubescent, 7 to 8 mm. long; corolla rose-colored, the outside green or 

 rose-colored or peach-colored; standard 9 to 10 mm. long, 5 to 6 mm. wide, obovate; 

 wings much shorter than the keel, 8 mm. long, 1.5 to 1.8 mm. wide; pod 4 to 7 cm. 

 long, 7 to 9 mm. wide. 



. At St. Isabel; near Maunabo, in thickets at Punta de la Tuna and at Punta Mala 

 Pasqua; near Aibonito, at Algarrobo; between Aibonito and Coamo along roads and 

 on rocks; near Coamo, at Pedro Garcia and in the valley of the El Tendal River; 

 near Juana Diaz at Escalabrado; near Cabo Rojo, in thickets at Monte Grande and 

 in the woods on the coast. Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix. 



2b. Galactia striata berteriana (\)C. i Urb. 

 (Urban, 305.) 



Stem clothed with short subretrorse or horizontal hairs; leaflets glabrous or slightly 

 pilose above, clothed beneath with short appressed hairs, narrowed at both ends, the 

 apex obtuse or acutate; flowers red or rose-colored; standard 9 to 10 mm. long; wings 

 a little shorter than the keel, much shorter than the standard, 8 mm. long; seeds 

 9 to 14. 



Near Bayamon on hedges; near Fajardoin the mountain forests; near Barranquitas 

 in copses near the River Isabon; near Cabo Rojo, on Monte Grande; near Rincon, 

 at Barrio del Pueblo and in coast districts; near Aguadilla, at Barrio Victoria. 

 Guadeloupe (?). 



