324 I Ign. Urbn: 



in styhim fere duplo longiorem incurvatiim (nunc ahortivum) valdc scnsim 

 an,2:iistato; leguminibiis (junioribus) 5 cm. longis, G mm. latis, superne i)anim 

 incurvis breviter et adprcsse pilosis, pilis longioribns secus medium vestitis. 



14. Galactia spiciformis Torr, et Gray, caulibus volubilibiis, pilis 

 inaoquilogis reflexis et subadpressis v. plus minus patulis dense obsitis; 

 stipulis subulatis 3 4 mm. longis; foliis 4 1cm. longe petiolatis, 

 foliolis 3, terminali 15 5 mm. longe petiolulato, obovato v. subovali 

 V. ovali-elliptico, ad vel plerumque supra medium latissimo, apice obtuso 

 Y. breviter et obtuse acuminato, basi obtuso v. rotundato, 6 4 cm. longo, 

 4 2 cm. lato, lateralibus paullo v. triente brevioribus ovatis, basi rotun- 

 datis, Omnibus coriaceis v. crassiuscule chartaceis, supra brevissime 

 pilosis V. glabris, subtus dense et adpresse pubescentibus; inflorescentiis 

 usque 15 cm. longis, nunc valde abbreviatis, plerumque fere usque ad 

 basin floriferis, pedunculo basi 0,5 1 mm. crasso, pedicellis 1 2 mm. 

 longis; calyce pubescente, 5 7 mm. longo, dente antico lanceolato 

 acuminato tubo 2Y2 3-plo longiore, interdum eum vix superante, late- 

 ralibus lanceolatis tubum dimidio v. duplo interdum vix aequantibus, 

 postico ovato breviter acuminato; corolia rosea (ex Egg.), vexillo 10 11 mm. 

 longo, 7 8 mm. lato, late obovato, 1 mm. longe unguiculato, carina vexillo 

 aequilonga v. paullo breviore, alas vix superante subrecta, alis carinae 

 aequilatis v. parum latioribus 2,5 3 mm. latis; stamine postico interdum 

 supra basin cum caeteris breviter connato, omnibus subrectis, antberis 

 oblongis; ovario sessili 7 9-ovulato, in stylum duplo v. dimidio longiorem 

 subrectum apice uncatum (interdum abortivum) sensim angustato; legu- 

 minibus 4 6 cm. longis, 5 9 mm. latis, superne plus minus incurvis, 

 pube densa v. parca brevi et praesertim secus medium longiore subpatente 

 vestitis. 



GalacUa spiciformis Torr, et Gray Flor. N. Amer. I (1838) p. 288 

 (ex descr. et loco natali, deest in herb. Gray ex line in lit.) 



Galactia spiciformis Torr, et Gray var. Chapm. Flor. 8. U. St. 

 ed. I (1872) p. 108. 



Galactia filiformis var. cubensis Griseb. Cat. (1866) p. 75. 



Galactia filiformis Chajmi. Flor. S. U. St. ed. II (1887) p. 617 et 

 ed. III p. 118; Gard., Brace et Doli. Bah. p. 377 , non Benth. 



Galactia tenuiflora Hitchc.f Bah. (1893) p. 78, non Wiyht 

 et Arn. 



Galactia cubensis Vail in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XXII (1895) p. 509 

 (ex descr. p.p), non H. B. K. 



Hab. in Key insulis in fruticetis solo corallino Upper Metacombe 

 Key, ra. Majo flor. et fruct.: Curtiss uj)74*; Bahamas: Marter (hb. Monac), 

 New Providence ad Nassau m. Febr. fl.: Eggers n. 4236, Hitcbcock (Miss. 

 Bot. Gard. Herb.), Northrop n. 226, Hog Island m. Febr. fl: Eggers n. 4044, 



