332 Tqn. Urban: 



adpressis obsitis, saepe mox glabrescentibus; stipulis lineari-siibulatis, 

 1,5 2 mm. longis; foliis 2,5 0,5 cm. longe petiolatis, fuliolis semper 3, 

 aequaliter et brevissime (0,8 1,5 mm. longe) v. terminal! paullo magis 

 (iisque 3 mm. longe) petiolulatis, terminali obovato v. elliptico v. obovato- 

 oblongo, inferne magis angustato, basi ipsa obtuso, apice obtiiso v. rotiin- 

 dato, saepius plus minus emarginatis, 2,5 1,5 cm. longis, 1,5 0,7 cm. 

 latis, lateralibus paullo usque duplo brevioribus oblique ovatis v. bre- 

 viter obovatis, omnibus coriaceis rigidis, margine saepius recurvatis, 

 utrinque reticulato-venosis, glabris v. subtus parce et breviter pilosis, 

 subtus pallidioribus; inflorescentiis cum pedunculo 0,5 3 cm. longo, 

 0,5 1mm. crasso, 2 8 cm. longis, plurifloris, pedicellis tlor. 3 4 mm., 

 fructiferis usque 7 mm. longis; calyce brevissime et adpresse rufo-piloso, 

 7 8 mm. longo, dente antico lanceolato sensim acuminato, tubo fere 

 duplo longiore, lateralibus triangulari-lanceolatis, tubum vix superantibus, 

 postico ovato- triangulr!, apice subsensim angustato, longitudine inter- 

 medio; corolla rosea (ex Egg.), vexillo orbiculato, 9 10 mm. longo, 

 7,5 8 mm. lato, 1,3 2 mm. longe unguiculato, alis vexillo aequilongis 

 subrectis, carina alis 1 2 mm. breviore sed ei aequilata, dorso arcuato- 

 curvata, intus subrecta 2,5 mm. lata; stamine postico in -/s ^It. cum 

 caeteris coalito, omnibus superne valde incurvis, antheris ovatis; ovario 

 vix stipitato, 6 9-ovulato, stylum subrectaugulari - incurvum duplo 

 V. ultra superante; leguminibus 3,5 -5 cm. longis, 7 10 mm. latis, 

 subrectis v. supra basin subrecurvis, brevissime et parce adpresseque 

 pilosulis; seminibus 5 7, ovatis, 4,5 5,5 mm. longis, bruneis et plus 

 minus nigro-maculatis, hilo sub apice sito. 



Galactia galadioides Hitchc! Bah. (1893) p. 77 (excl. synon.). 



Hab. in ins. Baham. Watling's, Crooked Isl., Inagua, m. Nov. flor.: 

 Hitchcock (Miss. Bot. Gard. Herb.), Fortune Isl. m. Febr. fruct: Eggers 

 n. 3828, Hitchcock (Miss. Bot. Gard. Herb.). 



Obs. Ad G. lignosam Urb, arcte accedens. 



25. Gralactia ligiiosa Urb. caulibus inferne lignescentibus, superne 

 volubilibus, pilis brevibus reflexis et adpressis rufescentibus obsitis; 

 stipulis lanceolatis 1,5 2 mm. longis; foliis 1 0,5 cm. longe petiolatis, 

 foliolis 3, omnibus aequaliter et brevissime (ca. 1 mm. longe) petiolulatis, 

 terminali obovato v. obovato -elliptico, apice rotundato v. obtusissimo 

 plus minus emarginato, inferne cuneatim angustato, basi ipsa obtuso 

 2 1,5 cm. longo, 10,8 cm. lato, lateralibus dimidio brevioribus, 

 breviter obovatis, inaequilateris, basi subrotundatis, omnibus subcoriaceis, 

 supra glabris in sicco nigrescentibus, obsolete v. vix venosis, subtus 

 pallide olivaceis, brevissime et adpresse pilosis, manifestius reticulato- 

 nervosis; inflorescentia folio longiore; calycis dentibus 4, omnibus acutis 



