NO. 6 gentry: land plants 27 



LEGUMINOSAE 

 Cajanus bicolor DC. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H12, FI24; in cleared plot of the 

 jungle, flowers yellow, the back of the banner veined in red-brown. 



Distribution : Native of Asia, introduced in tropical America where it 

 is widely cultivated for its edible beans. It has escaped in many localities. 

 Cassia grandis L. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore HI. 



Distribution : Mexico to the Guianas. 



It forms a large tree and when in bloom is made showy by its masses of 

 pink flowers. 

 Phaseolus adenanthus Meyer 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H5 ; on upper beach. 



Distribution: Widely distributed through lowlands of tropical 

 America. 



A glabrous or puberulent vine with lanceolate leaflets, very unequal 

 calyx lobes (upper broad and rounded, lower lanceolate, acute), bracts 

 strongly 9-10-nerved, pale flowers, and rather straight pods 7-8 xlOO mm. 

 Elmore reports the flowers as cream-colored with purple strongly tingeing 

 the keel below and more lightly so above. 

 Phaseolus gracilis Poepp. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3-4, Elmore L5; upper beach. 



Distribution : Tropical America ; the type from Cuba. 

 Swartzia simplex (Swartz) Spreng. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H40; shaded on moist beach. 



Distribution : Southern Mexico to Panama and the West Indies. 



MALPIGHIACEAE 



Banisteria cornifolia (HBK.) Spreng. 



Bahia Honda, March 28, Elmore H45; in shaded moist sandy soil on 

 the upper beach. 



Distribution: Nicaragua and Costa Rica to Colombia; type from 

 Ibaque, Colombia. 

 Stigmatophyllum ellipticum (HBK.) Juss. 



Caledonia Harbor, Mt. Vernon, April 3, Elmore L2; on coralline and 

 shell of the upper beach, vine with yellow flowers. 



Distribution: Central America. 



