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Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants 



2. G. minulifolia. 



Distribution: Sandy and rocky soil, provinces of Oriente and 

 Pinar del Rio and on the Isle of Pines, Cuba; pinelands at high 

 elevations in Santo Domingo ; Jamaica (not recently collected) : 

 continental North America; temperate South America. 



Stenophyllus tenuifolius (Rudge). 



Scirpus tenuifolius Rudge, PI. Guian. i8, pi. 22. 1805. 



Scirpus bufonius Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 5: 105. 1817. 



Bulbostylis capillaris tenuifolia Clarke; Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 89. 1900. 



Recorded by Clarke as collected by C. Wright in Cuba (Wright 3382), but out 

 specimens of that number are not essentially different from 5. capillaris. The species 

 inhabits tropical South America. 



46. GALACTIA P.Br. IN CUBA 

 Type species: Glycine Galactia L. 



A. Corolla 2-2.5 cm. long, the standard parallel with the wings and keel. 



I. G. rudolphioides, 



B. Corolla not more than 1.7 cm. long, the standard erect, not 



parallel with the wings and keel. 

 a. Twining or trailing vines. 



Corolla about 1.7 cm. long; leaflets 8 mm. long or less; 



peduncle i-flowered. 

 Corolla less than 1.5 mm. long; leaflets 1-6 cm. long; 

 peduncles mostly few- to several-flowered . 

 Terminal leaflet (when 3) long-stalked. 

 Calyx-lobes longer than the tube. 



Inflorescence short, i- to few-flowered. 



Branches prostrate; calyx loosely pubes- 

 cent. 

 Leaflets 3 or i, oblong to narrowly 



Hnear, 2-10 mm. wide. 

 Leaflet only i, ovate or elliptic, 10-18 

 mm. wide. 

 Branches suberect; calyx densely villous. 

 Inflorescence elongated, several- to many- 

 flowered. 

 Leaflets membranous or chartaceous, flat, 

 dull; standard 9-11 mm. long. 

 Leaflets oblong to obovate-oblong. 

 Leaflets ovate to elliptic or ovate- 

 lanceolate. 

 Leaflets membranous; raceme usu- 

 ally long-peduncled. 

 Leaflets chartaceous; raceme short- 

 peduncled or sessile. 

 Leaflets subcoriaceous, revolute-mar- 

 gined, shining; standard 7 mm. long. 



3. G. parvifolia. 



4. G. monophylla. 



5. G. suberecta. 



6. G. Combsii. 



7. G. striata. 



8. G. spiciformis. 



9. G. Earlei. 



