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Calyx-lQbes shorter than the tube. lo. G. brachyodon. 



Leaflets nearly equally short-stalked. 



Leaflets densely or loosely pubescent beneath. 

 Leaflets obovate, strongly reticulate-veined, 



loosely' pubescent on both sides. ii. G. Jenningsii'. 



Leaflets linear-oblong, narrowed at both 



ends, densely silky beneath. 12. G. revoluta. 



Leaflets glabrous, or with only some scattered 

 hairs beneath. 

 Flowering pedicels 1-2 mm. long; pod short- 

 pilose, its pedicel 3 mm. long. 13. G. galactioides. 

 Flowering pedicels 0.5 mm. long; pod long- 

 pilose, its pedicel 1.5 mm. long or less. 14. G. savannarum. 

 b. Erect shrub; leaflets 3. 15. G. Jussiaeana. 



1. Galactia rudolphioides (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook. ; Sauvalle, 



Anales Acad. Habana 5: 337. 1869 



Dioclea rudolphioides Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 178. i860. 

 Galactia Odonia Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 75. 1866. 



Pinelands, thickets and hillsides, Oriente, Matanzas: Bahamas. 



2. Galactia minutifolia Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: 325. 1900 



Dry soil, Oriente. Endemic. Referred by Grisebach to 

 G. parvifolia A. Rich. 



3. Galactia parvifolia A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub. 414. 1845 



Galactia stenophylla Urban, Symb. Ant. 2: ;^i;i. 1900. Not H. & 



A. 

 Galactia parvifolia triphylla Urban, lac. cit. 314. 1900. 

 Galactia parvifolia heterophylla Urban, loc. cit. 315. 1900. 

 Galactia parvifolia monophylla Urban, loc. cit. 315. 1900. 

 Galactia Grisebachii Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 372. 1908. 



Grassy fields and banks at lower elevations, all provinces and 

 Isle of Pines: South Florida; Hispaniola. Consists of races differ- 

 ing in number, form and size of leaflets. ' 



4. Galactia monophylla Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 75. 1866 

 Grassy places, Oriente, Havana; Bahamas. 



