XOTES 0> JAMAICA. PLANTS 37 



DoLiCHOS FiLiFORMis L. (Syst. ed. 10, 1163) was founded on 

 Patrick Browne's plant described (Nat. Hist. Jamaica, 294) as " Doli- 

 chos herbaceus minor, foliis linearibus, siliqua polys])ermi compressa," 



There is a specimen in Linnaeus's Herbarium named by himself, but 

 we know of no other s])ecimen from Jamaica, although Browne speaks 

 of it as being " frequent about Old Harbour." Part of the original 

 specimen in the Linnean Herbarium was given by Smith to Banks, 

 and is in Herb. Mus. Brit. This specimen we find to be Galactia 

 pari'ifolia A. Hich. (yar. triphylla Urb. Symb. Ant. ii. 314) 



Mr. H. X. Ridley kindly offered to look for this plant at Old 

 Harbour on his recent yisit to Jamaica, and has succeeded in finding 

 specimens which differ from the above in having monophyllous leaves 

 with larger leaflets and correspond with Urban's var. monophylla 

 {Galactia ancjusfi folia var. iiionopliylla Griseb.). 



Macfadyen (Jam. i. 2S6) cites Dolichos Jiliformis L., but his 

 description shows that he is dealing with a very different plant, namely 

 Dioclea rejiexa Hook. f. 



Galactia filiformi.s Benth. is also a different si^ecies founded on 

 Galega Jiliformis Jactj., a native of Hispaniola. 



Pteeocarpus Dhac'o L. Linnteus, in publishing this name (Sp. 

 PL ed. 2, 1662 j, gave no diagnosis, but referred to his Materia Medica, 

 522, and to Jacquin's Hist. (Sel. Stirp. Amer. 283, t. 183. f. 92). 

 Pterocarpus of Mat. Med. is based on Hermann's Flora Zeylanica, 

 n. 417 ; of this there are two specimens in Hermann's Herbarimn, 

 both, as Trimen pointed out, being the Old World species named by 

 Bentham Derris uliginosa. Jacquin named his species, which came 

 from the New World, Pterocarpus officinalis ; this name has priority 

 over Linnaeus's, and must therefore be retained for the American plant 

 which has been cited as P. Draco, 



Cassia,- Broughtonii, sp. nov. " Frutex 3-pedalis " (Harris) ; 

 ramuli pilis curvatis dense pubescentes. Folia 7-11 cm. 1, ; foliola 

 19-22(26)-juga, lineari-oblonga, basi obliqua rotundata, apice mu- 

 crone setaceo instnicta, costa parum excentrica, latere latiori j^enni- 

 nervio, nervis paucis distantibus, nervis 3-4 basalibus subadditis, subtus 

 vel utrinque prominulis, margine ciliolulata, supra glabra, infra 

 glabrescentia, 14-18 mm. long., 2-2-5 mm. lat. Petioli (5-8 mm. 1.) 

 rhachides(iue pubescentes ; glandula longius jDedicellata, campanulata, 

 infra jugum infimum posita, Stipulse lanceolatae, acuminatae, striatae, 

 ciliatae, 13-14 mm. long. Flores parvi, saepius 2-3-ni, pedicellis 

 axillaribus atque supra-axillaribus. 5-7 mm. longis. Bracteae striatae, 

 5 mm. long., bracteolae striatae, 3 mm. long, Sepala pubescentia, 

 7-8 mm. long. Petala flava, 6-8 mm. long. Stamina 9. Legumen 

 oblongo-lineare, valde marginatum, villosum, 4*5-5 (2*5) cm. long., 

 4*5 mm. lat., seminibus 16. Types in Herb. Mus. Brit., Herb. Kew., 

 Herb. Jam., and in Broughton's collection in the Bristol Museum. 



Hah, Jamaica, *' in fossis et udis," Brought on ! Macfadyen ! 

 King's House Grounds, 600 ft., Harris \ m4Q. 



This species is near C. glandulosa L., but differs in the leaves not 

 being multiglandular, in the corolla not being longer than the calyx, 

 and in the ])od being villose. It is named in honour of Dr. Ai-thur 

 Broughton, in whose collection occui-s the earliest specimen known. 



