448 Britton: Stuptes oF West INDIAN PLANTS 
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, Pl. Guian. 18, Le 22. T8os. 
’ Scirpus bufonius Poir. Encycl. Suppl. 5: 105. 1817. 
Bulbostylis capillaris tenuifolia Clarke; Urban, eet Ant. 
Recorded by Clarke as collected by C. Wright in ne aoa 4 ee but out 
specimens of that number are not essentially different from S. 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 bopper parallel with the wings and keel 
£°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; 
uncle 1-flowered. 2. G. minutifolia. 
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, 1- to few-flowered. 
Branches prostrate; calyx loosely pubes- 
cent. 
Leaflets 3 or I, onlone to narrowly 
linear, 2-10 m. 3. G. parvifolia. 
Leaflet only I, ovate or elliptic, 10-18 
4. G. monophylla. 
ehereet: calyx densely villous. 5. G. suberecta. 
1a sega elongated, several- to many- 
flowered. 
Leaflets membranous or chartaceous, flat, 
dull; standard 9-11 mm. long. 
Leaflets oblong to obovate-oblong. 6. G. Combsii. 
Leaflets ovate to elliptic or ovate- 
lanceolate 
ets sista raceme usu- 
ally long-peduncled. 7. G. striata. 
Leaflets chartaceous; raceme short- 
peduncled or sessile. 8. G. spiciformis. 
Leaflets subcoriaceous, revolute-mar- 
gined, shining; standard 7 mm. long. 9. G. Earlei. 
