Britton: STUDIES OF WEST INDIAN PLANTS 2 
he cemay 1-3-flowered; leaves oblong, 5-20 mm. 
2. R. microphylla. 
b. ruias siteous or puberulent. 
* Pedicels very slender or filiform 
+ Leaves small, I-2.5 cm. mee peduncles 
1- to few-flowered. 
Calyx-lobes dilated above. 
Leaves ovate, rounded or subcordate at 
the base; calyx-lobes fae dilated. 3. R. Shaferi. 
Leaves oblong, oval or obovate, nar- 
rowed or obtuse at the base; 
calyx-lobes much dilated. : 
Beans glabrous; petioles 1-2 mm. 
ong. R. peduncularis. 
See ciliate, 4-7 mm. long. 5. R. pachyphylla, 
Calyx-lobes linear or subulate, not dilated. 
Foliage puberulent. 
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R. pedicellaris. 
alaternoides. 
fb Leaves up to 7 cm. long; inflorescence 
- to many-fiowered. 8. R. subglabra, 
+ Pines stout, short. 
+ Leaves petioled. 
psule subglobose or short-pyriform. 
Corolla densely silky-pubescent. 9. R. brachycarpa. 
ae aeediee or with a few scattered 
parenting: deltoid, minute. ta, R. stellata. 
Calyx-teeth ovate or oblong. 
Petioles slender; capsule sub- 
globose. tr. R. angustata. 
Petioles stout; capsule subpyri- 
. R. canellaefolia. 
cal 
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form. 
Capsule =e, about twice as long as 
thick; leaves elongated, petioled. 
tt Leaves dO oblong-oblanceolate; capsule 
short-pyriform. 14. R. yamuriensis. 
. R. calcicola. 
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2. Inflorescence axillary or lateral. 
a. Ped — elongated, often as long as the leaves or - 
long 
cae aan cordate, 5—8 cm. long. 15. R. corretfolia. 
Leaves petioled, 3-5 cm. long. 
Petioles about 2 mm. long. 16. R, Lindeniana. 
Petioles 8-12 mm. long. 
Stipules triangular, obtuse; leaves obtuse 
or rounded at the base. 17. R. nimanimae. 
Stipules linear-subulate, broadened below; 
ves rounded at the 8. R. Leoni. 
b. a short, much shorter than the leaves. 
es membranous to chartaceous; inflor- 
escence mostly few- to several-flowered, 
rarely 1-flow 
