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Leaves unifoliolate, the leaflets hastate 1, B. sagittata. 



Leaves 3-foliolate. 



Leaflets hastate 2. B. schottii. 



Leaflets not hastate. 



Fruit 8 to 10 rum. wide; upper cal.vx lobes nearly obsolete 3. B. plumieri. 



Fruit 4 to 6 mm. wide ; upper calyx lobes equaling or longer than the tube. 

 Upper calyx lobes about as long as the tube ; bracts densely sericeous. 



4. B. pubescens. 

 Upper calyx lobes much longer than the tube ; bracts puberulent. 



5. B. virginiana. 



1. Bradburya sagittata (Hunib. & Bonpl.) Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 46. 



1903. 



Glycine sagittata Humb. «& Bonpl. ; Willd. Enuni. PI. 757. 1809. 



Centrosema hastatum Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. 2: 120. 1838. 



Centrosema dubivm Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 1: 294. 1880. 



Veracruz to Colinia and Oaxaca. Costa Rica; Colombia (type locality). 



Plants herbaceous or suffrutescent ; leaflets 6 to 11 cm. long, acuminate, glab- 

 rate ; petiole winged ; flowers about 4.5 cm. long ; fruit 8 to 14 cm. long, 6 to 8 

 mm. wide, with a long slender beak. 



2. Bradburya schottii Millsp. Field Mus. Bot. 1: 364. 1898. 

 Centrosema schottii K. Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresb. 26 *: 353. 1900. 

 Yucatan ; type from Nohpat. 



Plants scandent to a height of 3 meters; flowers 3.5 cm. long; fruit 12.5 

 to 15 cm. long, 6 mm. wide. 



3. Bradburya plumieri (Turp.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 164. 1891. 

 Clitoria plumieri Turp.; Pers. Syn. PI, 2: 303. 1807. 

 Centrosema plumieri Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. 2: 118. 1838. 

 Guerrero to Veracruz, Yucat3,n, and Chiapas. Widely distributed in tropical 



America. 



Scandent shrub or herb ; leaflets suborbicular to oval-oblong, 3.5 to 10 cm. 

 long, apieulate or short-acuminate; flowers 4.5 to 5 cm. long, dark purple fo 

 pinkish white; fruit 10 to 18 cm. long. " Frijolillo," " patitos " (Tabasco); 

 " mariposa " ( Campeche ) . 



4. Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 164. 1891. 

 Centrosema pti^escens Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. 2: 119. 1838. 

 Clitoria schiedeana Schlecht. Linnaea 12: 284. 1838. 



? Clitoria grandiftora Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux 10 =*: 189. 1843. 



Bradburya schiedeana Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 8: 46. 1903. 



Guerrero to San Luis Potosf, Veracruz, and Chiapas. Widely distributed in 

 tropical America. 



Plants scandent, herbaceous or suffrutescent; leaflets elliptic or ovate. 4 to 

 10 cm. long, pubescent, short-acuminate; flowers 3 to 4 cm. long, yellowish or 

 purple; fruit about 15 cm. long. " Flor de pito " (Porto Rico). 



5. Bradburya virginiana (L.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 164. 1891. 

 Clitoria virginiana L. Sp. PI. 753. 1753. 



Centrosema virginiana Benth. Ann. Wien. Mus. Naturg. 2: 120. 1838. 



Tamaulipas to Yucatan, Chiapas, and Oaxaca. Widely distributed in tropi- 

 cal America ; southern United States ; western Africa. 



Plants usually herbaceous but sometimes scandent to a height of 6 meters; 

 leaflets ovate or oblong, 3 to 7.5 cm. long, bright green, acute; flowers 2 cm. 

 long, blue or purplish ; fruit 10 to 15 cm. long. " Sonajera azul," " hierba de 

 bulla," " chochito," "erica de negra " (Porto Rico). 



