22 FLORA OF JAMAICA Tephrosia 



loc. cit. Galega rosea Lam. Encyc. ii. 599 (1786). G. grandiflora 

 VahlSymb. ii. 84 (1791). 



Naturalized in Blue Mts., Wilson ; Prior ; Cinchona, J.P. 1170, Morris ! 

 also Clute I Blue Mt. Peak, Hitchcock. — S. Africa, Rhodesia to Cape. 



Shrubby, erect, 1-2 ft. high; stem and branches puberulous or sub- 

 glabrous. Leaflets oblong, glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous or 

 glabrescent beneath, 3-5 mm. br. ; stipules ovate, acute, many-nerved, 

 5-8 mm. 1. Flowers showy, rosy-purple, large, in corymbose clusters at 

 ends of branches. Bracts broadly ovate, enclosing the young flower-bud, 

 deciduous. Calyx puberulous-silky, 5-7 mm. 1. ; segments awl-shaped. 

 Corolla : standard silky outside, blade roundish, about 2 cm. 1.] 



[GLIRICIDIA H. B. & K. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, here and there sub- 

 opposite ; leaflets enth-e, opposite. Racemes appearing before the 

 leaves, or axillary. Calyx campanulate, entire or obsoletely 

 5-toothed. Standard roundish, reflexed, clawed, with 2 lobes 

 inside above the claw ; wings oblong, free ; keel curved. Upper- 

 most stamen free. Pod broadly linear, flat-compressed, margins 

 slightly thickened. Seeds 3-6, flat, roundish-elliptical. 



Species 3 or 4, natives of tropical America. 



G. sepium Stead. Nomencl. ed. 2, /. 688 (1841) ; Urh. Symh. 

 Ant. it. 288, iv. 284. G. maculata Steud. loc. cit. Robinia sepium 

 Jacq. Enum. PI. Carlh. 28 (1760) & Sel. Stirj). Amer. 211. 



Cultivated for fences and subspontaneous in West Indies ; Hope, Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 8453. — Native in Central America and Colombia. 



Small tree or shrub to 20 ft. high. Leaflets in 4-8 pairs, lanceolate, 

 elliptical, or ovate, 3-6 cm. 1., glabrous. Calyx -5 cm. 1. Corolla lilac- 

 rosy and white ; standard (excl. claw) about 2 cm. 1., claw "5 cm. 1. ; wings 

 (incl. claw) about 2 • 3 cm. 1. ; keel (incl. claw) about 1 • 8 cm. 1., claw 6 mm. 1. 

 Style bent at a right angle to pistil. Pod 10-12 cm. 1., 1 to nearly 2 cm. br. 

 Seeds about 1 cm. 1.] 



5. SESBANIA Scop. 



Herbs or shrubs (in S. grandiflora arborescent but short-lived). 

 Leaves abruptly pinnate, leaflets entire in many pairs. Racemes 

 axillary, lax. Calyx 5-toothed (or in S. grandiflora campanulate, 

 toothed- wavy). Standard roundish or ovate. Uppermost stamen 

 free, the rest united into a sheath ; anthers all alike or the 

 alternate a little longer. Pod long, with transverse partitions 

 between the seeds, 2-valved or sometimes scarcely opening. 



Species 20, widely dispersed through the tropics. 



Flowers not more than 1 inch long ; buds straight. 

 Plants glabrous. 



Leaflets in less than 20 pairs 1. S. Sesban. 



Leaflets in more than 20 pairs. 



Flowers 2-2-4 cm. 1 2. S. exasperata. 



[Flowers 1-1*2 cm. 1 S. bispinosa.'] 



Plants pubescent 3. S. sericea. 



[Flowers 3 inches long ; buds curved S. grandiflora.] 



