24 FLOKA OF JAMAICA Sesbania 



sometimes rough ; leaflets in 30-40 (25-50) pairs ; flowers 

 2-2-4 cm. 1. — Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. j)t. 1, 42 ; Griseh. loc. cit. ; 

 Hooh.f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7384 (leaves not good). 



Purdic ! — Trinidad, tropical continental America. 



Herb or undershrub 3-8 ft.; branches angular. Leaves 2-3 dm. 1., 

 leaflets oblong-linear, irritable, mucronate, 1-5-2-5 cm. 1., 3-6 mm.br. 

 Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, 8-12 cm. 1. Calyx, tube 4-5 mm. 1., teeth 

 2-3 mm. 1. Corolla: standard 2-2-5 cm. 1.; wings oblong, equalling 

 the standard. Pod 20-25 cm. 1., compressed, only slightly or not torulose, 

 with a long beak. 



[S. bispinosa Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, ii. 572 (1841); glabrous; 

 branches rough with short prickles ; leaflets in 30-50 (20-) pairs ; 

 flowers 1-1-2 cm. 1. — S. aculeata Pers. loc. cit. (1807) ; Griseb. 

 loc. cit. ; Bah. loc. cit. ; Plants of CooFs First Voy. t. 63 & ic. in 

 ed.pict. S. muricata 3Iac/. Jam. i. 257(1837). ^schynomene 

 bispinosa J acq. Ic. PI. Bar. 13, ^ 564 (1797). Coronilla aculeata 

 Willd. Sp. PI. ill. 1147 (1800). 



Naturalized, Windward Road, Macfadijenl also naturalized in some 

 other islands of the West Indies.— Tropics of Old World. 



Shrub 5 ft. high. Leaves 1-5-3 dm. 1. ; leaflets oblong-linear, mucro- 

 nate, 1-2 cm. 1., 2-3 mm. br. ; leaf-rhachis with small prickles beneath. 

 Racemes 2-8-flowered, 3-7 cm. 1. Calyx, tube 3-4 mm. 1., teeth 1-1 • 5 mm. 1. 

 Carolla: standard about 1 cm. 1., yellow with small purple spots outside; 

 wings oblong. Pod 2-3 dm. 1., 8 mm. br., not or only slightly torulose, 

 compressed, at length biconvex, beaked.] 



3. S. serieea DC. Prodr. it. 266 (1825); pubescent (except 

 on upper side of the leaves) ; without prickles ; leaflets in 12-25 

 pairs; flowers 8-9 mm. 1. — Griseb. loc. cit.; Urh. loc. cit. 

 Coronilla serieea Willd. Emm. 773 (1809). 



Ferry, Campbelll brackish swamps between Kingston and Spanish 

 Town, Harrisl Kingston, HitchcocTc ; Fl. Jaip. 6171, 9051. — Bahamas, 

 Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique. 



Slender branching shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves 1-2 dm. 1. ; leaflets 

 oblong-linear, mucronate, with adpressed silky hairs beneath, irritable, 

 1-5-2-5 icm. 1., 4-7 mm. br. Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, about 4 cm. 1. 

 Calyx, tube 3-4 mm. 1. ;, teeth about 1 mm. 1. Corolla yellow, externally 

 tawny, standard 3-9 mm. 1., dotted with purple. Pod 1-2 dm. 1., 3 mm. br., 

 terete, shortly beaked. 



[S. grandiflora Pers. Syn. ii. 316 (1807) ; small tree, with 

 large flowers, 7-5 cm. 1., and curved flower-buds; leaflets in 

 12-22 paii-s. — Urh. loc. cit. Kobinia grandiflora L. Sj). PI. 722 

 (1753). ^schynomene gi^andiflora L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1060 (1763). 

 Agati grandiflora Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 120, t. 4, /. 6 (1813) ; 

 Griseb. op. cit. 183. Type in Herb. Linn. 



Cultivated and apparently spontaneous, Shakspear ! — W. Indies, India, 

 Mauritius to N. Australia and Polynesia. Native country unknown, 

 probably India or Australia. 



Leaves 1 • 5-3 dm. 1. ; leaflets oblong, mucronate, 2-4 cm. 1., 7-12 mm. br. 



