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1. T. uneinatus Sic. Prodr. 105 (1788) (including the synonymy 

 under T. voluhilis) ; calyx-segments 5, equal, linear-lanceolate, 

 longer than the tube ; pod with a hooked beak, densely villose. — 

 Sic. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1239 ; Macf. Jam. i. 274 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. 

 pt. 1, 138, t. 37 ; Oriseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 193 ; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 

 301. Phaseolus sylvestris &c. Sloane Cat. 71 & Hist. i. 182. 

 Teramnus triphyllus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 290. Glycine caule 

 piloso &c. Plum. PI. Amer. (Burm.) t. 221. Dolichos uneinatus 

 L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1019 (1763). (Fig. 14.) A specimen from 

 Browne in the Linnean Herbarium is named by Linnseus 

 D. uneinatus. 



In fl. Oct.-April; Guanaboa, Sloane Herb. iii. 76! Browne\ Houstounl 

 Shakspear 1 Swartz 1 Macfadyen ! Kichmond, St. Mary, McNab ! St. Thomas 

 in the Vale, Prior 1 Bog Walk, Port Morant, Lucea, Hitchcock ; Resource, 

 Blue Mt3., 3500 ft., Harris\ PI. Jam. 5504, 6612.— Bahamas, Cayman Is., 

 Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, tropical continental America. 



Plant covered with dense silky hairs. Leaflets oblong or lanceolate to 

 elliptical, pubescent with adpressed hairs on the upper surface, densely 

 silky-pubescent beneath, 3-7 cm. 1. Calyx about 6 mm. 1. Corolla reddish- 

 purple; standard about 6 mm. 1. ; wings about 5*5 mm. 1., with no definite 

 lobe at base of limb; keel 3*5 mm. 1. Pod 6-2-5 cm. 1., 3 mm. br. 



In Swartz's Prodromus the citations from Linnaeus, Browne, and 

 Sloane under T. volubilis are shown, by comparison with his " Flora " 

 and his own specimens in Herb. Banks in Herb. Mus. Brit,, to belong to 

 his second species, T. uneinatus. 



2. T. volubilis Sw. Prodr. 105 (1788) (excluding the synonymy); 

 calyx-segments 4, upper very shortly 2-toothed, triangular, acute, 

 shorter than the tube ; pod with scattered adpressed hairs, with 

 an oblique beak. — Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1241 ; Macf. Jam. i. 275; 

 Benth. torn. cit. 137 ; Griseb. loc.cit. Glycine oblonga Benth. Bot. 

 Sulph. 84 (1844). Specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. Oct., Nov.; Swartz] Macfadyen; Blue Mts., Rothrock ; Port 

 Morant, Lucea, Hitchcock ; Charlton, near Ewarton, 1000 ft, ; Ferry River ; 

 Harris ! PI. Jam. 6695, 11,424. — Tropical South America. 



Leaflets oblong or lanceolate to elliptical-lanceolate, glabrate on the 

 upper surface, pubescent with scattered adpressed hairs beneath, 2-7 cm. 1. 

 Calyx 3 "5-4 mm. 1., villose. Corolla violet- rose ; standard 5 mm. 1. ; wings 

 with one broad tooth at junction of claw and limb, 5 mm. 1. ; keel 3*2 mm. 1. 

 Pod 3-3-5 cm. 1., 2 mm. br. 



3. T. labialis Spreng. Syst. iii. 235 (1826); calyx-segments 5, 

 ovate-lanceolate, a little shorter than the tube ; pod with a few 

 scattered hairs or glabrate, with a short oblique beak. — Benth. in 

 Journ. Linn. Sac. viii. 265 ; Bak. in Hook. f. FL Br. Ind. ii. 184. 

 Glycine labialis Linn. f. Suppl. 325 (1781); Wight Ic. t. 168. 

 G. debilis Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 34 (1789) ; Jacq. Eclogee PI. Bar. 

 t. 166, Koenig's specimen is in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



In fl. at the end of the year ; Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 78 1 Macfadyen ! 

 Black River ; Ferry River ; Harris I Fl. Jam. 9923, 10,040.— Tropics. 



Leaflets elliptical, obtuse, with very few hairs or glabrate on the upper 

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