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FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



Vigna 



about as long as the standard, -7 cm. br., semicircular-elliptical, with an 

 auricle above the short claw; keel a little shorter than the standard, 

 •6 cm. br., semicircular, apex rounded. Pod pubescent with adpressed 

 hairs or glabrate, about 6 cm. 1. Seeds about 10, black, -5 cm. 1. 



V. vexillata A. Eich. is reported from Jamaica in Fawc. Fl. PL Jam. 10, 

 but there is no specimen in the Jamaican Herbarium to confirm the entry[ 



Fig. 21.— Vigna repens Kuntze. 



A, leaf and inflorescence X s. F, Upper portion of stamen x 5. 



B, Standard x IJ. G, Upper portion of style with the stigma 

 (;, Wing X IJ. X 5. 



1), Keel X IJ. H, Pod cut open to exjwse seeds x §. 



E, Stamens and pistil X 1}. 



although it is quite likely that it may occur, as its distribution in the 

 West Indies is Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Vincent, Grenada, and 

 it is found in the tropics generally. It differs from V. repens in the 

 umbellate inflorescence, calyx 5- toothed, and the pod with longer straighter 

 beak. A specimen in Herb. Edinb. labelled " Phaseolus vcxillattcs — 

 Jamaica," ia V. repens. 



2. V. peduncularis comb. nov. ; leaflets ovate to triangular- 

 ovate acuminate ; stipules sessile ; inflorescence a raceme with 

 the clusters of flowers somewhat distant on the rhachis near the 

 apex of the peduncle ; bracteoles shorter than the calyx ; calyx 

 4-toothed, lateral teeth triangular, not falcate ; corolla 2 cm. 1. ; 

 pod narrowly linear, nearly straight, to 5 mm. br. — P. peduncu- 

 laris B". B. & K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vL 447 (1824); Bentli. torn, 

 cit. 184. 



Mcar Priestman's River, Harris ! Fl. Jam. 5979. — Panama and tropical 

 S. America. 



