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LEGUMINOSiE. LXXXV. GALACTIA. 



S. Native of Jamaica and Cayenne. Sloane, jam. 1. t. 114. f. 

 4. P. Browne, jam. 298. t. 32. f. 2. Clitoria Galactia, Lin. 

 spec. 1026. Flowers red. Shrub yielding a milky juice, and 

 the legume is terete according to Sloane. 



/V</M/oM,s-flowered Galactia. FI.Jul. Aug. Clt. 1794. Sh. tw. 



2 G. SERI'CEA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 302.) stem twining, pubes- 

 cent : leaflets ovate, rather retuse, hoary and silky on both sur- 

 faces ; racemes sub-spicate, axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 corolla a little longer than the calyx. ^ . ^. S. Native of the 

 Island of Bourbon. Clitoria Phry'ne, Comm. Juss. Legume 

 glabrous, compressed, 4-5-seeded. 



Var. ft, 2'lirynnlJt's (D. C. prod. 2. p. 237.) leaves silky and 

 rather hairy; pedicels axillary, and usually 1-flowered. fj . '"'. 

 S. Native of the Mauritius. Superior lobes of calyx a little 

 broader than the rest. Perhaps a proper species. 



Silky Galactia. Clt. 1 824. Shrub tw. 



3 G. CUBE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 429.) 

 stem twining, beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets ellip- 

 tic, rounded at both ends, membranous) puberulous above, but 

 clothed with soft canescent pubescence beneath ; calyxes and 

 legumes silky. If..'**. S. Native of Cuba, near the Havannah. 

 Flowers purple. 



Cuba Galactia. PI. tw. 



4 G. FILOSA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 116.) stem twining, 

 clothed with dense and soft pili ; leaflets oval, obtuse, and pilose, 

 paler beneath ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; legume villous. I/ . ^. F. Native of 

 Carolina and Georgia. Flowers reddish. 



Pilose Galactia. PI. tw. 



5 G. MOLLIS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 61.) stem twining, 

 clothed with soft villi ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, glaucous be- 

 neath, and nearly glabrous, smooth above ; racemes pedunculate, 

 a little longer than the leaves ; flowers pedicellate ; calyxes acu- 

 minated ; legumes compressed, pubescent. "%.. '"'. F. Native 

 of Carolina and Georgia. Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 486. 

 Hedysarum volubile, Lin. spec. 1057. Dill. hort. elth.l. f. 170. 

 Flowers purple, and variegated with yellow and white. 



Soft Galactia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. tw. 



6 G. GLABE'LLA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 62.) stem pros- 

 trate and naked, twining, smoothish ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, emarginate at both ends, glabrous ; racemes axillary, sim- 

 ple, short, few-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; calyxes and le- 

 gumes glabrous. If . '~ v . F. Native of North America, from 

 New Jersey to Carolina, in pine barrens and sandy places. 

 E'rvum volubile, Walt. car. 187. Dolichos regularis, Lin. spec. 

 1022. Flowers purple, red and white mixed. 



Smooth Galactia. Fl. July, Aug. PI. tw. 



7 G. PU'RSHII (Desv. obs. leg. in Schlecht. Linnsea. 2. p. 

 510.) stem prostrate and somewhat twining, smoothish ; leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong-, obtuse, emarginate at both ends, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, simple, short, few-flowered ; calyx glabrous ; 

 legumes villous. 1 . *"\ F. Native of North America, from 

 New Jersey to Carolina. G. glabella, Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 2. 

 p. 487. but not of Michx. Flowers purple, red, and white mixed. 

 Roots fusiform. 



Pursh's Galactia. Fl. July, Aug. PI. tw. 



8 G. RADICA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem weak, twining, 

 smoothish ; leaflets oblong- linear, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers axil- 

 lary, pedicellate, twin ; legume pubescent. 1(.. r ^. S. Native 

 of Mexico. Clitoria Mariana, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. but not of Lin. Flowers of a violet-purplish colour. Root 

 woody, thick. Teeth of calyx 4, acute. 



Thick-rco<e<Z Galactia. PI. tw. 



9 G. TUBERO'SA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, vil- 

 lous ; leaflets ovate ; flowers axillary, twin, almost sessile, and 

 with the upper abortive leaves mixed among the flowers so as to 



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give them the appearance of an interrupted spike of flowers ; 

 root tuberous, oblong. %. ^. S. Native of Mexico. 

 like the preceding species. Flowers purple. 

 Tuberous-rooteil Galactia. PI. tw. 



10 G. DU'BIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, terete, 

 beset with strigose pili, as well as the under side of the leaves 

 and petioles ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, gla- 

 brous above ; racemes axillary, about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; legumes linear, rather falcate, acute, clothed with ad- 

 pressed hairs. ^ . ^. S. Native of Guadeloupe. Galega du- 

 bia, Balb. herb. Calyx when young strigose, but at length be- 

 coming smooth, having the lobes acuminated. Corolla copper - 

 coloured in a dried state. 



Doubtful Galactia. Shrub tw. 



1 1 G. JUSSI.-EA'NA (Kunth, mini. 196. t. 55. nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 427.) stem creeping, suffruticose, clothed with silky tomen- 

 tum ; leaflets elliptic, rounded at both ends, rather coriaceous, 

 silky-canescent above, but clothed with silky white tomentuni 

 beneath as well as the legumes ; calyx clothed with silvery silky 

 pubescence. T? . S. Native of South America, on the banks 

 of the river Orinoco, near Atures. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Jussieu's Galactia. Shrub creeping. 



12 G. BERTERIA'NA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, 

 clothed with retrograde pili ; petioles and leaves clothed with 

 villous pubescence beneath ; leaflets ovate, acutish, glabrous 

 above ; racemes spicate, longer than the leaves ; calyxes gla- 

 brous, cleft into 4 beyond the middle : legume compressed, 

 hooked at end, in consequence of the bent style, hairy in the 

 middle of the valves, but glabrous on the margins. Tj . / "\ S. 

 Native of Porto-Rico. Flowers purple. 



Bertero't Galactia. Shrub twining. 



13 G. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Kunth, mim. t. 56. nov. gen. amer. (j. 

 p. 428.) stem erect, clothed with silky tomentum ; leaflets linear- 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, with the margins undulately- 

 repand, coriaceous, clothed above with silky pubescence, and 

 beneath with silky silvery tomentum ; calyxes silky. If. . S. 

 Native of New Andalusia, on the declivities of Mount Tumiri- 

 quiri. Flowers purple ? 



Narron-leaflelted Galactia. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



14 G. GLAUCE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) stem erect ? 

 smoothish ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both ends, coria- 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above, but glaucescent beneath ; calyxes 

 and legumes clothed with silky pubescence. Jj . S. Native of 

 South America, in the province of Quito, at the river Cue'.la. 

 Flowers violaceous. 



Glaucescent Galactia. Shrub. 



15 G. CORIA'CEA (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. p. 30.) 

 shrubby, glabrous ; leaflets ovate, cuspidate, glabrous, and re- 

 ticulately veined beneath ; racemes erect ; pedicels tern ; flowers 

 pendulous. Fj . S. Native of Brazil. Calyx cylindrical, 4- 

 cleft. Flowers of a beautiful red colour. 



Coriaceous-leaved Galactia. Shrub 2 feet. 



16 G. MA'RTII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem prostrate, but 

 twining at the apex ; leaflets cordate-lanceolate, clothed beneath 

 with yellowish silky pubescence, at length glabrous ; racemes 

 axillary ; calyxes clothed with rufous villi. Tj . r \ S. Native 

 of Brazil, in fields. Clitoria ? angustif olia, Nees. et Mart. nov. 

 act. bonn. 12. p. 29. Calyx 4-cleft, in which particular it agrees 

 with the rest of the species of this genus. Flowers bluish-purple. 



Marlins's Galactia. PI. tw. 



17 G.? NEE'SII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stems twining, 

 tomentose ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, tomentose beneath ; flowers 

 somewhat capitate ; bracteas lanceolate ; segments of calyx 

 acuminated, villous. I/. . ^. S. Native of Brazil, in fields. 

 Clitoria rubiginosa, Nees et Mart. 1. c. p. 29. but not of Pers. 

 Corolla pale-blue. Calyx 4-cleft. 





