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flowered, peduncled : calyx bilabiate to tbe middle, half as long as tbe corolla : superior 

 lobes ovate, inferior lanceolate; legume oblong, sessile, pubescent with appressed down. 

 — Bot. Mag. t. 3034. — Leaves blunt in the West Indian form j flowers veriegated-blue. — 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, a common weed in the fields; Bahamas! and Caribbean Islands I ; [East 

 Indies I] . 



4*. O. aetxcCB., Retn. (yion Burnt.). Stem erect, obtuse-angled, glabrous ; leaves lau- 

 ceolate-ohloug, shortly petioled, blunt, mucronulate, glabrous above, subsericeous-pubescent 

 beneath, pellucid-dotted : stymies sessile, semi-sagittate, reflexed ; racemes terminal, elon- 

 gated, many-flowered : the lowest bracts sterile ; calyx bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : 

 superior lobes ovate, inferior ovate-lanceolate ; legume oblong, shortly and broadly stipitate, 

 glabrous. — C. Lescheuaultii, Matf. (nonDC). — Habit of a iiaai, Lufinus ; stem 2'-3' 

 high; flowers bright-yellow. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Wils. ; [Bast Indies !]. 



5*. C. retusa, L. Annual ; stem erect, striate, subsericeous-pubescent or glabrate ; 

 leaves spathulate, very shortly petioled, rounded or retuse at the top, glabrous above, sub- 

 sericeous-pubescent beneath, pellucid-dotted : stipules minute, subulate-setaceous, or want- 

 ing ; racemes terminal, elongated, many-flowered ; calyx bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : 

 superior lobes ovate, inferior lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; legume oblong, very shortly 

 and broadly stipitate, glabrous. — Bot. Mag. t. 2560. — C. sericea, Burm. (Ind. t. 48. y. 1) : 

 probably a form with mucronate leaves. — 1'-2' high ; flowers ycEow ; the standard varie- 

 gated. — Hab. Jamaica !, very common ; Bahamas !, Caribbean Islands 1, Trinidad 1 ; [Cuba to 

 Brazil I, East Indies 1]. 



6*. C. juncea, L. Annual ; stem erect, striate-cylindrical, sericeous-pubescent ; leaves 

 linear or oblong-linear, mucronate, very shortly petioled, sericeous-pubescent chiefly beneath, 

 obsoletely dotted ; stipules minute, setaceous ; racemes terminal, elongated, with many dis- 

 tant flowers ; calyx tomentose, 5 -partite or bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : segments lanceo- 

 late-linear (the inferior sometimes cohering at the top) ; legume oblong, subsessile, villous- 

 tomentose,. — Bot. Mag. t. 490, 1933. — C. fenestrata, Sims. — Stem virgate, 2' high; flowers 

 yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, March; [Bast Indies]. 



7*. C. tetragona, i2oa;i. Suffrutescent ; branches acutely tetragonal, pubescent; 

 leaves elongated, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, very shortly petioled, strigose-pubescent or 

 glabrate : stipules minute, setaceous ; racemes terminal and lateral, with many distant, re- 

 supinate flowers ; calyx rusty-velvety, deeply bilabiate, exceeded by the corolla : segments 

 lanceolate (the inferior usually cohering at the top) ; legume oblong, sessile, tomentose. — 

 Bot. Bepos. t. 593. — Inferior leaves often 10" long, 8'" broad ; calyx large, with a dai-k- 

 rusty tomentum ; flbwers- yellow. — Hab. Jamaica !, Jl. ; S. Andrews, in gravelly river-beds ; 

 [East Indies]. 



8*. C. nana, Burm. Annual ; stem hairy vrith appressed down, low, cylindrical ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, mucronulate, shortly petioled, strigose-pubescent chiefly beneath : stipules 

 none; peduncles hiexai, few-flowered; calyx deeply bilabiate : superior lobes and inferior 

 segments lanceolate ; legume oblong, subsessile, glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. — 

 Burm. Ind. t. 48./. 2 : agreeing exactly with our plant, which is in fruit, while Wight 

 and Arnott's diagnosis corresponds less. — Stem 4" long; legume 8'" long, 3'" broad. — Hab. 

 Jamaica I, Wullschl., Manchester at Fairfield ; [Bast Indies]. 



9*. C. fulva, Bo^ri. Shrubby; branches cylindrical, pubescent or sericeous ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, blunt, mucronulate, very shortly petioled, sericeous-pubescent or glabrate : 

 stipules none ; racemes compound, in a terminal panicle ; calyx 5-partite, sericeous on the 

 outside, exceeded by the corolla, excrescent : segments flat, ovate, bluntish ; legume oval, 

 sessile, mllous, enclosed within the calyx. — C. Berteriana, DC. — '10' high; down appressed, 

 whitish or fulvous. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica I, Banor., Wils. ; S. Vincent I, Guild. ; 

 [East Indies !]. 



** Leaves S-foliolate, long-petioled. 



Z' 10. C. pumila, Ort. Annual, ascending, diffuse, pubescent or glabrate ; leaflets 3, ovate, ^ 

 oblanceolate, or obcordate : stipules minute, deciduous ; racemes few-flowered, corymbiform, I/' 

 terminal; calyx 5-fid, exceeded by the coroUa: lobes oVate, pointed; keel with a straight, \i 

 horizontal beak ; legume short, obovate-oblong, sessile, puberulous, much longer than the ' 

 calyx.— C. lupulina, BC. C. litoralis, BO. C. dichotoma, Grah. I C. tepicana, ifooA. Am. I 



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