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182 LEGUMINOS^. 



flatly compressed, many-seeded. — Leaves impari-pinnate {rarelg 3-1); flowers racemose, 

 If arely fascicled), purplish, line, or white ; standard iisually sericeous on the outside. 



Sept. 1. Ehtephrosia. — Texillar stamen adhering. Mowers racemose. — Leaves pinnate. 



/^ 24. T. toxicaria, Fers. Suffratescent ; stem erect, silicate, velvety ; leaflets 10-20- 

 jugal, oblong-linear, petiolulate, sericeous-pubescent chiefly beneatli : stipules subulate-seta- 

 ceous ; racemes terminal and axillary, many-flowered, elongated : pedicels fascicled ; calyx- 



'j\ lobes ovate, 3 superior ones shorter ; standard sericeous ; style pubescent ; legume continuous, 

 pubescent.— 2^*«. M. 1. 1. 20. Besc. Fl. 3. 1. 183. MaH. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 8.— Galega, Sw. 

 T. Schiedeana, ScA/erfi. /—l'-5' high ; leaflets \\"-%", flowers 8"'-10"', legume 2" long ; co- 

 rolla bine. — Hab. Trinidad ! Lochh. ; cultivated, rardy wild in Jamaica Qlacf^ ; [Mexico ! 

 to Brazil 1, introduced into the East Indies], 



25.* T. grandiflora, Fers. Shrubby; stem erect, striate, puberulous; leaflets 

 4-6(-9)-jugal, lanceolate-oblong, macronate, petiolulate, pubescent beneath : stipules ovate, 

 pointed, marcescent ; racemes terminal, few-flowered : pedicels solitary ; calyx-lobes subu- 

 late, the lowest longer; standard puberulous; style pilose ; legume continuous, ciliate on 

 both margins. — Leaflets 6"'-8"', flowers 8"'-10" long ; corolla rosy. — Hab. Naturalized in 

 the Blue Mountains of Jamaica 1, Al., Wils., in coffee-plantations, up to 4000' ; [intro- 

 duced from the Cape]. 



26. T. leptostachya, DC. Annual ; stem ascending, often suffrutescent, puberulous, 

 angular above ; leaflets 4-6-jugal, obversely lanceolate or obovate-oblong, retuse, usually mu- 

 cronulate, puberulous beneath : stipules lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes terminal or opposite 



^to the leaves :^ow«-« at length distant, 2-3 together; calyx-lobes subulate, subequal; 

 standard sericeous, twice as long as the calyx ; keel horizontally incurved ; style glabrous ; 

 stigma capitate, glabrous (or with a few hairs); legume continuous, pubescent, spreading, 

 5-8-seeded. — T. ascendens, Macf. I — 1'-2' high ; leaflets 6" -10'", flowers 4'" long ; corolla 

 pale-purplish. — Hab. Jamaica I, Macf, M'Nab, in dry savannahs ; [Mexico I, Yenezuela !, 

 Brazil !, tropical Africa I]. 



27. T. cinerea, Pers. Suffrutescent, diffuse, hoary-pubescent ; leaflets 4-7-jngal, ob- 

 versely lanceolate : stipules subulate or lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes opposite to the leaves : 

 flowers geminate or solitary ; calyx-lobes subulate, subequal ; standard sericeous, thrice as 



' long as the calyx; vexillar stamen slightly adhering; styles glabrous : stigma long-ciliate ; 

 legume continuous, pubescent, spreading, 5-10-seeded. — -Galega, L. T. procumbens, Macf. I ■ 

 — Stem I'-IJ' long, usually procumbent ; leaflets 6"'-13"', flowers S^'-B'" long; corolla 

 rosy. 



o. Down appressed, subsericeous. — Jacq. le. Rar. t. B7B. 



^. litoralis, Pers. Down spreading, villous. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 192. — Galega, Z. — 

 Leaflets larger. 



Hab. Jamaica !, Macf, Sist. (o), March (j3), in savannahs and on the seashore ; Ba- 

 hamas I (j8), S. KittsI (a), Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica! Imr.; [Cuba! and Mexico! to 

 Brazil ! and Montevideo !]. 



Sect. 2. P^GOioBTOM.' — Vexillar stamen free. Legume tumid on both margins. 

 Flowers fascicled or single, axillary. — Leaflets 3-1. 



28. T. brevipes, Benth. Shrubby ; branches virgate, cylindrical, sericeous-tomentose ; 

 leaves shortly petioled : leaflets 3-1, Unear-lanceolate, blunt, glabrous above, sericeous- 

 tomentose and silvery-shining beneatli : stipules minute, setaceous ; peduncles axillary, 3-1, 

 as long as or exceeded by the petiole ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, inferior longer ; standard seri- 

 ceous; style glabrous : stigma peniciUate ; legume 6-9-seeded, arcuate above, viUous-tomen- 

 tose: down rusty on the tumid margins. — Cytisus sessUiflorus, Poir. Rhynchosia, DC. 

 Briosem«t^^«^. — Leaflets 3"-2" long, 5"'-3"' broad, shortly petiolulate, striate with nume- 

 rous, straight, exourrent veins ; pedicels 2"'-l"' long, dilated at the top ; calyx 2i"', standard 

 4'" long ; wings free from the keel ; legume 2" long, 24'" broad. — Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., in 

 savannahs; [Portorico, Guiana, Brazil]. 



6. CEACCA, Benth. 

 Calyx 5 -fid. Standard roundish ; wings transversely rugulose, free from the pointed 



