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keel. Stamens diadelphous. Legume flatly compressed, bivalved : seeds separated by spu- 

 rious dissepiments. — plerbs; \eAy^s impari-pinnate ; xaoemea axillary : Aovreis scattered. 



29. C. caribeea, '6enth. Suffrutescent, sericeous-pubescent (rarely " glabrescent") ; 

 leaflets 1-%-%-\i)-jugai, lanceolate-oblong, mucronate; racemes peduncled, few-flowered j 

 calyx-lobes tmceas long as the tube, the lowest longer, and exceeding half the keel. — Jacq. 

 Amer. Pict. t. 193 : the glabrescent form. — Galega, Jacq. •■ Tephrosia, DC. T. mollis, 

 Kth. — Leaflets 8"'-10"', flowers B"'-6'", legume 2" long; corolla rosy, variegated with 

 white. The old garden-plant, cultivated in Germany at jacquin's time, is pubescent, and 

 agrees well with our species. — Hab. Antigua I, Wullschl.; Dominical, Imr.; S. Lucia I, 

 Anders. i [Haiti!, S. Thomas!, Central America, Veneznela, Guayaijuil!]. 



7. COURSETIA, DC. 



Calyx shortly and unequally B-dentate. Standard roundish : wings transversely rugu- 

 lose, free from the keel. Stamens diadelphous. Style circinate, pubescent. Legume flatly 

 compressed, continuous, shortly stipitate or subsessile, slightly margined on both margins. — 

 Trees or shrubs; leaves abruptly pinnate, with a terminal mucro; racemes axillary: 

 flowers scattered. 



30. C. arborea, Or. (m. sp). Leaflets Q-lS-jugal, oblong, bluutish, pubescent be- 

 neath, at length glabrescent; racemes peduncled, shorter than the leaves; calyx-teeth 

 triangular, villous on the margin, the superior ones 4 times shorter than the tube ; keel 

 shortly falcate ; legume linear, elongated, subsessile. — A tree, 20'-40' high ; leaflets 2"-l" 

 long; racemes 5 — many-flowered, pubescent; peduncle subdivided at the base: pedicels 5"'-6"' 

 long, cemuous, jointed at the top ; calyx 2"' long, pubescent ; corolla whitish-violet : 

 standard 8'" long ; legume 5"-3" long, 3" broad : stjilk included within the calyi. — Hab. 

 Trinidad:!, Lockh., Cr.; [S. Jean!, Panama!, Venezuela!, Guiana!]. ' 



8. SABINEA, DC. 



Calyx turbinate, truncate-snbeutire or 5 -denticulate. Standard roundish, as long as 

 the free, aurioled wings, exceeded by the blunt keel. Stamens diadelphous. Style in- 

 curved, glabrous, exserted. Legume flatly compressed, continuous, long-stipitate, linear. — 

 Shrubs ; leaves abruptly pinnate, glabrescent, deciduous : leaflets small, mucronate, petio- 

 lulate; flowers axillary, fascicled or subsolitary, rosy, 



31. S. fiorida, LC. Leaflets 8-15-jugal, oblong or eUiptical-oblqng ; calyx subentire; 

 wings obovate: keel broad, semiorhicular ; style circinate. — Yahl, Symb. 3. i. 70. — Ro- 

 binia, K— Leaflets 4"', pedicels ]3"'-6"', calyx li'", standard and wings 6'", keel 8'" long. 

 — Has. Dominica !, Imr. ; [S. Thomas !]. 



32. S. carinalis, Gr. (n. sp.). Leaflets G-8-jugal, oblong; calyx repand-subentire, or 

 obsoletely denticulate : wings spatJiulate-ollong : keel elongated, oblong, slightly carved at 

 the dilated top; style incurved. — Leaflets distant, mucronulate-blunt, glabrous, 6'"— 5'" 

 long, 2'" broad : petiole hairy ; flowers precocious, large, bright-scarlet, fascicled : fascicles 

 5-3-flowered : pedicels 4" long ; calyx'4"' long, spreading ; wings and recurved standard 1", 

 ked 16"'-18"' long; style exserted. — Hab. Dominica !,7(»a, on the seashore. 



9*. AGATI, Ad. 



Calyx campanulate, "Senticulate-repand. Standard oval-oblong, exceeded by the firee 

 wjngs and the obtusely falcate keel. Stamens diadelplous. Legume compressed, elongated, 

 linear, stipitate, tumid on both margins : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments.^A 

 small tree; Xtwfsi abruptly pinnate: leaflets many-jugal ; ra.cemw axillary, fewflowered ; 

 flowers very large ; legume pendulous, upwards of 1' long. 



33*. A. grandiflora, Desv. — Rheed. Mai. 1. t. 51. — iEscaynomene, X. — Leaflets 

 pubescent or glabrescent; flowers 3" long, rosy-white or red {A. coccinea, Desv.). — ^Hab. 

 Naturalized in Jamaica !, and Caribbean Islands ! ; [introduced from the East Indies], 



10. SESBANIA, Pers. 

 Cah/x 6 -dentate. Standard roundish, with a callosity on its claw. Stamens diadelphous. 



