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back j ribs of the legume-valvea i'" distant from the margin. — Mart, Tl. Bras. 24. t, 34. C 

 /. 3. — C. intermedium, Bich. C. virginianum, PI. Carib. (non Benth.). Clitoria virginiana, 

 Sw. Oiaerv. {non L.), Macf.partim/ — Leaflets usually pubescent beneath; standard 1" 

 diam. ; seeds subcompressed-cubical, 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, all collectors ; Antigua !, 

 WulUchl. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico ! to Brazil I and New Granada !]. 



/ 82. C. Tirginianum, Bmih. 1 Stem twining ; leaflets 3, ovate, oblong, or linear ; ^ 

 peduncles 3-1 -flowered : bracteoles ovate, somewhat exceeded iif the calyx ; calyx-lobes 5, 

 subeqnal, longer than the tube, distant, linear ; standard spurred, puberulous on the back ; 

 ribs of the legume-valves juxtamarginal. — Hesc. Fl. 8. t. 590. — Clitoria, i., Macf.partim! 

 0. 6.ibe\aDbeDS, Mart., Benth. I — Herbaceous, slender ; corolla violet : standard 8"'-10"' long ; 

 legume 2'" broad, narrower than in the preceding ; seeds cubical, 1^'" long. 

 a. IJeailets ovate or oblong. 



/' 0. angust'lfolium.. Leaflets linear, or the inferior oblong. — C. pascuorum, Benth. I Cli- 

 toria virginiana, a, DC. 



Hab. Bahamas !, Hjalmars. (fi) ; Jamaica I, Al., Pd., Mst. (a) ; Antigua !, Wullschl. 

 (a, ;8) ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Lucia ! ; [Virginia, Alabama !, Florida !, throughout trop. 

 America to Eio Grande do Sul ! ; Niger I]. 



83. C. hastatum, Benth. Stem twining; leaflets single, hastate: petiole leinged ; 

 peduncles 3-1 -flowered : bracteoles as long as the calyx ; ribs of the legume-valves marginal. 

 — Kth. N. Gen. 6. t. 591. — Eudolphia dubia, Kth. — Our single West Indian specimen is 

 pubescent, and approaches to C. fasciculatum, Benth. ; its calyx-lobes are lanceolate-linear, 

 and twice as long as the tube, while in Venezuela specimens (Fendl. 247) the leaflets are 

 glabrous, and the calyx-lobes shorter than or as long as the tube. Seeds compressed-cubical, 

 2'" long.— Hab. S. Kitts ! ; [Cuba ; Venezuela! to Braail]. 



30. TEBAMNUS, Sw. 



Calyx campanulate-tubidar, bilabiate or 5-fid; lobes lanceolate. Standard obovate. 

 Stamens monadelphous, alternately sterile. Stigma capitate. Legume linear, compressed, 

 with the valves convex : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments. — ^Twining, suffrutescent, 

 slender herbs ; leaves pinnately i-foliolate ; inflorescence axillary : flowers small, purple, 

 interruptedly fascicled-racemose, occasionally simply fascicled : bracteoles minute, deciduous. 



84. T. volubilis, Sw. 1 Leaflets oblong-lanceolatq, bluntish, pubescent beneath ; upper 

 lip of the calyx shortly bideniate, inferior 3-partite ; wings exceeding the keel ; legume 

 ymbeseeai, obliquely beaked.— Sw. PI. t. 25 : analyt. — Glycine oblonga, Benth. ! — Corolla 

 3'" long, twice as long as the calyx ; legume 1"-1 J" long : beak straight, 1'" long ; seeds 

 yellowish, oblong, 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw.i among mountain-shriibs ; [New Granada I, 

 equatorial Brazil !]. 



85. T. uncinatus, Sw. ! Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, pubescent above, sericeous be- 

 neath; calyx i-fid:. loles subequal ; wings exceeding the keel, their lamina being twice as 

 long ; legume rusty-hirsute, terminated with a recurved beak. — Desc. PI. 8. t. 553. Mart. 

 Fl. Bras. 24. t. 37. — ^Doliehos, L. Glycine discolor. Mart. ^ Galeott. ! — Stem villous, an- 

 gular ; corolla 3'" long ; legume li"-2" long : beak linear, arcuate, IJ'" long ; seeds 

 yellowish, oblong, IV" long. — Hab. Jamaica I, At., M'Nai, among shrubs in arid situations ; 

 [Mexico !, Venezuela !, Peru I]. 



86. T. labialis, Spreng. Leaflets elliptical or orate, sparingly pubescent beneath ; 

 calyx h-fid: lobes subequal, or the u])per lip bifid to or beyond the middle, the inferior 

 3-partite; wings slightly exceeding the keel; legume slightly pubescent, rounded ai the 



■ top, with a short uncinate beak. — Wight, Ic. 1. t. 168. — Glycine, L. G. parvijora, Lam. 

 G. abyssinica, Hochst.l T. volubilis, Macf.partim! {non Sw.). Bujacia gampsonychia, 

 M. Mey. ! — Stem hispidulous or glabrate ; corolla 3'" long ; legume IJ" long : beak tbickish, 

 4'" long ; seeds black, compressed-cubical, 1'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Ma(f., March, com- 

 mon ; Antigua !, Wullschl. ; [trop. Africa ! to the Cape I ; East Indies 1], 



31. GALACTIA, P. Br. 



Calyx campannlate, 4-fid or 4-toothed: lobes entire, acuminate. Standard obovate. 







