aiO • LEGUMINOS:*. 



Sect. 8. Ohailechista. — Stamens 5-10, ail fertile; anthers linear, Iwrsting at the top 

 with two short clrfts, puterulous along a closed furrow ieloiv them. Legume flat-com- 

 fressed, bivalved : seeds compressed, parallel to the valves : podosperM-deltoid. — Pedi- 

 cels minutely Wbracteolate. 



t Inflorescence terminal, 



167. C. Absus, L. Annual, suflrutescent ; stem. glandular-pilose; leaflets bijugal, dis- 

 tant from the node, obovate, glabrescent : petiole bearing a minute gland between the pairs : 



' stipules lanceolate-setaceous ; racemes terminal, few-flowered (with accessory axillary 

 flowers) ; legume pilose, impressed with oblique lines at the dissepiments. — Jacq. Eclog. t. 

 53.— C. viscosa, Maef. .'—Leaflets ia"'-8"', sepals 2"', legume 1" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, 

 Macf.; [trop. Africa! and Asia!; Kgypt!]. 



+t Peduncles supra-axillary. 



168. C. diphylla, L. Annual, suflrutescent, glabrous; leaflets \.jiigal, obliquely 

 eemiorbiculai or semiobovate, flatellate-nerved with exeurrent veins : stipules cordate-su- 



. > bulate, exceeding the glandular petiole; peduncles single, 1 -flowered, exceeding the leaves; 

 sepals striate with many nerves, scarious ; legume hairy with long, scattered, appressed 

 down : seeds oblong, oblique to the margins. — Cav. Ic. t. 600./. 1. — Leaflets 10"'-6''', sepals 

 3'", legume IV'-I" long. — Hab. S. Kitts !, S. Vincent I, Anders.; [Portorico ; Mexico I 

 to Brazil !], 



169. C. rotundifolia, Fers. Annual, sufiutescent, hain/ ; leaflets l-Jugal, semioval, 

 or obliquely semiorbicular, reticulated-veiny : stipules obliquely cordate-subulate, longer 



' than or as long as the eglandular petiole ; peduncles single, 1 -flowered, exceeding the leaves ; 

 sepals foliaceous ; legume puberulons with short hairs. — CoUad. Cass. t. 9 B. — C. bifolio- 

 lata, BCr-Rahit of the preceding; leaflets 9"'-4"', sepals 2'", legume 12"'-8"' long.— 

 Hab. Jamaica I, M'Nab ; [Mexico 1 to Brazil !]. 



170. C. pilosa, L. Stem sufErutescent, pilose ; leaflets &-Z-jugal, oblong, mucronate, 

 oblique at the base, glabrescent, ciliate : petiole eglandular : stipules semisubulate ; peduTi- 

 ■cles 1-3, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves.; legume pubescent. — Collad^ Cass, 

 t. 20' J.— Leaflets 8"'-4"', legume 18"'-10"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Bist., M'Nab, Wullschl., 

 in canefields ; [New Granada]. 



171. C. serpens, i. Perennial ; stems delicate, herbaceous or suffnitescent, . pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets i-'i-jv.gal, unequal-sided, oblong-linear or obovate-linear, mucronulate, gk' 



&'bresoent, veiny beneath ; ^eifio/e bearing a stipitate gland below the pairs : stipules semi- 

 subulate ; peduncles single, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaves ; legume pilose with 

 scattered hairs. — C. prostrata, Kth. C. pygmsea, DC, Maef. ! C. difllusa, Sdlxm. ! — The 

 petiolar gland is usually long-stipitate, but variable in the length of its stalk. Leaflets 3'"- 

 IV", petals 4"'-5"', legume ia"'-8"' long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., in pastures ; [Cuba ! and 

 Mexico 1 to Brazil 1]. 



172. C. lineata, Sw. I Shrubby or sufErutescent, perennial, pubiseent ''with small, 

 curved hairs ; leaflets &-%.jugal, unequal-sided, obovate-oblong, rounded or subtruncate at 

 the top, mucronate, penninerved with exeurrent veins : petiole bearing a sessile, depressed 

 gland below the pairs and close to them : stipules acuminate from a lanceolate, base ; pedun- 

 cles single, one-flowered, nearly as long as the leaxes ; stamens 10 ; legume pubescent with 

 scattered, curved down.— -GT-eaB«atar-^ft,.iJ£A._e»4.— 8"-3' high, covered entirely wHh 

 down in the original specimen, only at length glabrescent on the upper side ofr the leaflets ; 

 leaves often black in drying : leaflets 5"'-3"', petals 6'", legume 3"-l" long. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Sw., Pd. ; [Guba !]. 



173. C. polyadena, DC. Shrubby: branches slightly puberulons ; leaflets i-i^jugal, 

 glabrous, obovate-oblong, oblong, or oval, oblique at the rounded base, mucronulate-obiuse 

 or retuse-truucate at the top, penninerved, striate with veins; petiole bearing glands be- 

 low each pair : stipules acumidate from a lanceolate base ; peduncles 1-2, one-flowered cx- 

 cededby tie leaves; stamens 10; legume bearing scattered, curved hairs. — Variable in the 

 petiolar glands either subsessile or long-stipitate, and in the size of the stipules ; leaflets 

 12"'-4"'long, 4"'-2"' broad ; petals 6'", legume li"-l" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, Pd., March, 

 e.g. in the Pedro plains, S. Elizabeth; [S. Barth^lemi, Guadeloupe!]. 



