PERKINS THE LEGUMINOSAE OF PORTO BICO. L75 



Near Bayamon, In coasl districta at Catano; near Cabeza de San Juan, in coast dis- 

 tricts; near Patillas, in thickets on the Beashore at < ruardaraya ; near Coamo, aroui 

 Bafios along roads, in the valley of El Tendal River in rocky ground, on El Fuerte 

 River, and aear the Salinas Lagoons; aear Pefiuelas; near Yauco; near Guanica, ii 

 districts between Barina and La Boca and at Salinas; near Salinas de Cabo Rojo al I 

 Morillos; aear Mayaguez, in coast districts at Algarrobo; oear Rincon at Cabo San Fran- 

 cisco. Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman Millspaugh), Haiti. St. Thomas, St. Croix, 

 St. John (Eggers), St. Martin (Stockholm Herbarium), St. Bartholomew do. 

 Kitts (Grisebach), Antigua (do.), Guadeloupe, Desirade Grisebach), Marie Galante 

 (Duss), Dominica (Grisebach), St. Vincent, Tobago, Margarita, Curacao. Tropical 

 continental America. 



On account of the Btrong resemblance of the Tephroeia Bpecies, ii is often difficult 

 to distinguish them. T. cinerea differs from '/'. purpurea in having calyx teeth that 

 are almost twice as long as the tube. The racemes are also shorter in '/'. cinerea. 



In tropical America the yming branches and leaves of this plant are crushed and 

 mixed with quicklime, and the mixture used for narcotizing fish. 



Local name, anil a mzo. 



2. Tephrosia cathartica (Sesse* & Moc.) Urb. a 

 I Urban, 21 



The stem woody, branches firm, angular, thinly gray-silky; Btipules setaceous, 

 minute, 2 mm. long; leaves 5 to 7 cm. long, Lmparipinnate, 2 to 3-jugate; leaflets 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, 1.4 to 3.5 cm. long. 6 to 12 mm. wide, gray-silky on both 

 Bides, entire, blunt, emaiginate, papyraceous; petiolule oi lateral leaflets I mm. long. 

 that of terminal one 6 mm.; racemes both terminal and leaf-opposed, lax. 5 to L5 cm. 

 long; flowers solitary or in pairs, bracts minute; pedicel about 2 mm. long: calyx 4 

 mm. long, pilose outside, the lanceolate, acuminate teeth exceeding the tube; flowers 

 blood-red, 7 mm. long; pod linear, downy. 3.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide. stipitat< 

 6-seeded. 



Near Mayaguez, in coast districts at Algarrobo; near Rincon at Cabo San Francisco; 

 Dear Vega Baja, in sandy soil. — Bahama. Cayman. Haiti, St. Kitts, Trinidad. Ruatan 

 Island ( Bay of Honduras), < Jartagena. 



Poirel says that Cytisus sessiliflorus Poir. has been collected in Porto Rico, bul the 

 original specimen was probably collected by Ledru or Riedle* in Trinidad, not in 

 Porto Rico. 



32. BARBIERIA DC. 



Barbiena DC. Prod. 2: 239. 1825. 

 Barbiera Spreng. Gen. 2 : "> s 7. L831. 



Calyx long-tubuliform, with acute subequal segments; petals with long claws; 

 standard oblong, narrowed below into a «daw: wings oblong, adhering to the keel; 

 petals of the keel longer than the wings, obtuse; upper Btamen free, the others con- 

 nate; anthers uniform; ovary sessile, multiovulate; style long, Blender, bearded on 

 the inner side: pod lim-ar. straight, compressed, 2-valved, indented between the 

 seeds on the outside. Beptate; Beed transverse, oblong. Shrubs; leaves Lmparipin- 

 nate; leaflets entire, numerous; stipels long, Bubulate; Btipules acuminate-subulate; 

 flowers 2 or 3 together, in terminal or axillary racemes, rather large, red: bracts and 

 bracteoles lanceolate-subulate. 



"(onk and Collin-, p. 128, as ' acca leptostachys. 

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