2Uo CONTRIBUTIONS PROW THH NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



2. Galactia striata (Jacq.) Orb. 



I rban, 304. 



tmial twining, Btem becoming vroody at the base, elongate, clothed with moder- 

 ately Long or Bhort, white, more or Lees spreading hairs; stipules Biibulate, 2 to I mm. 

 long; peduncle L.5 to 3.5 cm. long; Leaflets 3, terminal one ovate-elliptical, v ery obtuse 

 or Bubrotundate at the apex with a minute mucro, more scutate, obtuse or subobtuse 

 :ii the base, 3.5 to 6 cm. long, 2 to "> cm. wide, the Lateral ones a Little or one-third 

 Bhorter than 1 1 1 « - terminal, Buboblique, ovate, rounded at the base, rotund 

 obtuse ai the apex, all membranous, with Bhoxi appr oooo d bain above, pubescenl 

 beneath; inflorescence 3 to L5 cm. Long, peduncle 0.6 to I mm. Long, many-flowered 

 above; pedicela 2 to 2.5 nun. Long; calyx densely pubescent, its bain a i >i •; • 

 7 nun. Long, anterior i « *« -i 1 1 Lanceolate, acuminate, 2\ timee as 1 - • 1 1 >^ as the tube, the 

 Lateral onea Lanceolate, acutate, twice as Long as the tube, posterior ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse; Btandard purple, striate, 8 to 9 mm. Long, 5 nun. wide, broadly obovate, the 

 claw l nun. long; keel almost without color, dorsally arcuate, as Long as the standard, 

 wings purple, a Little narrower and much Bhorter than the keel, s nun. Long, L.5 nun. 

 wide; upper Btamen free, all above incurved: anthen ovate or ovate-oblong; ovary 

 sessile, al><>ut Ll-ovulate; Legume (ex Jacquin) sometimes erect, sometimes a little 

 incurved; seeds reniform, In-own. variegated. 



2a. Galactia striata tomentosa (Bertol.) Urb. 

 Urban, 305.) 



Stem clothed with moderately Long, sometimes Bubequal while hairs, sometimes 

 recurved-pubescent; leaflets ovate, rarely orbicular-ovate or elliptical, rounded at 

 both ends, rarely obtuse, above shortly pilose, beneath densely soft-tomentose; calyx 

 densely patent-pubescent, 7 to s nun. Long; corolla rose-colored, the outside green or 

 lored or peach-colored; standard !» to io nun. Long, 5 to c. nun. wide, obovate; 

 winir- much shorter than the keel, * nun. long, L.5 to L.8 nun. wide; pod I to 7 cm. 

 long, 7 to !» nun. wide. 



At St. Isabel; near Maiinabo, in thickets at Punta de la Tuna and at I'unta Mala 

 Pasqua; near Aibonito, at AJgarrobo; between Albonito and Coamo along roads and 

 on rock-; near Coamo, at Pedro Garcia and in the valley of the I'd 'feudal River; 

 near .luana Diaz at Escalabrado; near Cabo Rojo, in thickets at Monte Grande and 

 in the woods on the coast. — Haiti. St. Thomas, St. Croix. 



2b. Galactia striata berteriana (DC.) Urb. 



1 Oban, 305. 



Stem clothed with short Bubretrorse or horizontal bain; Leaflets glabrous or slightly 

 pilose above, clothed beneath with short appressed hairs, narrowed at both ends, the 

 apex obtuse or acutate; flowen red or rose-colored; standard !» to l<> mm. long; wings 



a little Bhorter than the keel, much shorter than the standard, 8 nun. long; seeds 



9 to 1 1. 



Near BayamoTj on hedges; near Fajardointhe mountain forests; near Barranquitas 

 in copses near the River [sabon; near Cabo Rojo, on Monte Grande; near Rincon, 

 at Barrio del Pueblo and in coast districts; near Aguadilla, at Barrio Victoria. 

 Guadeloupe 



