210 \ n;il>r ri«>N> PBOM THE NATIONAL EEBBABIUM. 



often gland-like or none; flowen usually Urge, purplish, pink, or white, in axillary 

 racemes; pediceli very short, clustered on lateral nodes along the upper portion of the 

 rachis; bracts minute; bracteoles Bmall, orbicular, very deciduous. 



ki ^ ro mi -ii His. 



lets obovate or orbiculate, very obtuse or retuse, membranous 

 or Bubpapyraceous; pod oblong, 5 to L3 cm. \><\\<j. 2 to 3 cm. wide; 

 - 6 i" s . chestnut-brown with a black >j >< »i . opaque, ovoid, 

 L.5 cm. long, I cm. wide. 1. (,'. obtiutfolia. 



Leaflets chartaceouB or chartaceous-coriaceous, ovate or narrowly 

 ovate, very shortly and acutely acuminate; pod oblong-linear, 

 12 to 25 cm. long; seeds ovate-rotundate, 18 to24 mm. long, L5 

 to 20 mm. wide, wine-colored, i toG-seeded. 2. C.rutioiperma 



1. Canavalia obtusifolia Lam. DC, 



Urban, 306. 



Stem biennial, climbing or sometimes prostrate; petiole 5 to 7.5 cm. long; leaflets 



7.5 i" l<> cm. long, 5 to »i cm. wide: flowers in l»> down t<> L2-flowered racemes on long 

 flexuose peduncles; pedicels Btout, A to 6 nun. long, springing Erom fleshy tubercles; 

 calyx broad-campanulate, L.2cm. deep, the upper lip rounded, bifid, glabrous; corolla 

 reddish-purple, fragrant; standard L8 to 2.5 cm. long; pod with two prominent ribs a 

 little distanl Erom the upper suture. 



In coast districts mar Yabucoa; in thicket- at Puerto de la Vaca: near Patillas, at 

 Guardaraya; near Guanica, at Salinas: near Mayaguez. — South Florida (Chapman), 

 Bermuda Bemsley . Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman, Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix; 

 St. John (Eggers), Ajitigua (Grisebach), Sandy [eland, Guadeloupe, Dominica (Grise- 

 bach), Martinique, St. Vincent. Bequia Kew Bull. No. 81, p. 246), Grenada, Tobago, 

 Trinidad < rrisebach i. Widely dispersed through the tropics of both hemisphere- and 

 often cultivated. C. obtusifolia is a characteristic plant of sandy seashores, where it 

 often creeps among stones. According to Balfour it " is a useful hinder of loose sand." 



The ovate leaves, the long pod, and the large wine-colored seeds of G. rusiosperma 

 make it easy to distinguish from C. obtusifolia, which hasohovate or orbicular Lea 

 shorter pod. and chestnut-brown seeds. 



Local name, matod* la playa. 



2. Canavalia rusiosperma Urb. 



. Urban, 305.) 



Stem twining, reaching L0 cm. in thickness, climbing on high trees; petiole 3.5 to 8 

 cm. long; leaflets 6.5 to L0 cm. long. A to 5.5 cm. wide: inflorescence 5 to 2b cm. Long; 

 calyx 1 1 mm. long, upper lobes 6 to 7 mm., lower ones 1 to 2 mm. long, thinly pilose <»r 

 glabrous; petals red (Stahl) or violel ; standard 2 to 2.3 cm. long; pod L2to25 



cm. long, 4 to 5 cm. wide with two prominent ribs a little distanl from the upper sutures. 



In the primeval forests nearMaricao, on Mount Montoso; mar hare.-, at Callejones; 

 near Quebradillas. Haiti. St. Thomas. 



Local name, mato Colorado. 



62. C A JANUS DC. 



\i>\\-. Fam. 2: 326, 529. L763. 

 » DC. Cat. Ilort. Monsp. 85. L813. 

 mum Raf. Sylva Tellur. 25. 



(aly\ campanulate, with the two upper teeth connate, the others equal; standard 

 orbicular, reflexed, the base appendiculate with indexed auricles; wings obliquely 

 obovate; keel with an Incurved apex, truncate; upper stamen free, the others connate; 

 anthers uniform; ovary Bubsessile, multiovulate; Btyle incrassate above the middle, 



