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STRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 



Calyx-tube obtuse at the base; 1 1 1 « - calyx segments long or short, 

 alwayi -ti« -n < r than the Btandard. Section Cofism \ 



V<« 1 constricted between the seeds, tomentose or glabrescent, 

 2 i" 2.5 cm. long, s nun. broad; seeds two-colored, black 

 with a scarlet-yellow ring round the hilum; flowers in 

 many-flowered racemes 10 to _<> cm. long ; terminal Leaf- 

 let 7 t<> iii cm. long; leaves beneath and calyx with scat- 

 tered, \ cry small yellowish glands. 

 Pod continuous, oblong, tapering al the base, pubescent, 

 i glabrous, I ■'< to 1.75 cm. Long, I to •"> mm. wide; seeds 

 black; flowers in lax 6 to 12-flowered racemes (5 to 7.5cm. 

 Long); terminal leaflet L.8 i" 2.5 cm. long; leave- beneath 

 and calyx with Large brownish glands. 



2 /.' phaseoloides. 



'.'>. R. minima. 



I. Rhynchosia reticulata (Sw.) DC. 

 Urban, 307. 



Stem Buffrutescent, twining, from 23 t.» 90 cm. high, angular, tomentose; Leaflets 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, 5 t<> 7.5 cm. Long, 2.25 to i cm. wide. 3-nerved and reticu- 

 lated beneath, with the ribs prominulous, tomentose, or vilh.se on both side-: racemes 

 many-flowered, from 5 to b~> cm. Long, axillary, calyx <;."> t<> L3 mm. deep, tube very 

 short: corolla yellow or variegated with purple. 



Near Bayamon, in littoral thickets: near Cayey, on Morilloe brook: nearCoamo, in 

 the valley of the El Tendal River; nearMaricao, ontheedgesof the woods; near Guanica, 

 in the thickets of Mount El Maniel; nearCabo Rojo, in copse land; near Mayaguez; near 

 Pepino, on declivities at Eneas. Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti. St. Thomas, St. Croix. St. 

 John I Eggers . Si , Martin Stockholm Herbarium i, St. Bartholomew, St. Kitts, Antigua 

 (Grisebach), Guadeloupe, St. Vincent. Widely distributed in the warmer parts ol 

 America. 



Rhynchosia reticulata differ- from the other two Rhynchosia species found in Porto 

 Rico in having calyx segments thai are much Longer than the tithe, and as Long 

 longer than the standard. 



L'. Rhynchosia phaseoloides | Sw. i I)( .' 

 (Urban, 307. 1 



Stem woody at the base, brandies herbaceous, a high climbing plant : Leaflets ovate or 

 ovate-rhomboid, acuminate. 5 to 9 cm. long, .">.•"> to 5cm. wide, very variable in the down 

 and in the size and form of the 1 call ets: racemes many-flow ered, 8 to L3 cm., sometimes 

 L'o cm. long; flowers yellow with many red-brown lines: calyx 2 mm. Long, tomentose; 

 corolla 11 to b") mm. Long; standard striate with purple. 



Near Bayamon; near Aibonito, in the primeval forests at Cuyon and at Barrio del 

 near Qtuado, on shady declivities al Pellejas and in rocky localities of the pri- 

 meval forest at Los Angeles; near bares, in mountain forests at Callejones; nearCamuy, 



(.n the edge of the W Is at Cacao; near Manal i. on calcareous mountain- at Rio Arriba 



Salient e. near Barceloneta, on the edges of the forests of Mount Florida. Cuba, Jamaica 

 (variety), Haiti. St. Thomas (Eggera . Guadeloupe (variety), Dominica (Grisebach), 

 Martinique (Copenhagen Herbarium), St. Vincent (variety), Trinidad (Grisebach). 

 Central America. South America. 



" Cook and Collins, p. L36, a- Dolicholus phaseoloides. 



