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dilated, usually obtuse, 3-8 cm. long, 2-7 cm. wide, clothed on both surfaces with a vel- 
vety pubescence ; terminal leaflet much larger and broader than the lateral: racemes 1-2.5 
dm. long, the upper ones shorter than the leaves and fewer flowered: flowers scattered 
along the angled peduncle for more than half its length, forming an interrupted spike-like 
raceme, 4-20 cm. long: calyx 1-1.3 em. long, hirsute; lobes veined, nearly equal: corolla 
yellow ; standard broadly oblong, hirsute along the top: pods obliquely oblong, 1.5-2 em. 
long, nearly straight along the dorsal and deeply rounded along the ventral suture: seeds 
lenticular, 3.5-4 mm. in diameter, brown or sometimes light with dark markings. 
In dry soil, Missouri to Louisiana and Texas. July to October. 
12. Dolicholus simplicifólius ( Walt.) Vail. Stems erect, simple, rarely branched 
above, several from the same root, 1-3 dm. high, hirsute, especially on the angles, with 
spreading or reflexed hairs : stipules ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, reticulated, 
persistent : leaves 1-foliolate, the blades 2-8 cm. broad, 2-5 cm. long, depressed orbicular or 
reniform, leathery, velvety-pubescent above, resinous-dotted, reticulated, and hirsute on the 
veins beneath, becoming glabrate with age : racemes sessile or short-peduncled, 2-3 cm. long, 
axillary or commonly aggregated at the summit of the stem : calyx 7-10 mm. long, resin- 
ous-dotted, somewhat hirsute and ciliate: corolla yellow: pods oblong, 1.5 cm. long, 6 
mm. wide, obscurely falcate, pubescent and resinous-dotted : seeds lenticular, 3 mm. broad, 
brownish, mottled with black. 
In dry soil, Virginia to Florida, and Louisiana. May to September. 
13. Dolicholus intermédius (T. & G.) Vail. Stems erect, simple, or possibly with 
few branches, softly pubescent-tomentose, especially on the angles, 1.2-3 dm. high: stip- 
ules obliquely lanceolate, 6-9 mm. long, striate, red-brown, persistent : basal leaves 1-foli- 
olate, the blades nearly orbicular or rhombic-orbicular, obtuse or depressed ; upper leaves 
or only the uppermost 3-foliolate, the terminal leafiet 2.5-5 cm. long, its blade oval or 
ovate-orbicular, obtuse, sparingly pubescent above, pubescent and rugosely veined beneath 
when old ; lateral leaflets obliquely oval or oblong, 2-3 em. long, mucronulate, some of 
them subcordate at the base: racemes terminal and axillary, sessile or short-peduncled : 
calyx 8-9 mm. long; lobes slender, veined, pubescent, resinous-dotted : corolla yellow ; 
standard glabrous, the teeth at the base much shorter than the claw : pods not seen. 
In sandy soil, Georgia to Florida and Alabama. May to June. 
14. Dolicholus eréctus ( Walt.) Vail. Stems erect, 2 dm. high or taller, simple or 
branched above, with a soft fine pubescence : stipules lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, reddish brown, 4-8 mm. long, at length reflexed : leaves distant, 4-15 cm. long, the 
basal ones often 1-foliolate ; leaflets mainly 3, the blades oval, oblong, or oblong-oval, acut- 
ish or obtuse, 2.5-4.5 cm. long, 1.5-3.5 cm. wide, pubescent above, velvety pubescent, 
somewhat reticulated and resinous-dotted beneath, often drooping, the terminal leaflet the 
longest: racemes numerous, usually shorter than the petioles, very short-peduncled in the 
axils of the leaves: flowers in compact clusters: calyx about 6 mm. long, pubescent; 
lobes not conspicuously foliaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, veined : corolla yellow ; standard 
suborbicular, glabrous: pods 1.5-2 cm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, oblong, attenuate, with a 
somewhat curved apex, rounded on the ventral suture : seeds lenticular, 3 mm. in diameter, 
flattened, brownish. 
In dry soil, Delaware to Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana. May to October. 
15. Dolicholus Drummóndii Vail. Stems erect, densely velutinous-tomentose, 1.5- 
3 dm. high: stipules lanceolate, acuminate, becoming reflexed, deciduous : leaflets 3, the 
blade of the terminal one oblong-lanceolate or sometimes oblong, 3-6 cm. long, 2-3 cm. — 
wide, acute, densely velutinous-tomentose on both surfaces, silvery above, the whole lower 
surface dotted with numerous orange-colored glands beneath the tomentum, and the promi- 
nent veins reticulated beneath ; lateral leaflets with narrower inequilateral acute blades: 
racemes subsessile or very short-peduncled : calyx 6 mm. long, foliaceous, tomentulose an 
ciliate, resinous-dotted, the upper lobe 2-toothed to considerably below the middle: co- 
rolla included in the calyx, apparently a deep orange-yellow color ; standard round-ovate, 
the auricles at the base rounded, minutely glandular-puberulent on the outer surface: 
pods not seen. 
In sandy soil, Louisiana. June to October. 
, _16. Dolicholus mollissimus (Ell) Vail. Stems erect, commonly simple, 3-6 dm. 
high, clothed with a close, fine soft pubescence : stipules 6 mm. long, red-brown, lanceolate, 
acuminate : leaves rather remote, 5-9 cm. long: leaflets 3, the blades oval or oval-oblong, 
acutish, 2.5-4.5 em. long, 2-3.5 em. wide, minutely apiculate, obscurely emarginate, 
clothed with a short pubescence, especially on the reticulated, resinous-dotted under sur- 
face ; terminal leaflet the largest, the others not conspicuously inequilateral : racemes e 7 
minal, elongated, 6 cm.-1.8 dm. long, and often a few short racemes in the axils of the 
