FABACEAE 649 
4. Galactia brachypoda T. & G. Foliage nearly glabrous. Stems slender, erect or 
at length decumbent, 4-6 dm. long, somewhat puberulous, or nearly glabrous: leaves 3- 
foliolate ; leaflets 3, the blades oblong or linear-oblong, 2-3.5 mm. long, thinnish, obtuse or 
emarginate, glabrous or minutely appressed-hirsute above, paler, somewhat strigose or 
labrate beneath : calyx sessile or very short-pedicelled, 5 mm. long, clothed with spread- 
ing yellowish hairs, the lower lobes acutish, the middle one somewhat the longest: 
corolla purple or rose-purple, 8-10 mm. long, the standard 7-8 mm. long, its blade round- 
ovate, apparently not retuse at the apex, paler than the other petals. 
In dry pine lands, Florida. Summer. 
5. Galactia Floridana T. & G. Foliage hoary-pubescent. Stems prostrate, 2-10 
dm. long or longer, the upper part often densely and retrorsely tomentose: leaves com- 
monly longer than the internodes, the basal 1-foliolate: leaflets mainly 3, the blades 
oval or oblong-oval, 1.5—4.5 cm. long, obtuse, rarely acutish, usually mucronulate, leathery, 
reticulated and paler beneath: calyx 7-8 mm. long ; lobes scarious-margined, long-acumi- 
nate, the middle lower one considerably longer than the rest: corolla rose-purple, 1.2-1.5 
em. long, the standard with an obovate blade rounded above, acute at the base: pods 
linear, 4-5 cm. long, 4-5 mm. wide, acuminate, tomentose. 
In sand, Florida. Summer.—A small form with the petioles less than 1 cm. long and few flowers 
in nearly sessile clusters, is G. Floridana microphylla Vail; while a larger form with more elongated 
panicles bearing 2-4 flowers at regular intervals above the middle of the rachis is G. Floridana longi- 
racemosa Vail. 
, . 6. Galactia brévipes Small. Somewhat resembling G. Fjoridana. Stems spread- 
ing, 6-15 dm. long, closely pubescent and somewhat clammy: leaves numerous, longer 
than the internodes : leaflets normally 3, the blades mainly oval, 2-4 cm. long, deep green 
and finely reticulated above, paler and finely appressed-pubescent beneath, the terminal 
one as well as those of the lateral pair sessile or nearly so: petioles 1-1.5 cm. long, more 
densely pubescent than the stem: panicles solitary at the nodes, much longer than the 
leaves, the flowers or flower-clusters not approximate: calyx 6-7 mm. long, strigillose ; 
lobes acuminate: corolla lilac; standard fully 1 cm. long, the blade obovate : pods linear. 
In dry sand, near Trader's Hill, Georgia. Summer. 
7. Galactia fasciculàta Vail. Foliage pubescent. Stems prostrate or climbing high 
on bushes, 1-2 m. long, clothed with a close fine retrorse-canescent tomentum : leaves 
shorter than the internodes: leaflets 3, the blades suborbicular or oblong-orbicular, 1.5-3 
cm. long, retuse, finely appressed silky-pubescent above, appressed silky-villous and paler 
beneath : panicles several, fascicled in the axils of the leaves, forming conspicuous clusters 
at the slightly enlarged nodes: pedicels mostly 2 together: calyx 8 mm. long, clothed 
with short white silky hairs; lobes acuminate, the middle lower one the longest : corolla 
ale lilac-purple, the standard 1.5 cm. long, with an oblong-obovate blade, tapering to the 
e of the claw, obtuse or acutish at the apex. 
In sand, Tampa, Florida. Spring to fall. 
8. Galactia canéscens (Scheele) Benth. . Foliage pubescent. Stems several from a 
slender woody root, branched at the base, the branches prostrate, creeping on the ground, 
canescent throughout, many of the flowers becoming subterranean and bearing short 
l-seeded pods : leaflets 3, the blades broadly ovate or oval, 2-4 cm. long, retuse, leathery, 
slightly hirsute above, silky canescent-pubescent, much paler and the veins prominently 
reticulated beneath : peduncles slender, elongated, few-flowered : calyx silky-hirsute ; lobes 
acuminate : corolla rose-purple, the standard with an obovate blade: subterranean pods 
8-10 mm. long and nearly as broad, reticulated, appressed-hirsute, the seeds 6 mm. long, 
4 mm. wide, ovoid-elliptic, slightly rounded at the ends, light brown: other pods linear- 
oblong, 2-3 cm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, acute, tapering to the base, densely pubescent, some- 
times tomentose, the seeds elliptic-oblong. 
In sandy soil, Texas. Spring to fall. 
9. Galactia Texàna A. Gray. Foliage pubescent. Stems slender, procumbent, elon- 
pated, conspicuously twining, retrorse-pubescent or hirsute: stipules minute, caducous ; 
eaflets 3, the blades oval, 2.5-5 cm. long, retuse, mucronulate, minutely appressed cine- 
reous-puberulous or glabrate above, sericeous or sparingly villous beneath, thin, becoming 
slightly leathery : panicles few-flowered, much shorter than the leaves, often much 
isi calyx 5 mm. long; lobes attenuate: pods slightly faleate, 4-5 cm. long, acute 
Le end, appressed-hirsute : seeds elliptic, 5-7.5 mm. long, truncate at the ends, light 
On plains or prairies, western Texas. Spring to fall. 
10. Galactia regulàris (L.) B.S.P. Folia ingly pubescent. St trate 
ety: ,) BSP. ge sparingly pubescent. Stems prostra 
and climbing on bushes, 4-10 dm. long or longer, minutely retrorse-pubescent, becoming 
