650 FABACEAE 
glabrate : leaves about as long as the internodes : stipules minute, subulate : leaflets 3, the 
blades elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong, 2-4.5 cm. long, rather firm, obtuse, rarely acutish, 
often retuse and apiculate, emarginate, glabrous above, somewhat appressed-hirsute or 
pilose and paler beneath : panicles 3-9 cm. long, usually rigid, and like the leaves erect on 
the prostrate stem; accessory ones occasional, smaller: calyx conspicuously acumi- 
nate in bud, 6-9 mm. long, glabrate, or with a few scattered hairs ; lobes slender, obscurely 
scarious-margined : corolla violet-purple, showy, the standard with an obtuse or acutish 
blade tapering to the flat claw, with an obscure, brownish spot below the middle: pods 
linear, 2.5 em. long, rather acute at each end, appressed-hirsute, becoming glabrous: seeds 
oblong-orbicular, about 3 mm. long, brown.  [6. glabella Michx. ] 
In pine lands and sandy woods, New York to Florida and Mississippi. Spring and summer. 
11. Galactia volübilis (L.) Britton. Foliage pubescent. Stems prostrate and climb- 
ing over bushes, 4-12 dm. long, retrorsely and finely hirsute : leaves many ; leaflets 3, the 
blades ovate-oblong or rarely lanceolate-oblong, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse, often retuse, mu- 
cronulate, rarely acutish, glabrous or somewhat pilose above, paler, minutely pubescent 
or pilose beneath : panicle 2 dm. or even 3-3.4 dm. long ; rachis slender or filiform : calyx 
6-8 mm. long, attenuate in the bud, glabrate or somewhat pilose ; lobes nearly equal, slen- 
der: corolla 8-10 mm. long, lilac or pink-purple, the standard with: an obovate blade 
rounded above, with an appendage at the base, the claw slender : pods linear or linear-ob- 
long, 3-5 em. long, acute at each end : seeds 6-9, when mature nearly as wide, truncate at 
each end, brown, with black markings. [G. pilosa Ell. ] 
In sandy soil, Long Island to Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida and Texas. Spring and summer.— 
A very slender form with linear or linear-oblong leaflets, very slender panicles and pods only 2-3 em. 
long, is G. volubilis intermédia Vail. 
12. Galactia Cubénsis H.B.K. Foliage more or less pubescent. Stems climbing 
on shrubs and trees, retrorse-pubescent, often becoming nearly glabrous : leaves numerous ; 
leaflets 3, the blades oblong, oblong-oval or elliptic, 2.5-8 cm. long, obtuse and emargi- 
nate at both ends, rigid-leathery, glabrous and finely reticulated above, pubescent, paler and 
reticulated beneath : panicles mostly longer than the leaves, 5-14 cm. long : calyx 5-6 mm. 
long ; lobes attenuate, pubescent : corolla 10-12 mm. long, pale purple, sessile or nearly 
so, the standard with an obovate blade: pods 4-5 cm. long, acutish, hirsute, or at matu- 
rity glabrate, the conspicuous raised sutures glabrous : seeds 6-10, 3-4 mm. long, oblong- 
ovoid, brown, mottled with black. [G. spiciformis T. & G.] 
In sand, Florida Keys. Also in the West Indies and Central America. 
13. Galactia móllis Michx. Foliage villous and somewhat hoary. Stems several 
from the same slender root, prostrate or climbing : leaves many ; leaflets 3, the blades oval 
or oblong, 2.5-5 em. long, obtuse or emarginate at both ends, rarely retuse, or the upper 
ones often acutish, bright or light green, scabrous and villous above, villous and paler be- 
neath, or the young ones tomentose, the lateral ones usually rounded at each end, the ter- 
minal more tapering at the base : panicles erect, solitary, 1-2 dm. long or longer : flowers 
short-pedicelled, approximate near the top of the peduncle: calyx about 6 mm. long, 
densely villous: corolla bright red or rose-purple ; the standard obovate, rounded above, 
tapering to the obscurely 2-spurred base; keel-petals paler, considerably smaller than the 
slender wings: pods linear-oblong, 2.5-3.5 cm. long, acutish, densely tomentose : seeds 
ovoid, acutish, brown. 
In dry sandy pine lands and swamps, North Carolina to Florida. Summer. 
14. Galactia Ellióttii Nutt. Root elongated, woody. Stems prostrate and climbing 
on tall bushes, 1-3 m. long, angled, striate and somewhat retrorse-hirsute: leaves 
many ; leaflets 7-9, the blades elliptic-oblong, 2-3 cm. long, obtuse or somewhat retuse, 
mucronulate, leathery, glabrous and shining above, pubescent beneath: panicles longer 
than the leaves, 1-3 dm. long; bracts and bractlets minute: calyx about 7 mm. long, 
appressed-hirsute ; lobes slender, attenuate : corolla white, tinged with red, 10-12 mm. 
long, the standard with an obovate, obtuse or acutish blade obscurely 2-spurred at the 
base: pods oblong, 3-4 cm. long, or longer, acutish, emarginate, tomentose: seeds 97*» 
about 5 mm. long, ovoid, biac. lustrous. 
In dry soil and pine lands, South Carolina to Florida, near the coast. Spring to fall.—A Floridian 
form, G. Elliottii Leavenwórthii T. & G., has silky pubescent foliage. 
46. FALCATA Gmel. 
Perennial herbs, with slender twining stems. Leaves alternate: blades pinnately 3- 
foliolate, stipulate : leaflets with blades broadest below the middle. Flowers perfect, mainly 
in axillary racemes. Calyx oblique : lobes nearly equal or the upper ones shorter than = 
lower. Corolla white, blue or violet: standard spreading; blade obovate, wings curved : 
