FABACEAE 677 
11. B. bracteata Muhl. Plant less than 1 m. tall, the stout pubescent stem 
with widely spreading branches: leaflets 5-10 cm. long; blades ee to 
-0 1 
S short 
colored; standard-blade fully 1.5 em. vide Sith bon spots | k pele als over 
2 em. long: pod-body ellipsoid, 4-5 long, short-stipitate, igi aked.— 
(CREAM WILD- -INDIGO. n k woods, Coastal Plain and Piedmont, Ga. and N. C. 
—Spr.—Plants dry blac 
12. B. villosa El. Plant less than 1 m. tall, the stout pubeseent stem wit 
spreading zigzag branches: leaflets 4—12 em. long; ; blades elliptic to rhombic- 
o r 
elliptic, or individually oblanceolate or obovate, coriaceous, r te: racemes 
? t 1 stout, naked: calyx-lobes shorter than the 
tube, the lower ones Diog e ovate: corolla yellow; standard-blade about 
2 em. wide; keel-petals abou m. long: pod-body ellipsoid or nearly so, 2.5-3 
ng: 
em. long, long- stipitate, ae der —Sandy woods, often on sandhills, 
Coastal Plain, S. C. and N. C.—Spr. 
13. B. Neu de pedis Plant more than 1 m. tall or less, the stout stem 
terminating in & long raceme and with Uds branches which bear short 
pees B “leaflets = ‘8 em. long; blades elliptic, varving to broadest above 
eae eae or ae it, thinnish, minutely pubescent pode or merely glaucous: 
nal raceme m ered: ealyx-lobes much shorter than the tube, the 
je a deltoid or deltoid. dba: corolla pale. a standard-blade oa 
1.5 em. wide; keel-petals nearly 2 em. long: pod-body ellipsoid or nearly 
2: 5 em. long, parchment-like, slender- -stipitate, n en beaked. 2 E! 
stly on mum s, Coastal Plain, M Fla. and S Ga. (to Ala?).— 
Plants dry gree 
14. B. Serenae M. A. Curtis. Plant about 1 m. tall or less, the slender stem 
with ie or ears fara ge leafy branches which often terminate in short 
racemes, the main terminal raceme elongate: ets 1-3 cm. long or rarely 
longer; blades obovate, cunea e-obovate, or spatulate-oblanceolate, glabrous, 
pale beneath: ra e slender ealyx-lobes shorter than the tube, the lower ones 
triangular or ovate- iia nnus “corolla hace -yellow; a a less than 
m. wide; keel-petals less than . long; pod-body e cylindraceous, 2 
em. "s Ba ‘stipitate A Coastal Plain, Ga. and S. C.—Spr. 
15. B. iris Small Plant mostly 1 m. tall or less, rather pd. the stem 
green, with ascending branches and a short raceme: leaflets 3-6 long; 
blades elliptic. PF elliptic-oblanceolate, deep-green, sparingly E ut be- 
neath: raceme short; few-flowered: ealyx-lobes shorter than the tube, the lower 
ones ovate or d eltoid- ovate: corolla white; standard-blade 15-18 mm. wide; 
keel-petals ind ne tee 1.5 em. long: "pod-bo dy cylindric, = = 5 em i E 
—(SPIKED-INDIGO.) — Blue e and adjoining provin Ga. 
and N. C. Spr. cms ps green. The stem and calyx are ene ae 
16. B. alba (L.) R. Br. Wien Md 2 m. tall or E slender, the ar green 
or purple with horizontal bra and a slender virgate erect raceme: leaflets 
2—5 em. long; blades iau. n to elliptie-spatulate, light-gre a racemes, 
at least the main one, often conspicuously elongate, many-flowered, slender: 
ealyx-lobes much shorter than the tube, the lower ones deltoid, or bro ader 
Ei long: corolla white; standard-bla de PE mm. wide; keel- -petals less 
t e ong: pod-body cylindric, 2.5-3 em. long or rarely shorter, short- 
stipitate. —Rich woods, often z Po Coast al Plain and occasionally adj. 
provinces, Fla. to N. C.—Spr.-sum.—Foliage dries green. The pod is erect. 
