FABACEAE 691 
INDIGO.)—Banks of streams, various provinces, rarely E of Blue Ridge, Ga. to 
La., Mo., and N. C.—Spr. 
. A. fruticosa L. Stem 1.5-6 m. tall: leaflets 11-25; blades Pr d 
ovate, oval, or elliptie, 154 em. long: racemes usually clustered, 7—15 
long: ealyx about 3.5 mm. lon ng, the two upper lobes rounded, the en 
lower ones tria god acute, the middle one a little oe tees the others: 
standard round-obovate, emarginate, dd dd e base, about 6 
mm. long, purple: a 7-8 mm. long, usually n ae conspicuously 
marked with large amber-colored, ne E nds, —(1 NDIGO-BUSH. )— Swamps 
and MS iare f. in caleareous regions, various provinces, Fla. to La., 
and, Conn.—Sum 
15. M croceolanata Wats. Stem 1-2 m. tall, or rarely more, densely pubes- 
cent with orange-colored hairs: pu pet blades elliptic a meee 
elliptic, 1.8-5 em. long, ro ounded at each end, ome etimes m he apex 
softly ee i yellowish or srt ied hairs, E PP pium young: 
racemes iil 2-4 together, 7-18 e long: calyx 3.5—4 em. long, the two 
upper lobes short and rounded, the Po Jower lobes triangular, aeute: stand- 
id broadly ules -cuneate, 4-6 mm. long, retuse, blue: pod 7-9 mm. long, 
r less curved o Rs dorsal suture, conspicuously glandular- -dotted.— 
np. -banks, Borders of lakes, hammocks, and low woods, Coa stal Plain, Fla. 
to La. and Ga.—Spr.—sum.—Rarely grows as a small tree in pen. Fla. 
16. CULLEN Medic. Annual or perennial herbs, sometimes partly 
woody at the base. Leaflets 1 or 3 : blades —— toothed, glandular-dotted. 
Spikes axillary, cu MAE Calyx maui -pun 
tate: tube campanulate: lobes 5, the lowest Pi 
the longest. Corolla ay longer than the 
aly wings about equalling the standard. Pod 
short, glandular-warty, the short erect beak per- 
sistent.—Three species, natives of the Old World. 
C. americanum (L.) R ydb. Stem 6-12 dm. 
us pubescent: leaflets 3 blades oir 
or rhombic- iia in outline, crenate, 3.0 
m. long: upper 
lower lobe conspicuously longer and broader than 
the lateral ones: corolla mainly white; standard 4-5.5 mm. long, the blade 
obovate, purple- spotted at the apex: pod elliptic or ovate, about 3 mm. long. 
[Psora lea americana L. ]—Waste-places, Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. Nat. of 
Madeira and Bun — The species name was given through error. 
17. ASPHALTHIUM Medic. Perennial glandular-dotted herbs. Leaf- 
lets 3: blades rather narrow, entire. Spikes head- —Á— long- — Calyx 
obscurely glandular-punctate: tube campanulate 
lobes narrow, the lower one longer than the RA 
Corolla about twice as long as the calyx: win 
shorter ang the standard. Pods not conspicuously 
warty, the long flat beak ultimately deciduous.— 
About 3 species, natives of Eurasia. 
A. bituminosum (L.) ntze Stem 4-11 
din. tall, sometimes M b. a strigose: leaflets 
m. long, blades lanceolate, veined, ac iid 
15-25 em. long: calyx Wer NM doe 
p lanceolate, the E one much longer m ps tube: inam lilae or pink, 
