694 FABACEAE 
upper irn B D or elliptic-lanee- 
the 
olate, acu ; lower lobe longer than 
others, pen doner. Pus the tube: eorolla 
blue, E greenish; standar a mm. 
long, the blade obovate: pod 9— me long; 
i-i EL [ Psoralea canescens "Michx. ] 
Dry pineland d oak pns Coastal 
Plain, C Fla. to Ala. and N. C.—Spr.-sum. 
2. P. subacaulis d & G.) oa Plant 
1-2 dm. tall, hirs leaflets 5-7; blade 
narrowly elliptic or "elliptie- SUL Uo to 
obovate-elliptic, 1.5-3 mm. long: upper 
calyx-lo 
ube rolla blue or le; standard 12- 
15 mm. long, the blade narrowly obovate: pod 8-9 mm. long; body not reticu- 
late. [Psoralea subacau ad T. & G.]— rus ud prid us. cedar glades, in the 
Interior Low Plateau, Tenn.—Spr.—tThe plants of canescens have the habit 
of species of Baptisia; a of P. 22008 that of E e of Lupinus. 
21. PAROSELA Cav. Shrubs or herbs. Leaflets numerous, few or 
Spikes slender or stout. Ca alyx nearly regular or the lower lobe elongato 
Petals purple or yellow, or white. Standard with a broad, often cordate blade. 
ings and keel-petals with broad blades auricled on side. Filaments 
united nearly to the top. Pod oblique, mostly NM in ve ealyx.—About 
150 species, American. 
Plant annual: calyx-lobes shorter than the tube. 1. P. alopecuroides. 
Plant perennial: calyx-lobes longer than the tube. 
Herb with a tap-root: spikes elongate: blades ‘of the leaf- 
lets narrow: calyx plumose at maturity. . P. enneandra. 
Shrub: spikes short m Es k: blades of the leaflets 
broad: calyx not plum . P. floridana. 
P. alopecuroides (Willd ; Rydb. Plant 2-10 dm. tall: leaflets 15—41; 
Medi id cuneate, or bei late, 3-8 mm. long: spikes continuous: 
bra to lanceolate:  ealyx-lo obes 
shorter than ‘the tube: corolla "white, ICM 
ith r r lilae; standard 5-6 m ong, 
the blade ae ae than D» ue er 
obovoid, 2-2.5 mm. long. [Dalea docs 
M and waste- e various provinces, 
Ala. to N. M., S. and Ill.—Spr.-fall. 
2. P. enneandra vut) Britton. Plant 
3-12 dm. tall, glabrous: leaflet 
blades linear- -elliptic to cuneate- o 
late, 5-10 long: bracts suborbicular, 
ee glandular: calyx-lobes long-hairy: 
rolla whit a ndard 6-7 mm. long, the 
blade ober Cn . wide: beu 9: pod about 3 mm. long, longer than wide. 
alea He Nutt.]—Prairies and stony hills, various provinces, Miss. 
to N. M., N. D., and La.—Spr.-sum 
P. floridana Rydb. Plant 8-30 dm. tall, velvety-pubescent: leaflets 13- n 
blades oval, elliptic, obovate, or cuneate, 4-8 mm. long, or rarely longer 
