698 FABACEAE 
Racemes few-flowered: keel 4-6 mm. long: pod with a short, uu 
Stout beak. 6. I. miniata. 
V. PARVIFLO 
Herb with virgate branches, and small cluster-like axillary ra- . 
cemes : pods deflexed, curved at the beak. T. I. parviflora. 
I. caroliniana Mill. Stem erect, 0.5-2 m. tall: leaflets 9— 15; blades elliptie, 
oval, euneate, obovate, or oblanceolate: calyx 1-1.5 mm . long; lobes deltoid: 
corolla yellowi ish-brown ; : andard 5-65 A 
mm. lon : pod 5-1 
ng.—Dry sandy pinelands and serub, 
od Plain, Fla. to La. and N. C.—Spr.- 
fall. 
2. I. suffruticosa Mill. Stem erect 0.5-2 
m. tall: leaflets 7-15; blades PUN dd 
lanceolate, or obovate: calyx 1.5-2 
long; lobes deltoid to eee e ae Janceolate; g 
corolla orange; standard 4-5 lon ng; £i. 
wing often slightly longer: pod iene I-L55p i 
em. long. [I. Anil L.]—Pin nelands, cult.-|2- vin 
grounds, and hammocks, Coastal Plain, Fla. 
to Tex. and N. C. Nat at. of Asia.— (TF. I; 
S. A. )—Sum. —fall, or all year. 
a : tinctoria L. Pire d 1-2 m. tall: leaflets 7—15; blades elliptie, oval, 
vate: calyx 1.5- m. long; ee deltoid to tria angular-lanceolate: 
sorella a -yellow; standard 9-6 mm. long; wings about the same length: 
pod lin 5-3 em. m )—Cult. grounds and waste-plaees, vari- 
ous o S, s, Fla. to a .C. Nat. of S hee ——Extensively cult. by the 
soie] PATRE in e ud Ga., and Fla., for making indigo.—(W. I.)— 
Sum.-fal ll 
4. I. keyensis Small Stem decumbent, 3-9 dm. long: leaflets 7—9; blades 
elliptic-obovate to cuneate: seks 2-3 mm. long; lobes Va corolla enr 
standard 3-4 mm. long, very broad; wings mostly 3-4 mm. long: pod linea 
3-3.5 m. long. [I. subulata CPI. SE. U. 8)]— WE ies. upper Florida 
Keys.—All year. 
5. I. leptosepala Nutt. Stem ee 3-10 dm. long: leaflets 7-9; blades 
elliptic-obovate to cuneate: calyx ae long ; lobes subulate: corolla 
age standard 8—10 mm. long ; en mostly 7-8 mm. long: pod linear, 3-3.5 
long.—Dry soil, per and Dn ed Plain and adj. provinces, 
N Fla. to Tex., Kans. and Ga.—(Mez.) —Sum.-fall. 
6. I. mi iniata Ortega. Stems several or pen from a tough root, prostrate: 
leaflets 5-9; blades linear-elliptic to narr wly oblanceolate: calyx 3-5 mm. 
long; lobes’ subulate or lanceolate- fabu o: corolla red; st rd 7-8 mm 
0 > usuall j i 
cm. long.—Pinelands and sandy places, Everglade Keys, pen. Fla., and Florida 
Keys. Introd. into Coastal Plain of other Gulf States — (V. L, AMez.)—A1 
ar. 
7. I. parviflora Heyne. Annual: in 3-12 dm. tall: leaflets 7-9; blades 
linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 1-2 em. lon ng, acute at bo 2 nien calyx 2-2. : 
mm. long; lobes subulate: corolla lilac; standard 3—4 ong; wings abou 
as long: pod narrowly linear, 2.5—4 cm. long, slightly d at the a bend 
acute beak.—Waste-places and oe ‘Coastal Plain, Ala. Nat. of E. L— 
Spr.—fall. 
