FABACEAE 701 
2. R. Elliottii (Chapm.) Ashe. Shrub up to 2 m. tall, with virgate stem and 
short branches m e: stipular- -spines stout: leaflets 9— 15; blades d a to 
e 1. puts long, villous-canescent beneath when yo ung: s 5-10 
ong: Te "villous. -canescent and often with a few bristles; iad lobes 
deltoid and subulate-tipped, shorter NS the tube: standard -blade Pis than 2 
wide: inear, hispid. [R. hispida Biot Chapm.]—Pinelands and 
sandhills, Renae Plain and adj. Piedmont, Ga. t6 Ala. and N. e also in 
Md.—Late spr. 
3. Ero Ashe. Shrub up to 2 m. tall, with ascending branches: stipu- 
a spines a a paragon 9-18 ; blades Merida to elliptie-ovate, mostly 
lon 
7-9 . lon ng: alyx vd short-stalked glands; 
iniri Jobes ovate Es rt-ae nie bas as S dept the tube: standard-blade 
us vide, slender-clawed: pod glandular- hispid. —Woods, Blue Ridge 
eie. Plateau, Ga. and Peu to Tenn. and N. E —Spr.—Hy- 
ies with E. Pseudo-Acacia =x R. albic 
4. R. nana (Ell) Spach. Shrub 2-3 dm. tall, with slightly branched stems: 
bus iun short or obsolete: leaflets 7—11, or rarely 13; blades elliptie or 
—4 em. lon few 
nearly so, em. long: racemes ug -flowered: ea lyx pilose or spar- 
ingly hispid; lateral lobes narrowly t a caudate-acuminate, 
fully as long as the tube: standard- blade fully 2.5 em. wide.—Sandy ridges 
and banks, Coastal Plain and Piedmont, S. C. and N. CS r 
5. Kelseyi Cowell.  Shrub 1-3 m. tall, with spreading stems: stipular 
spines P dps 9—13; ee narrowly ae - een or r elliptic 
lanceolate, long, gla abro 8-fiowered : few 
hanes ‘hort Sd glands; Eo does. deltoid ‘and ne potus pr 
e tube: standard-blade less than 1.5 em. wide: pods broadly linear or 
linear- oA 4—6 cm. long, very densely E bristly. —Woods, Blue Ridge, 
N Spr. 
6. R. longiloba Ashe. Shrub 4-6 dm. tall, the branches pubescent with curved 
hairs d short-stalked iet PR ecd rog short or obsolete: leaflets 7-17 ; 
blades oval, ovate, or elliptic, 3.5-5 ¢ ong, silky-canescent beneath: racemes 
—21-flowered: calyx with pes dd ee much longer than the tube: 
standard-blade fully 2.5 em. wide: pods not seen.—Woods, Blue Ridge and 
Piedmont, S. C. and N. C.—Spr.—Suspected of being a hybrid between R. 
Boyntonii and R. “grandiflora: 
. R. diflora Ash Shrub 1-5 dm. tall the branches appressed-pubes- 
cent and glandular-hispia: stipular- das rarely developed: leaflets 7—17; 
blades oval, 2-5 em. long, glabrous at maturity or somewhat silky beneath: 
racemes i8 fowered: calyx grayish- Sub d or short-villous, and glandu- 
Rp lateral lobes ovate and with a long filiform tip, m much longer than 
the tube: standard-blade about 3 em. wide: pod narrowly ellipsoid, 6-8 e 
long, hispid with s gland-tipped hairs. — Woods, Blue Ridge to pet E 
Plateau, Ga. to Ala. and N. C.—Spr. 
j R. speciosa Ashe. Shrub mostly 1-2 m. tall, the branches densely puber 
lent, sparingly bristly: spines wanting: leaflets x mostly 9-13; blades ovate ta 
elliptic -ovate, 3-5 em. long, villous beneath: race s 5-8- flowered: calyx mainly 
us-puberulent ; itera pe NA iE moe than the tube: stand- 
Mey blade fully 2 cm. wide: pods not seen.—Woods, Blue Ridge, N. C.— 
R. pallida Ashe. Shrub up to 2 m. tall, the branches densely puberulent or 
glabreie in age, d m hs flets 9— 15; blades ovate or Ds -ovate, 
. long, pale and glabrous or sparingly puc scent beneath: racemes 
5-9. ee ered: ae Bd abe ent and sparingly bristly; T Wee 
broad "em abruptly acuminate: standard-blade about 1.5 cm. wide: pod n 
seen.—Blue Ridge, N. C.—Spr. 
