714 FABACEAE 
than the lateral. Corolla yellow, about as long as the calyx or shorter: blade 
of the standard suborbicular to d A Es blade of the wing-petals 
wit salient auricle on each side at the base: blades of the keel- Lais 
broad, strongly curved. Pod flat, 2. the beak very eccentric.—About 150 
species, in tropical and temperate region 
Stem prostrate or climbing. I. LATIFOLIAE. 
Stem erect. II. ERECTAE. 
I. Lat 
Leaves dnb or rarely the socie ee: ra- 
cemes ax 1. R. Michauzü, 
Leaves "trifotiol late. 
: Racemes Mon short- -peduncled or sessile. 
Stem nd branches procter cinereous: pod broad at 
ae end ; beak lateral. 2. R. cinerea. 
Stem and branches CHORUS climbing, retrorse-hirsute : 
pod cn at each end : beak oblique. 3. R. tomentosa. 
mae. peduncled, or the uppermost short-peduncled, elon- 
gating. 4. R. Lewtonii. 
II. ERECTAE 
Leaves unifoliolate, the leaflets with reniform blades. 5. R. simplicifolia. 
Leaves pode tas eld or some o the basal ones uni ifoliolate. 
Rac xillary, never long-peduncled and 
S lonedt e. 
Stem 1-2 dm. tall: median lobe of the lower calyx-lip 
subulate: inflorescence n hirsute. 6. R. intermedia. 
Stem 2-8 dm. tall: median lobe of the lower calyx-lip 
lanceolate: ndo cdcefi co. series SerICIOUS 1. R. erecta. 
Racemes mainly terminal or a few of them "axillary: com- 
only much elongate. 8. R. mollissima. 
. R. Michauxii Vail. Stem densely gray-pubescent: leaflets 2.5-5 mm. long; 
blades broader than long, soft-hirsute beneath: calyx 12-17 mm. long; lobes 
i da -14 mm. ¿x 
mm. 
obliquely beaked. [Rhynchosia menisper- 
Lag ea (Chapm. Fl.) . a MichauzWi 
Vail. ]—Pinelands, Fla.—Spr.—fal 
2. R. cinerea Nash. Stem cinereous- pubes- 
cent: leaflets 1-3 em. long; blades obliquely 
adsl to ovate-orbieular or the terminal 
on orm, thick: lateral ib ie 
ONCE markedly shorter than the lower S H 
one; lobes of the ppr pin lip lanceolate: SR 4 A 
standard 6-7 mm od 14-15 2 " Wee 
long. [Dolicholus RUN Vail] — Pine- 
lands, pen. Fla. and the Keys.—Spr.-fall 
or all year S. 
R. tomentosa (L.) H. & A. Stem retrorse-hirsute: leaflets 3-6 E Sunt 
blades ovate to ovate-rhombie, or the terminal one wider than long, t 
softly pubescent: lateral ealyx-lobes nearly linear, about equalling n prem 
one; lobes of the upper calyx-lip subulate; standard 7-8 mm. long: pod 16-20 
. long. [Dolicholus tomentosus Vail]— 23 nelands, Coastal Plain and rarely 
adj. provinces, Fla. to La. and Va.—Sum.-fal 
4. R. Lewtonii (Vail) Small. Stem soft- deri a leaflets 3-6 em. long; 
Ps m er sd to id B the terminal one wider than 
ong: No * ng; er lobe w and longer than the lateral 
ones: is d 8- pm m. long; blade broadiy obo eo reticulata 
(Chapm. FI. ` Dolicholus Lewtonii Vail]—Pinelands, pen, Fla 
