716 FABACEAE 
son: standard conspicuous, erect, narrowed upward: wings and the keel-petals 
very small, nearly equal in size, the blades short-clawed. Androecium ex- 
serted: filaments united to about the middle and slightly above it. va 
long-stipitate. Pod torulose.—About 20 a natives of tropical and warm- 
temperate regions.—Wint.-spr.—CORAL-BEANS.  CHEROKEE-BEANS.  DRAGON'S- 
TEETH. SNAKEWEEDS.—An infusion, mi from the leaves, is used by the 
Seminoles in canine diseases. 
Herb: stem annual: standard elliptic. 1. E. herbacea. 
Shrub or tree: stems perennial, very woody : standard lanceolate. 2. E. arborea. 
. E. herbacea L. Herbs 6-12 dm. tall: leaflets 3-9 em. long; blades Pd. 
to hastate: racemes many-flowered : pee campanulate: standard 45-50 m 
long; blade about 2 cm. wide: wing- p 
15-17 e . ong (Canina -SPEAR.) —Pine- 
lands, ks, thickets, and e of 
woods, QUAE Plain, Fla. to Tex. and N. C. 
2. E. arborea (Chapm.) Small Shrub or 
tree 3-8 m. tall or a woody vine: i: 
wing- petals 11-1? n. iu 
pod drooping, 8-15 em. long. [E. herbacea 
arborea oed Ll - (Bi: ee Ven. m- 
mocks, S an —The 
brilliantly re 1 are Un ced 
and used as beads. 
47. MICROPTERYX Walp. Shrubs ees. Leaflets 3. Flowers 
clustered in the axils or in elongate panicles. pos 2-lipped, A" with shallow 
b Corolla crimson: standard conspicu- 
ous, spreading, bed upward: wi 
and keel-petals very unequal in size, the / 
former short, the latter elongate, clawless | 
Androecium included in the keel: filaments fi 
united to near the tip. Ovary short-stipi- 
tate. Pod cylindric—About 6 species, 
tropical, 
1. M. Crista-galli (L.) Walp. Shrub or 
oe tree, pus priekle-armed: leaflets 5—14 
em. long; "bla elliptic a oval, or ovate, gla- 
brous: racemes ecd owe ered: calyx 13- 
15 mm. lon cr standa did obovate, 40—45 mm. 
long: win 9—11 long: ids du 
lanceolate, 30-35 mm. oe ng: pod 18- m. long. Fe aes Crista-galli L.|— 
Waste- places, Coastal Plain, Gulf E e Nat. of S. A., and cult. 
48. STIZOLOBIUM P. Br. Leaflets 3. Racemes or panicles erect, usu- 
ally few-flowered. Calyx 2-lipped: upper lip often slightly notched; lower lip 
3-lobed. Corolla red or purple: standard much shorter than the other petals, 
