FABACEAE ' 727 
Blades BE we leaflets obtuse or retuse at the apex: pod mostly less than 15 cm. long: 
seed b 1. C. lineata. 
Blades of "the leaflets abruptly acute or acuminate: pod mostly over 
15 cm. long: seed red or white. 2. C. gladiata. 
C. lineata (Thunb.) DC. Leaflets 4—10 em. long; bl ades fleshy-coriaceous, 
RE. to oval or obovate: ealyx eds pubescent; lower lobes obtuse: 
à pin rp pod 10—12 i, 
B E 
Fla. and Tex. and sandy shores of Lake 
yi ae Fla.— 3 Ce Ay. S. 
O. W.)—A1 year.—The ” stem and 
pip trail. 
2. C. gladiata (Savi) DC.  Leaflets 5—12 
em. long; blades ovate, oval, or elliptie- 
ovate, chartaceous: calyx glabrous (?); 
lower lo bes acute: cor rolla white or purple 
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and cult. grounds, a of 
(W. I., Mex., C. A., S. A.)— En —fall L— The 
stem and branches ce 
62. AESCHYNOMENE L. Annual erect or diffuse plants. Leaflets 
several or many.  Racemes several-flowered. Calyx spathe-like, the lips re- 
spectively minutely 2-lobed and 3-lobed. Corolla dini or reddish: standard 
with a broad blade: wings and keel-petals with narrow cu es blades dase 
are auricled at the base. Ovary bent, sparingly mu ma ment several- 
dinde the sections oval or quadrate.—About 55 species, n. Fan 
n warm and tropical regions.—SENSITIVE JOINT-VETCHES. SHY-LEAVES. 
Standard-blade oval or ovate: pod with nearly quadrate sections. 1. 4. virginica. 
Standard- blade suborbicular: pod with hemispheric or oval sec- 
ions. 
M separated; blades entire; pod-sections about 6 mm. 
l 2. A. pratensis. 
Leafiets nearly contiguous ; blades ciliate-denticulate near the 
ex: pod-sections about 3 mm, wide. 3. A. americana. 
A. virginica (L.) B. S. P. Plant 2-15 dm. tall: leaflets mostly 25-55: 
blades linear to elliptic-linear, 3-12 mm. ee calyx-lips 3-3.5 mm. long: 
t 
blades of the keel-petals an g-pe 
row above the auricle: p ie 
straight-edged, the Ives not reticulate 
a Michx.]|—Swamps, river-banks, 
ditches, and aoe [4 ii Coastal Pe and 
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. A. pratensis Small Plant 9-20 dm. tall: 
leaflets mostly 15-25; blades narrowly 
ipti . long: 5 mm 
blade of the standard suborbicular, 
10-13 mm. jer blades of the keel and 
wing-petals slightly narrowed abov the 
auricles: Dod sealloped-edged, the Mn 
oval, Maie dia ie ades, S pe &.— 
et —The lower part of the stem is usually thickly coated with spongy 
