192 FABACEAE 
O predominantly more than 3. 
nt long-stipitate. 
eaflet-blades glabrou us or sparingly pubescent 
eneath, but not velvety. 
Leaflet- blades green ur ea pus 
Loment-joints ro nded angled on 
e dorsal suture thus scalloped. 
pein blades thin, not reticulate, 
rous or ane ely pubescent 
iupra ox the leaflets-broad, of 
elliptie, ovate or lan- 
Ce dieto pe. 
Stem glabrous or nearly so: 
joints the lomen 
. M. paniculata. 
what angled on the dorsal. 16. af. pubens. 
Du or linear- lanceolate 
17. M. Chapmanii. 
Leaflet.l blades thick, reticulate- 
veined ra dies stiffly pubescent 
beneath. 18. M. rhombifolia. 
Loment-joints straight on the back, 
e dorsal suture thus d even. 19. A. Dillenii. 
et-blades glaucous e 20. Af. laevigata 
blades velvety b . 21. AM pun 
Loment sessile or short-stipitate. 22; nadensi 
iomen cae predominantly fewer than 3. 
Leafiet-blades scabrous or pubescent and ciliate. 
Terminal leaflet usually twice as long as 
wide. 23. M.? os 
Terminal leaflet little longer in wide. 24. M. cilia 
Leaflet-blades smooth and glabro 25. M. ae DUE 
V. PunP E 
Tall light-green plant, with slender Spreading branches. 26. M. purpurea. 
| VI. SUPINAE 
Depressed, prostrate, or reclining dark-green plant. 21. M. cana. 
M. nudiflora (L.) a ze. Leaves clustered on the short decumbent or 
ascending x leaflets 28 em. 1008 i des oval or ovate: standard 8-10 
ong: wings not iut = 
side: joints of the loment 3 wide. 
[ D. pea DC.]— Woodlands ide hill- 
sides, various provinces, Fla. to La., Kan 
Ont., and Me. 
- em mou 
-———— ag 
2. M. minata (Michx.) Blake. ua 
unc E y end of the short erect 
leaflets 8—13 em. long, the rers s broadly 
ovate to orbicutar: ovate: sta ard 7—9 
o 
ng: v 
side: foment scat 4.5-6 mm. wide. 
acuminatum untze.] — Woodlands and 
thickets, various provinces, Fla. to Tex 
Minn., Que., and Me. 
?3 
3. M. paucifora ( Nutt.) Kuntze. ipie: pcena Or ene leaflets 3; 
blades ovate rhombic-ovate, 2.5—8 . lon rolla white: standard 4—5 
mm. long; "o Pu ecc m very poss dive Ah ng; loment-joints 5-5.5 
mm. wide. [D. P cR d Nutt.]—Rieh woods, various provinces, Fla. t 
Tex., Kans., Ont., 
