142 FABACEAE 
Hacemes several- ove 20) flowered: leaflets mostly 8-12 
blades ovate to al. 3. Ta. venosus. 
Racemes few- (9-6) a leaflets mostly 4-6; blades 
elliptic or nearly s 4. L.myrtifolius. 
1. L. pusillus Ell Ste m 2-winged, glabrous: leaflets 1-5 long; blade 
narrowly linear to linear- -elliptie or sometimes elliptic: de mostly shorter 
than the leaves, often 1-flowered: calyx 5-7 
g; lo 
mm bes subulate-lanceolate, iene 
ate: sta 9-10 mm. long , gla- 
brous: pod narrowly linear, 1.5-4 
banks, woods, d prairies, 
—Str - 0 
Coastal Plain and more northern provinees, 
Fla. to Tex., Kans., and N. C. 
2. L. hirsutus L. Similar to L. pusillus in 
habit, but leaves uu. pede peduneles 
mostly longer than the leaves, often ee 
flowered: calyx 5-7 mm. long; lobes ovate 
to ovate-lanceolate, rather a acumi- 
nate: standard 8-10 mm. lon 
pubescent: pod broadly linear, 3-4 em. 
— Was ons ces, fields, and a 
Miss. Nat. of Eu. 
3. L. venosus Muhl. Stem angled, pubescent: leaflets 3-6 cm. long; blades 
ovate or oval: calyx 9-10 mm. long, pubescent; longer lobes lanceolate, cilio- 
late, geo! longer than the erect shorter lobes: standard cuneate- obovate, 
14-1 g: pod 3.5-4.5 long.—(BusH-vETCH.)—Woods and river- 
banks, various provinces, B p Plain, Ga. to La., Ont. Sask., and 
N. J. 
ifolius Muhl. a ridged, M. ; leaflets 2.5 ong; 
blades elliptic or m so: calyx 7.5-8.5 mm. long, ep: ous; ues pu 
lanceolate, eciliate, much lo see DK the spreading ird lobes: standard 
broadly cuneate- spatulate, 13-16 mm. long: pod 4 long.—Swamps, dry 
rocky woods, and s eam- banks, various provinees on gone Plain only N, 
N Tenn., Man. Que. 
US L. Vines with Pari woody stems and branches. Leaflets 
numerous, relatively small: bla rather narrow. aniele narrow, raceme- 
like. c with 5 rounded lobes ones white or pink: standard spreading; 
blade rounded or onp enoa auricled 
the o wings auricled at the base of 
e blade: keel-petals longer than the wings, 
noi auricled. Pod flat, relatively small, 
short and broad.—Five species, natives of 
tropical regions. 
1. A. Abrus (L.) W. F. Wight. Stem 
slenderly sone Leaflets light-green, nu- 
merous; blades elliptic to elliptic-cuneate, 
9-15 mm. long, obtuse or mucronulate: pan- 
d ae mostly 2-5 em. long: calyx about 
3 lon ng, t ou or 
e 
Spr pink: standard 13-15 pos s ; 
blade hs or orbicular-oval:  keel-pet 
longer than the wings: pods selustered oe ap d 2.5-3.5 em. long, slender- 
eae “closely Me e seed oval, 6-7 mm. long, scarlet except the black 
