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blades spatulate to elliptic-oblanceolate or linear: idu minute: flowers iud 
purple to pink, = white: ae sepal oe 2-2.5 mm. long: mature wings 
obovate, 3-6 m pues ra ong, the claw shorter than Rs bod: 
lateral petals 3-4 m erie capsule de orbicular-ova ong: 
seed ovoid, about 2. 5i mm. long.—-Acid sandy soil, pns is po pulus a 
various provinces, Fla. to Tex., Man., aid N. S.—Spr.- 
3. P. aboriginum Small. Plant 1-3 dm. tall, s stem glabrous: leaves alter- 
nate; blades elliptic-spatulate to narrowly elliptie: e ers mainly pink, some- 
t 1.5 mm. long: mature 
mm. long 
elaw shorter than the body: lateral petals about 2.5 mm. long: capsule oval 
and somewhat quadrate, about 3.5 mm. long: seed narrowly obovoid or slightly 
‘cylindric. obovoid, about 3 mm. long.—Hammocks, coastal sand-dunes, S of 
Coronado, Fla —Spr. 
4. P. Lewtonii Small. Plant 1-2 dm. tall the stem glabrous: leaves in 
clusters; bc spatulate to Epod uen flowers mainly deep-pink: upper 
sepa al becom ing 1.5-2 mm. long: wings rhombic-obovate, 4—5 mm. long: 
keel zc 3.5 mm. long, the claw um as y long as the body: lateral petals oe 
3 m ong: capsule Pei a about 5 mm. long: seed cylindric, 3-3.5 m 
hes D scrub, C Fla.—Spr.-sum. 
5. P. leptocaulis T. & G. Plant 2-6 dm. tall, the stem very slender, the 
branches almost i upper leaves scie or filiform: flowers pale-purple 
or pinkish: upper pile ee e mm. long: mature wings spatulate, 
elliptic-obovate, or elliptic, 1.5-2 B keel about 1.5 mm, lon ng; the claw 
much shorter than the ae C HEUS elliptic, about 1.5 mm. long: .seeds 
elliptie-ovoid, fully 1 mm. long. [P. paludosa (Fl. SE. U. S.) ]—Sandy cani 
low pinelands, and pil Dunes Coastal Plain, Miss. to Tex.—(W. I., Mex 
. 4.) —Spr.- 
. Setacea Michx. Plant 1-5 dm. tall, the stem glabrous, pale-gre en: leaf- 
blades mere subulate scales: Hem: pinkish or r whitish: ed ud sepal becoming 1- 
1.5 mm. long: mature de narrowly obovate, about 2 mm. long, usually abruptly 
pointed: keel bon 2m uM pda ise 1.5-2 mm. long: capsule deltoid- 
ovate, about 1.5 mm. long: seed 1 m ong with a globose- ovoid body, a 
slender tip.—Low pinelands, "Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss. and N. C.—Spr.-sum. 
or all year 
P. Chapmanii T. & G. Plant 2-5 dm. tall, the stem pase: blades of 
the upper leaves narrowly linear or “tinea subu late: flowers pale-purple or 
purplis sh: upper sepal p 1.5 mm. long: wings ovate or oval, 2.5-3 mm. 
ong: keel about 2 Ps ong; the aw as oe as Al body or longer: eapsule 
suborbieular, fully 1 long: seed 1-1.5 mm. long, with a ana 
body and a slender us puc i Coastal Plain, Fla. to Miss.—Spr.— 
8. P. Nuttallii T. & G. Plant 1-2.5 dm. tall, the stem usually i pubescent 
below: blades of the lower leaves linear-spa atulate, ‘those of the n ones nar- 
rowly linear: flowers purple, purplish, or greenish: upper sepal becoming 1 mm. 
long: mature wings a or elliptic. Sn cold 2-2.5 mm. long: keel about 
E long as the w s lateral pe etals about 2 mm. long: capsule about 1.5 mm. 
ong: seed about ong, ovoid, with a short stout tip.—Pinelands, sand- 
d old-fields, md È ad ofte en in acid soil, various provinces, Ala. to 
Miss., Pa., Mass. . and N. um 
9. P. Curtissii A. Gray. Plant 1-3 dm. tall, the stem glabrous: blades of the 
lower leaves spatulate, those ^ the upper ones linear: flowers rose-purple, 
