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11. Galactia mollis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 61. 1803. 
Prostrate or climbing, villous and somewhat hoary through- 
out ; stems several from the same slender root, simple or branched; 
the racemes and petioles mostly erect on the decumbent stems ; 
stipules subulate I-2 mm. long ; petioles 2, rarely 5 cm. long ; 
leaflets 2.5-5 cm. long, oval or oblong, obtuse or emarginate at 
both ends, sometimes retuse, the upper ones often acutish, bright, 
light green, scabrous and villous above, villous and paler beneath, 
the young ones densely tomentose, the lateral ones usually 
rounded at each end, the terminal one more tapering at the base; 
racemes solitary I-2 dm. or more long; flowers acute in the bud, 
bright red or rose-purple, short pedicelled, approximated near 
the summit of the short peduncle, bracts setaceous, minute, 
bracteoles subulate, 1.5 mm. long; calyx about 6 mm. long, 
densely villous, the broader upper tooth entire, nearly equalling the 
more slender lower ones ; vexillum obovate, rounded above, taper- 
ing.to the obscurely biappendiculate base, keel-petals paler in 
color and considerably smaller than the slender wings; legume 
2.5-3.5 cm. long, 4.5-5.5 mm. wide, linear-oblong, acutish,densely 
tomentose; seeds ovoid, acutish, brown. July—August. 
Original locality, ‘ Carolina inferiore.” 
Type, in Herb. Michaux. ; 
Dry, sandy pine lands and swamps, North Carolina to Florida. 
Synonymy: Galactia pilosa Nutt. Gen. 2: 116. 1818. Not EI- 
liott. 
A very slender form of the above species with narrower leaflets, 
which are obscurely scabrous or glabrate above and less villous 
beneath, occurs in Florida. i 
12. Galactia Cubensis H. B. K. Nov. Gen. 6: 429. 1823. 
Climbing high on shrubs and trees; stems terete, retrose-pu- 
bescent, becoming often nearly glabrate ; stipules 2-3 mm. long, 
subulate; petioles 1-3 cm. long; stipels 2 mm. long, setaceous, 
2mm. long, often persistent; leaflets 2. 5-8 cm. long, oblong, ob- 
: long-oval or elliptical, obtuse and emarginate at both ends, thick, 
rigid and coriaceous, glabrous and finely reticulated above, pubes- 
cent, paler and reticulated beneath; racemes mostly longer than 
€ leaves, 5 cm.—1.4 dm. long; flowers 10-12 mm. long, pale 
purple, sessile or nearly so, solitary or two, opposite at — in- 
tervals often the whole length of the rhachis; calyx 5-6 mm. long, 
the lobes attenuate, pubescent ; vexillum obovate see hg ea 
long, 5-6 mm. or more wide, acutish, hirsute, at length gta ; 
& 1 labrous; seeds 6-10, 3-4 mm. 
€ conspicuous, raised sutures g 
