106 PEA FAMILY (PULSE FAMILY) 



row, 1-4 in. long. Stipules conspicuous, extending down the 

 stem. Sandy soil. Blooming all the year. Fla. to Va. and 

 La. 



Crotalaria rotundifolia. Similar to above species, but 

 leaves are oval, and shorter. Whole plant hairy. Fla. to 

 Va. and Miss. 



Crotalaria retusa. Flowers 1 in. long, in terminal racemes. 

 Pod 1-2 in. long. Stems 1-3 ft. tall. Leaves 1-foliate, 1-4 

 in. long. South Fla. 



Crotalaria incana. Flowers about ^A in. long, in terminal 

 racemes. Pods 1 in. or more long, drooping. Stems 2-6 ft. 

 tall. Leaflets 3, oval or broadened upward, about 1 in. long. 

 Fla. 



Crotalaria pnmila. Flowers small, many, in short racemes. 

 Pods small. Stems spreading, 2-3 ft. long, often forming 

 dense mats. Leaflets 3. Fla. peninsula and Keys. 



Lupine (Genus Lupiniis) 



These beautiful southern lupines are conspicuous, even 

 when not in bloom, for the plants, which grow in groups 

 of spreading stems in dry soil, have a dense foliage of 

 silky gray leaves. Unlike northern lupines, whose leaves 

 are palmately divided into several leaflets, our two species 

 have entire leaves. The blue lupine is abundant on hills 

 in the interior of the peninsula, and in certain places near 

 the coast. Its flowers vary in intensity of color, and the 

 standard is blotched with purple or white in the center. 



The less common L. vUlosus, with similar leaves, blooms 

 in a rare combination of cream color and crimson, changing 

 to pink and maroon as the flowers wither. 



Lupinns diffusus. Blue lupine. Deer cabbage. Flowers 

 blue, about ^2 in. long, many, in terminal racemes 3-12 in. 

 long. Pods 1 in. long, woolly. Stems 1-2 ft. tall, erect or 

 spreading. Leaves 1-4 in. long, oblong or broadened upward, 

 densely silky. Sandy soil. Blooming from midwinter to 

 early summer. Fla. to N. C. 



