BOTANICAL GAZETTE, 



hoary. — South Florida. November. A small tree. Panicle loosely or densely-flowered. 

 Drupe size of that of <S'. mnrginafn. 



Polygala Rugelii, Shuttleworth. Stem simple, or at length branching above; leaves 

 alternate, lanceolate, acute, sessile, the lowest ones narrowed into a petiole; spilies long- 

 peduncled, globose ; wings oblong-obovate, cuspidate; caruncle and seed as in P. lutea. 

 Tampa {Rugel and Feny). Stem 12-18 in. high. Flowers drying dark brown 



Grotdlaria mar it ii tin., n. sp. Stem low, much branched, pubescent with short 

 appressed hairs; leaves simple, small, oblong, sub-se«sile, very thick and suqculent; 

 stipules minute and narrowly decurrent, or none; raceme 2-flowercd; legume su.ooth. — 

 Sandy beach at Palm Cape, South Florida. Stem G in. high. Leaves 1 in. long. Flow- 

 ers not seen. 



Grotalaria pumila, Ort. Perennial. ? Stem spreading, slender, smoothish ; leaves 

 trifoliate, leaflets .small, oblong-obovate, emarginate, longer than the petioles ;>„stipules 

 minute; peduncles much longer than tlie leaves, few-flowered; corolla small, yellow; 

 legume notlding, oval, pubescent. (C. Uttoralis, H. B. K.)— Sandy beach at Casey's Pass, 

 South Florida. October. Stem 3-3 feet long, sparingly branched. Leaflets %-l inches 

 long. Legume Yi ^"- long. 



Grotalaria mcaiia.'L. Annual, erect, much branched, pubescent; leaves trifoliate, 

 long-petioled, leaflets rouud-obovate, shorter than the petiole, smoothish, paler beneath ; 

 stipules setaceous, caducous; raceme stout, many flowei'ed, the l)ibracteolate pedicol 

 nodding; keel of tiie yellow corolla tomentose on the margin; legume oblong, villous. 

 Coast of South Florida from Cedar Keys {Dr. Garbcr) to Cape Romano. October. Stem 

 3-5 feet high. 



Petalostemoii roseiim, Nutt. Leaflets 3-4 pairs, very narrow linear; calyx smooth, the 

 teeth nearly as long as the tube; petals obovate, rose-color; bracts setaceous, longer tliau 

 the calyx; otherwise like P. violaccniii. — Low pine barrens, J]ast Florida. 



Lespedeza striata, Arnott & Hook. Stem branched, pubescent ; leaves small, leaflets 

 oblong-obovate, mucronate; stipules persistent, scarious. ovate-lanceolate, strongly vein- 

 ed, twice as long as the petioles; racemes 1-5 flowered, shorter than the leaves; calyx 

 veiny, the ovate teeth shorter than the round-ovate reticulate legume; flowers purple. 

 Fields and way-sides, Macon, Ga. (Dr. 3retiuar,18(i~)). Now spreading over the Southern 

 Slates. Introduced from Asia. Stem G-18 inches high. Leaves 3^-1 in. long. 



Desmodium trifiornm, DC. Stem filiform, prostrate, rooting at the joints, pubescent; 

 leaflets small, obcordate, smooth above; peduncles axillary, 2-3 together, 1-flowered; 

 legume curved, 3-4 jointed, the joints flat, semi-circular. — Waste places, Manatee, South 

 Florida, {Dr. Feay, Dr. Oarber). Stem 6-12 in. long. 



Erythrina Gorallodendroii, L. '? The tree I saw on the banks of the Caloosa River 

 in October was 15-20 feet high, and 4-(J in. in diameter, without flowers or fruit. The 

 leaves were like those of E. herhacca. 



Galactia Gxbensis, H. B. K. Stem long, twining, villous; leaflets oval f)r oblong, 

 rarely acute, soon smooth above, silky beneath, rather longer than the villous petioles; 

 racemes curving, longer than the leaves, spicate; flowers apjiroximate, large, purple, the 

 vexillum obliquely striate; legume silky, falcate, compressed, 10-seeded. {G.spiciformis, 

 var: Chapm., S. Fl.) South Florida {Bagel in Herb. Gray.)— Lignum Vitas Key. 



November. 



Ecnstaphyllwn Braionei, Pers. Stem branching, slender; leaflets single, ovate, acute 

 finely pubescent above, paler and velvety beneath, short petioled ; panicle cluster-like 

 axillary, as long as the petiole ; corolla small, white ; legume orbicular, compressed, 

 1-seeded.— Banks of the Caloosa River. November. Miami, South Florida. {Dr. Garber.) 

 —Shrub 4-8 feet high. Leaflets 3-5 in. long. Legume 1 in. long. 



Gassia ligustriiia, L. Annual? Smooth, mostly simple; leaflets 10-16, opposite, 



