AMPincARPa:A. XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. .jv;^ 



1. W. PRCTESCENs. DC. (W. speciosE. mat. Glycine frutescens. Linn ) 

 SL pubescent when young, at length glabrous ; Ifts. 9—13, ovate or el- 

 liptic-lanceolate, acute, sub-pubescent; wings with 2 auricles at base- ova 

 glabrous.— An ornamental, vigorous vine, in rich alluvion. Southern and West- 

 ern States. Stems several yards long, climbing over bushes &c Leaflets 1— 

 2' by i— 1'. Flowers nearly as large as those of the sweet pea, numerous in 

 racemes 3—6 or 8' long, sheathed in very conspicuous bracts. Seeds spotted 

 Apr. May. -f ^ 



2. W. coNSEauANA. Benth. Chinese Wistaria.— Lfts. 9—13, ovate-lanceolate 

 silky-pubescent; rac. terminal, nodding, loosely niany-flowered.— A splendid 

 flowering vine from China. Stem of rapid growth, 12f or more in length. 

 Flowers in long, pendulous clusters. May. Jn. f 



8, GALACTIA. 



Gr. yaXa, milk : alluding to the juice of some of the species. 



Calyx bibracteolate, 4-cleft, the segments of nearly equal length, 

 upper one broadest ; pet. oblong : vexillum broadest and incumbent ; 

 keel petals slightly cohering at top. — Herbs prostrate or tioining^ some- 

 times shrubby. Lvs. 'pinnatdy trifoliate. Rac. axillary. 



1. G. GLABELLA. MichX. 



St. mostly prostrate, nearly glabrous ; lfts. elliptic-oblong, emarginate at 

 each end, sub-coriaceous, shining above, a little hairy beneath; rac. peduncu- 

 late, about the length of the leaves; fl.s. pedicellate. — In arid soils, N. J. to Flor. 

 Stem 2 — 4f long. Leaflets 10 — 20" by 5 — 10", varying in form from elliptic 

 through oblong to ovate. Flowers rather large, reddish-purple, greenish exter- 

 nally. Aug. Sept. 



2. G. MOLLIS. Michx. 



St. mostly twining, .softly pubescent; lfts. oval, obtuse, nearly smooth 

 above, softly villose and whitish beneath; rcoc. longer than the leaves, pedun- 

 culate, fasciculate ; fls. on very short pedicels ; leg. villose. — Dry soils, Md. to 

 Ga. Stem several feet long. Leaflets about I'long, § as wide. Flowers about 

 half as large as in the last. Aug. 



9. C LI TORI A. 

 Calyx bibracteolate, tubular, 5-toothed, segments acuminate ; vexil- 

 lum large, spreading, roundish, emarginate ; keel smaller than the 

 wings, acute, on long claws ; legume linear-oblong, torulose, many- 

 seeded. — % Mostly twining. Lvs. ^ pinnatdy 3 — b foliate. Fls. very 

 large, solitary or several together. 



C. Mariana. 



Glabrous ; st. suberect or twining, suffruticose ; lfts. 3, oblong-ovate or 

 lanceolate, obtuse, lateral ones petiolulate ; pcd. short, 1— 3-flowcred ; bradeoles 

 and bracts very short ; leg. torulose, 3 — 4-seeded.— Dry soils, N. J. ! to Flor. 

 Stem 1— 3f long, round, slender, branched. Leaflets rather remote, about 1' by 

 1'. Corolla pale blue, 2— 2i' in length, calyx V , bracteoles 2". Jl. Aug. 

 10. AMPHICARP^A. Ell. 



Gr. an^i, around, Kap-o?, fruit; in reference to the ovary sheathed .it base. 



Calyx tubular, campanulate, 4-toothed (or 5-toothed, flie upper 2 

 united) with nearly equal segments ; petals oblong ; vexilkim witli 

 the sides appressed ; stigma capitate ; ovary on a sheathed stipe ; 

 legume flat, 2— 4-seeded. — ® Slenckr, twining. Lvs. pinnately trifo- 

 liate. The upper fls. complete, but usually barren, the loiocr apetalous 

 and fruitful. ^, 



A. MONOicA. Nutt. (Glvcine monoica. Linn.) Pea Vine 



St. hairy; l/ts. ovate, acute, smooth; rac. of the stem -with pendttlous 



