288 LEGUMINOSvE. Galactu. 



. ■ 4. G. Flon'dana : prostrate ; whole plant tomentose with a whitish pu- 

 bescence ; leaflets oval, very obtuse ; racemes a little longer than the leaves ; 

 fascicles of tlowers approximated ; pedicels half the length of the calyx ; 

 legume villous. 



Sandy places about Tampa Bay, Florida, Dr. Burrows ! — Stem shorter 

 than in any of the preceding species. Leaflets li inch long, obtuse at each 

 end, strongly veiny. Calyx less than half the length of the corolla. Petals 

 pale reddish-purple. Anthers oblong-linear. — Remarkable for the copious 

 soft whitish pubescence, and also for the size of the flowers, which are larg- 

 er than those of G. glabella. 



.- 5. G. canescens (Benth.) : creeping, somewhat twining, canescent; leaf- 

 lets broadly ovate, retuse, slightly hirsute above, silky -pubescent beneath ; 

 peduncles fasciculate, elongated, interruptedly few-flowered; calyx silky-vil- 

 lous. Benth. I comm. Leg. gen. p. 62. 



Texas, Drxmimond! — Leaflets 1^ inch long, and more than an inch wide. 

 Peduncles slender, some of them abortive and changed into roots. Flowers 

 small, 2-3 together, often abortive, as is very frequently the case in this ge- 

 nus. 



6. G. spiciformis : stem nearly glabrous ; leaflets ovate-oblong; coriace- 

 ous, rather acute, indistinctly veined, glabrous above, minutely hirsute be- 

 neath ; racemes (or spikes) much longer than the leaves ; flowers approxi- 

 mated and nearly sessile; legume slightly falcate, pubescent. 



Key West, Florida, Rev. Alva Bennett ! — Leaflets about U inch long, 

 and 7-8 lines wide, finely reticulated above ; the veins on the lower surface 

 much less distinct than in any of the preceding species. Peduncles 3-4 

 times as long as the leaves, in pairs or solitary. Bracteoles lanceolate. 

 Calyx nearly glabrous ; segments lanceolate, the lowest one acuminate. 

 Corolla purphsh-red. Vexillum broadly obovate : wings shorter than the 

 keel. Anthers linear-oblong. Legume li inch long, 5-6-seeded. 



7. G. brachypoda : nearly glabrous ; stem not twining ; leaflets oblong or 

 linear-oblong, somewhat coriaceous, reticulated, paler beneath, obtuse or 

 eraarginate ; petioles longer than the leaflets ; racemes shorter than the peti- 

 oles, few- (4-6-) flowered ; calyx villous. 



Dry pine barrens, Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman! — Stem about 2 feet 

 long, flexuous. Leaflets about 15 lines long, and 3-6 lines wide ; the termiii- 

 al one with a partial petiole about one-fourth of an inch long : common peti- 

 ole li inch or more in length. Flowers purphsh, half as large as in G. gla- 

 bella. Segments of the calyx lanceolate, half as long as the corolla. 



, ' S. G. sessili flora: glabrous; stem erect, flexuous; leaflets shorter than 

 • the petiole, oblong-linear, or linear, somewhat coriaceous, glaucous beneath, 

 the terminal one subsessile ; racemes very short, sessile. 



Middle Florida, Dr. Chapman J Alabama, Dr. Gates .'—Stems some- 

 times several from one root, about a foot high. Petioles 1-2 inches long. 

 Leaflets 1-1 ^ inch long, usually about 3-4 lines wide, but sometimes much 

 narrower. Racemes, or fascicles, 3-5-flowered: pedicels very short. Calyx 

 brownish, hairy ; segments lanceolate, acute. Petals purplish. Vexillum 

 nearly orbicular, longer than the other petals. Anthers oblong. Legume 

 falcate, villous, about an inch long, 4-5-seeded. — A very distinct species, but 

 allied to G. brachystachys, Benth., of Mexico. 



9. G. marginalis (Benth.): suffiuticose ; branches prostrate, somewhat 

 silky-pubescent, at length glabrous ; leaves 1-foliolate ; leaflet oblong-lanceo- 

 late or linear, narrowed at the base, coriaceous, glabrous, wuh a marginal 

 nerve beneath ; peduncles very short, axillary, 1-3 flowered ; calyx pubes- 

 cent ; segments as long as the tube. Benth. comm. Leg. gen. p. 62. 



