616 LEGUMINOS^. 



T. leptostaohya, DC. Stem erect, branching, slightly pubescent ; 

 leaflets 8-12, wedge-oblong, wiien young silky beneath ; stipules subulate ; 

 racemes long and slender ; flowers distant, purple ; legume erect. Sand- 

 hills at Cape Canaveral (Curtiss). July. — Stem l°-2° high. 



INDIGOFERA, L. 



I. SUbulata, Vahl. Somewhat shrubby, sparsely pubescent with ap- 

 pressed hairs ; stem filiform, decumbent ; leaves distant ; leaflets 5, oblong, 

 mucronate ; racemes loosely many -flowered, in fruit many times longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legume filiform, refle.xed, nearly terete, 

 6 - 8-8eeded. — Miami, South Florida ( Garber). — Stem 2' - o long. Legume 

 2^-3' long. 



ASTRAGALUS, L. 



A. caryocarpus, Ker. Stems prostrate or ascending, appressed-pubes 

 cent ; leaflets 16 - 24, oblong ; stipules ovate ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; 

 racemes rather loosely flowered ; the flowers violet-purple ; legume ovate, 

 acute, smooth, thick and succulent, corky when dry. — Near Nashville, Ten- 

 nessee {Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Daubentosia pdvicea, DC, a Brazilian shrub, with showy bright-red 

 flowers and 4- winged legumes, was introduced into the gardens of Apalachi- 

 cola many years ago, and is now permanently established in tlie lower part 

 of the city. 



VICIA, Tourn. 



V, Ludoviciana, Nutt. Smoothlsh ; leaflets 10-15, elliptical, rounded 

 or emarginate at tlie tip ; peduncles mostly 2-flowered, flowers small, pale 

 blue ; calyx hairy ; legume broadly sabre-shaped, 5-6-seeded. — New Orleans 

 ( Carpenter). — Stem stout, 2° - 3° long. Leaflets 6" - 8" long. Peduncles in 

 fruit longer than the leaves. 



V. Floridana, Watson. Leaflets oblong or obovate, mucronate, thin 

 {\' long); flowers smaller; legume short (j' long), nearly oval, pointed, 

 2-4:-8eeded; otherwise like V. acutifolia. — Low hummocks. East Florida 

 (Garber, Curtiss). 



LESPEDEZA, Michx. 



L. striata, Hook. & Arnott. Annual, erect or prostrate, appressed-pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets oblong-obovate ; stipules thin, strongly veined, twice as long as 

 the petioles, persistent; racemes siiorter than the leaves, 1-5-flowered; 

 calyx veiny, the ovate teeth shorter than the round ovate reticulate legume; 

 flowers purple. — Fields and waste ground. Introduced from Asia. — Stems 

 6' -12' long. 



DESMODIUM, DC. 



D. triflorum, DC. Creeping, pubescent ; leaflets obcordate ; peduncles 

 axillary, single, or 2 - 3 together, 1-flowered ; legume curved, 8 -4-jointed. — 

 Manatee, South Florida. — Stem 6' -12' long. 



