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D, ineanum, DC. Stems erect or spreading, rough above (2° - 3=' higli) ; 

 leaflets varying from roundish or oval to lanceolate, acute or obtuse, srauoth- 

 ish above, canescent-tomentose beneath; stipules partly united; flowers 

 small ; legume nearly sessile, straight on one edge, with 2-8 semi-oval joints. 

 — South Florida (Curtiss). 



An arV)orescent Ektthrina occurs sparingly in South Florida, with the 

 characters, so far as these are known, of E. herbacea, and it has been sug- 

 gested that it may be tliat species growing in a climate more suited to its full 

 development. 



CENTROSEMA, DC. 



C. Plumieri, Turp. Smooth or scabrous ; leaflets ovate ; peduncles 

 2-6-flowered ; bracts twice as long as the calyx ; corolla very large, whitish, 

 the middle of tlie vexillum and tip of the wings bright purple; legume 

 compressed --l-sided. — New Orleans. Introduced. 



GALACTIA, P. Browne. 



G. filiformis, Benth. Stem long, twining, villous ; leaflets oval or ob- 

 long, silliy beneath, shorter than the many-flowered curved racemes ; flowers 

 rather large, purple, the vexillum finely and obliquely striate ; legume silky, 

 falcate, compressed, 10-seeded. (G. spiciformis, var., 1st edit.) — Keys of 

 South Florida. November. 



CANAVALTA, DC. 



C. altissima, Macfadyen. Stem climbing ; leaflets oblong, mucronate- 

 awned ; racemes many-flowered, the petals large, purple ; legume slightly 

 curved, 11-seeded, tlie seeds whitish. — South Florida {Feay), climbing over 

 the tallest trees. — Legume 8- 10' long, I'-H' wide. 



ECASTAPHYLLUM, P. Browne. 



Calyx campanulate, unequally 5-toothed. Vexillum orbicular. Stamens 

 8 or 10, diadelphous. Ovary stipitate, 2-ovuled. Style short and slender. 

 Legume orbicular, compressed, mostly Iseeded. — Tropical shrubs, with 

 pinnate leaves, and small flowers in short axillary panicles. 



E. Brownei, Pers. Stem branching ; leaf reduced to a single ovate 

 acute leaflet, pubescent above, pale and velvety beneath ; panicles cluster- 

 like, shorter tlian the petiole; corolla white; legume 1-seeded. — Banks of 

 rivers, Soutli Florida. November. — Slirub 4°-8° higli. Leaflet 3' -5' long. 



BAPTISIA, Vent. 



B. calycosa, Canby. Smoothisli, much branched ; leaflets wedge-oho- 

 vate ; stipules and bracts lanceolate, persistent ; racemes numerous, terminal, 

 tlie long (r-2') pedicels bibracteolate ; lobes of the calyx lanceolate, leafy, 

 4 times as long as the tube, and barely shorter than the yellow petals ; 

 legume ovate, acuminate, as long as the calyx. — Near St. Augustine, East 

 Florida (Miss Reynolds). 



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