92 LEC.U.MIXOS.K. (rULSE FAMILY.) 



wrinkled, 1-seedcd, indehisccnt, included in the calyx. — Perennial usnally 

 glandular herbs. Stipules cohering with the petioles. Flowers axillaiT or ter- 

 luiual, jmrplish or white, racemose or spiked. 



* Leaves 1 - 3-foliolate. 



1. P. virgata, Nutt. Smoothish; stem virgate, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 very remote, 1- (or the lowest 2-3-) foliolate ; leaflets linear or ohloiig-linear, 

 obtu.se, tlie lower ones broader and long-petioled ; stipules setaceous ; peduiiclis 

 much sliorter than the leaves ; spikes dense, cylindrical ; bracts ovate, aiunii- 

 nate, and, like the calyx, glandular and hairy ; corolla violet. — Near St. Mary's, 

 Georgia, and the adjacent parts of Florida. July. — Stem 2° high. Lcailcts 

 2' -5' long. 



2. P, melilotoides, Michx. Glandular and sparingly pubescent; leaves 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate or elliptical ; stipules subulate ; spikes ol)- 

 long, on peduncles 2-3 times as long as the leaves; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 veiny; corolla violet ; legume rugose. — Var. 1. (P. eglandulosa, /,7/ ) Gland- 

 less or nearly so ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, and, like the calyx, villous. — Dry sol", 

 Florida to Tennessee, and westward. Jlay and June. — Stoiu I°-2° hi:^!!. 

 Leaflets I' -2' long. 



3. P. Onobrychis, Nutt. Pubescent ; le.ives trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, 

 acuminate ; racemes elongated, somewhat sccuad ; calyx glandular, the teeth 

 small, obtuse, equal ; legume ovate, muricate, wrinkled transversely. — Near 

 Spartanburg, South Carolina. June and July. — Stem 3° -."3° hi)^h. Leaves 

 very large. 



4. P. canescens, Michx. Iloary -pubescent ; lower leaves trifoliolate, tlio 

 upper simi)lc, sliort-petiolcd ; leaflets obovate, glandular; racemes longer than 

 the leaves, few-flowered ; calyx inflated ; flowers blue, tuniing greenish ; legume 

 even. — Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. April and ]SIay. — Stem 

 bushy, 2° high. Resembles a Baptisia, 



* * Leaves palmalely 5 - 1 -foliolate. 



5. P. Lupinellus, Michx. Smooth ; stem slender, declining, sparingly 

 branched ; leaflets filiform ; racemes longer than the leaves, loose-flowered ; 

 flowers violet ; legumes i-ugose. (P. Floridana, ShuUl.) — Dry ]iine barrens, Flor- 

 ida to North Carolina. May and June. — Stem 2° long. Lcallcts li' -3' long. 



C. P. subacatllis, Torr. & Gray. Nearly stemless ; peduncles, petioles. 

 and calyx white with sjireading hairs ; leaves 7-1'oliolate, long-petioled ; leaflets 

 ohovate-oblong, smootiiLsh above, fringed on the margins and midrib henentii ; 

 peduncles longer than tiie leaves, rigid; spikes dense, ovale or oblong; brads 

 ovate, acuminate ; calyx-teeth obtuse. — Rocky hills, near Nasiiville, Tennessee. 

 April and May. — Leaflets 1' long. Peduncles 4' - C long." Flowers numerous, 



purple. 



* * * Leitvrs pinnate. 



7. P. multijuga, Ell. Stem branching ; leaflets numerous (9- 10 paii-s), 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent ; spikes oblong ; bract.s small, niembrnna- 

 ceous, without glands. — Al)bevillc District, South Carolina.— St<m 1°- 2° high. 

 I.iean(ts unall. ISracts half as long as liie calvx. Flowrrs violet. 



