lOt LEGUMINOSvE. (rULSE FAMILY.) 



1". D. Marilandicum, Boott. Stem erect, smootli, mostly simple : 

 leaBcts small, ovate or rouiKlish, obtuse, smooth, pale bcneatli, commonly slioit- 

 er than the petiole; panicle rough; legume mostly 2-jointed. — (II. obtusum, 

 Ell.) — Dry open woods, Florida and nortliward. August. — Stem 2° - 3° liigh. 

 leaflets rarely more tlian 1' long, sometimes oblong. 



IS. D. Ciliare, DC Very much like No. 17, but the stem and leaves 

 rough-hairy, and the (sometimes acute) leallets longer than the short petiole. — 

 "With the preceding. 



1'.). D. I'igidum, DC. Stem erect, branched, rough-pubescent; leaflets 

 (pale) oval or oblong, obtuse, rough above, hairy beneatli, strongly reticulated 

 on both siilcs ; panicle ample, leafy below; legume mostly 3-jointed. — Dry 

 woods, Florida to North Carolina, and northward. August. — Stems -20-3° 

 high. Leaflets 1' -3' long. Joints of tlie legume largest of this section. 



20. D. lineatum, DC. Stem i)rostrate, slender, smooth ; leaflets oval or 

 roundisli, smooth ; racemes elongated, axillary and terminal, simple or panicu- 

 late, rough ; legume 2 -3-jointed. — Open grassy pine barrens, Florida to North 

 Carolina, and westward. August. — Stem 1°- :i° long. Leaflets seldom more 

 'than 1' long. Haccmes l°-2<' long. 



26. BHYNCHOSIA, DC. 



Calyx 2-lipped, with the upper lip 2-cleft and the lower 3-pnrted, or nearly 

 equally 4-parted. Stamens diadelphous (9 & 1). Style smooth, subulate. Leg- 

 ume oblong or scymitar-shaped, mostly 1 -2-seedcd. Seeds carunculate. — Erect 

 or twining herbs or shrul)S, with 1 or 3-foliolate, mostly softly-pubeseeut aud itsi- 

 nous-dottcd leaves, and axillary yellow flowers. 



* Sic'iiis licinhiij, or low ami eirit : flowers in axiUaiij racemes. 



■*- Calijx someirlidt 2-lipp('d, 4-c.lpJi ; the teeth subulate, shorter than the corolla, the 



lowest one longest : stems twinivc]. 



1. H. minima, DC. Tomentosc ; leaflets small, roundish or broadly 

 rhombic, barely acute, dotted beneath ; stijmles subulate ; racemes (iliform, much 

 longer than the leaves, loosely 6 - 1 2-flowercd ; flowers minute, reflexed ; legume 

 scymitar-shaped. (Glycine reflexa. Ell.) — Damp soil along the coast, Key 

 West to South Carolina, and westward. July. — Leaflets ^'-1' long. 



2. R, parvifolia, DC. Velvety throughout ; leaflets ovate, oblong, or 

 obovatc-oblong, olitusc, or the upper ones acute, hoary and strongly reticulate 

 l>cncath, longer tliau the petiole ; stipules small, lanceolate ; racemes equalling 

 or longer than the leaves, slender, loosely 3 - 5-flowcred ; lowest tooth of the 

 calyx nearly twice the length of the others ; legume oblong, obtie^e, clothed with 

 soft down and long<r hairs intermixed, 2-3-scedcd. — Soulli Florida. — Stem 

 \°-2° long. Leaflets 1' long. 



3. R. Cariboea, DC. Velvety throughout ; stem prostrate or twining ; 

 leaflets thin, ovate, acute or slightly acuminate ; stipules ovate ; racemes slender, 

 (•horier than the leaves, loosely 3 - snowercd ; teeth of the calyx short, nearly 



