112 LEC.UMINOSiE. (I'ULSE FAMILY.) 



ducous, or the lower ones larger and persistent; racemes numerous, short, few- 

 flowered, somewhat leafy at the base ; bracts ovatc-lancuolatc, pci-sistent ; 

 flowei-s small, on long 2 -hnictcd pedicels ; ovar}' villous ; legume t^mall, ovoid, 

 slender-pointed. — Dry sandy soil, Florida and the southern parts of Georgia. 

 May and June. — Stem 2° higli. Leaflets 1' long. I'lant unchanged in 

 drying. 



10. B. Serenas, M. A. Curtis. Very smooth, branching; leaves pet iolcd ; 

 leaflets oblong-oliovate, cuneatc ; flowers in a long loose central raceme, and in 

 short racemes terminating the branches ; ])ediccls longer than the caly.x in fiuil ; 

 segments of the calyx villous on the in.sidc ; legume oblong, inflated, the stipe 

 longer than the calyx. — Society Hill, South Carolina, Curtis. May and June. 

 — Stem diffu.sely liranched, l°-2° higli. Leaflets 1' long. Legume 8" long. 

 Allied to No. 7 and No. 1 1 . Plant unchanged in drying. 



-t- -t- Flowers tchite. 



11. B. alba, R. Brown. Smooth and glaucous ; brandies slender, flexu- 

 ous, horizontal ; leaves all distinctly petioled ; leaflets thin, ( uneate-lanccolate or 

 oblong, obtuse ; stipules and bractj minute, caducous ; raceme usually solitary, 

 central, very long, those on the branches fcw-flowercd ; legume cylindrical. — 

 Damp soil, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. A[)ril. — Stem 2° -3° 

 high, often purple. Leaflets I'loug. llaeemes l°-3°long. Corolla ^' long. 

 Plant unchanged in drying. 



12. B. Icucantha, Ton*. Si. Gray. Smootli and glaucous ; branches 

 spreading, leaves siiortjjetiolcd ; leaflets oblong and obo^ ate, obtuse ; stipules 

 lanceolate, as long as the petioles, deciduous ; racemes central, and terminating 

 the branches, long, many-flowered ; ovary smooth ; legume large, ol)iong, much 

 inflated, long-stipitatc. — Kiver-banks, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 March and April. — A stouter plant than the preceding, with larger leaves and 

 flowers, changing blackish in drying. Legumes 1 i' long. 



13. B. leucophssa, Nntt. Hairy or smoothish ; stem stout, angled ; 

 leaves short-pet iolcd ; leaflets varying from oblanccolate to obovate, rigid, re- 

 ticulate, soon smooth above , stipules and bracts leafy, ovate-lanceolate, per- 

 sistent; racemes stout, declined, 1 -sided ; flowers large, yellowish-white, on long 

 and slender erect pedicels; ovary villous, legume ovoid, long ]iointed. (B. 

 bracteata, Mnhl.) — Dry rich oak woods, Wrightsl)oro, Georgia, and westward. 

 April. — Stem low, witli widely spreading branches. IJacemcs 4' -12' long. 

 Flowers 1' long, the vexillum spotted with brown. Tlaut turus black m drying. 



*- -I- -t- Flowira Hue. 



14. B. australis, H Brown Smooth ; leaves all sliortpctioled ; leaflets 

 cuneate-obovate ; stipules leafy, lanceolate, twice as long as the j)etioles ; ra- 

 cemes large, erect, many-flowered; flowers (indigo blue) very large; bracts 

 deciduous; legume oblong. (B. cjcrulea, Null) — Banks of rivers, Georgia 

 (Pi/r.'i/i), and westward. June and July. — Stem 2°-30high. Flowers 1' or 

 more long. Ix-gume 2' long. I'lant unchanged in drying. 



