lis LEGUMINOS.I?. (Pl'LSK FAMILY.) 



licrlis, with <liiotlv trifoliDliite leavP8, aini mostlv small |)ur|)lisli or white 

 flowers ill axillaiv lacfiiiis. J{rait.s alteriiaU; and fiicidunu.s. Leaflets 

 !»tij»i'l)alc 



♦ Leaves trij'uliolate, with the leiijlels stalked: stems twiiiiny or )nostrate. 



1. G. spiciformis, 'loir. & (Jray. Stem twiniiif;, miiiutfiy jmhcscent ; 

 loalifts II' iiiim) tliiik ami ri^iii, oi>loiig-ovai, oljtu.se or emargiiiate at both 

 ends, smooth ahove, pubescent beneath ; racemes spike-like, mostly longer 

 than the leaves ; legume coriaceous, compressed, falcate, thickeued at the 

 .sutures, sprinkled with short ajipressed hairs, 6- lOseeded. — .South I'lorida. 

 Aug. - .Si'pt. 



2. G. pilosa, Ell. Tuliesccut or smoothish ; stem branching, twining , 

 leaflets varying from oval to linear-oblong, obtu.se ; racemes (including the 

 slender peduncle) 2' -10' long, rarely reduced to a single sessile flower; 

 flowers mostly single, distant ; calyx smoothish ; legume straight, slightly 

 compressed, lO-seeded. (G. mollis, Niitt.) — Dry soil, common. July- 

 August. 



3. G. mollis, Michx. Villous and .somewhat hoary ; stems mostly pros- 

 trate and simple ; leaflets oval or oblong, obtuse or emarginate at both ends, 

 or the upper ones acute; racemes 6' -10' long, the flowers, 2-3 together, 

 approximate near the summit of the stout peduncle; calyx, like the .straight 

 10-seedcd compressed legume, very villous and hoary. (G. j)ilosa, NiUt.) — 

 Dry sandy pine barrens. July - August. — Stem 2° - 3° long. 



4. G. flliformis, Bonth. Stem long, twining, villous ; leaflets oval or 

 oblong, silky beneath, .shorter than the many-flowered curved racemes; flowers 

 rather large, purple, the vexillum finely and obliquely striate with deeper 

 lines; legume silky, falcate, compres.sed, 10-seeded. — Keys of South Flor- 

 ida. Nov. 



5. G. Floridana, Torr. & Gray. Iloary-pubescent ; stems prostrate; 

 leaflets oval or oliloiig, rarely acute, reticulate; racemes simple or branched, 

 often by ])airs, many-flowered, rarely longer than the leaves ; flowers large, 

 approximate; legume flat, lO-seeded. — Var. microphtlla. Every way 

 smaller, the leaflets (^'-f long) acute or emarginate, the few flowers almost 

 sessile in axillary clusters. — Dry sandy pine barrens, near the coast of 

 Florida. June -August. — Stem 2° -4° long. Leaflets 1' - 2' long. 



6. G. glabella, Michx. Stem prostrate, minutely pubescent ; leaflets 

 rather rigid, ot)loiig, rarely acute, smooth and shining above, .slightly hairy 

 beneath ; racemes seldom as long as the leaves, 3 - 6-flowered ; style elon- 

 gated ; legume slightly falcate, at length smoothish, 4-6-seeded. — Dry pine 

 barren.s. July -August. — Stems 2° -3° long. Leaflets 1' long. Flowers 

 large, reddish purple. 



* *Leaves trifoliolafe, with nearhf sessile leaflets: stems erect. 



7. G. brachypoda, Torr. & Gray. Stems .slender, branching, and, as 

 well as the leaves and peduncles, smoothish ; leaves long-petioled ; leaflets 

 oblong, obtuse ; flowers few, somewhat clustered at the summit of the slender 

 peduucle ; calyx woolly. — Dry sandy pine barrens of Middle Florida. July- 



