Gil LEGUM1N0SJ& 



as long as the hairy oval seed. — St. Augustine, East Florida [Miss Mary E. 

 Reynolds). — Anomalous among the yellow-flowered species, but may prove 

 to be a form of the preceding. 



P. Curtissii, Gray. Stem slender ; leaves alternate, narrow-linear ; 

 racemes long, loosely flowered ; wings narrowly oblong, erect, twice as long 

 as the capsule; seeds and caruncle as in P. Chapmanii. — North Carolina 

 {Prof. Porter), Tennessee (Dr. Gattiuyer). — Stem 9' high. Flowers rose- 

 color. Bracts persistent. 



P. ambigua, Nutt. Very closely allied to P. vertictUala, but taller 

 (G'-lo high), the brandies erect; leaves usually broader, only the lower 

 ones verticillate ; spikes more slender, more loosely flowered ; wings white. — 

 Gravelly hills, mountains ot Georgia, and northward. May. 



Okder legumixos^:. 

 crotalaria, l. 



C. maritima, Chapm. Low, much branched, apprcssed-pubescent ; 

 leaves simple, oblong, sessile, very thick and succulent; stipules minute or 

 none ; raceme 2-flowered ; legume oblong, smooth. — Sandy beach at Palm 

 Cape, South Florida. — Stem 6' high. Leaves V long. Flowers not seen. 



C. pumila, Ortega. Shrubby or perennial; stem Blender, decumbent; 

 leaves trif oliolate ; leaflets small, cuneate, emarginate, longer than the peti- 

 ole ; peduncles longer than the leaves, few-flowered ; corolla small ; legume 

 oval, pubescent, few seeded. (C. littoralis, HBK.) — Sandy beach at ( Jasey's 

 Pass, South Florida. October. — Stein 2°-3° long. 



C. incana, L. Annual, tall, much branched, pubescent; leaves trifolio- 

 late, long-petioled ; leaflets round-obovate ; racemes stout, many-flowered ; 

 keel of the corolla tomentose on the margins; legume oblong, hairy. — 

 South Florida, near the coast. 



MEDICAGO, L. 



M. denticulata, Willd. Stems prostrate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, 

 denticulate; stipules ciliatc-toothed ; spikes 2-6-flowered, the flowers pur- 

 plish; legume flat, coiled, the thin margin fringed with a double row of 

 curved hooked bristles. — Charleston and New Orleans. Introduced. 



M. maculata, Willd. Like the preceding, but the leaflets mostly pur- 

 plish in the centre, the stipules more Btrongly toothed, and the margins of 

 the legume thicker. — New Orleans. Introduced. 



MELILOTUS, Tourn. 



M. parvifiora, Deaf. Annual; stems ascending; leaflets of the lower 

 Leaves roundish entire, of the upper ones oblong, denticulate ; flowers very 



small, densely spiked, yellow; legume ovate, ruj ' New Or- 



leans. Introduced. 



