616 LEGUMINOSJE. 



T. leptostachya, DC. Stem erect, brandling, slightly pubescent ; 

 leaflets 8- 12, wedge-oblong, when young silky beneath ; stipules subulate ; 

 racemes lung and slender; (lowers distant, purple; legume erect. — Sand- 

 hills at Cape Canaveral ( CuYtiss). July. — Stem l°-2° high. 



INDIGOFERA, L. 



I. SUbulata, Vahl. Somewhat shrubby, sparsely pubescent with ap- 

 pressed hairs ; stem filiform, decumbent; leaves distant; leaflets 5, oblong, 

 mucronate ; racemes loosely many-flowered, in fruit many times longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legume filiform, reflexed, nearly terete, 

 6-8-seeded. — Miami, South Florida (Garber). — Stem 2' -3' long. Legume 

 2' - 3' long. 



ASTRAGALUS, L. 



A. caryocarpus, Ker. Stems prostrate or ascending, apprcssed-pubes 

 cent ; leaflets 16 - 24, oblong ; stipules ovate ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; 

 racemes rather loosely flowered ; the flowers violet-purple; legume ovate, 

 acute, smooth, thick and succulent, corky when dry. — Near Nashville, Ten- 

 nessee (Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Daurentonia itmcea, DC, a Brazilian shrub, with showy bright-red 

 flowers and -i-winged legumes, was introduced into the gardens of Apalachi- 

 cola many j'ears ago, and is now permanently established in the lower part 

 of the city. 



VICIA, Tourn. 



V. Ludoviciana, Nutt. Smoothish ; leaflets 10-15, elliptical, rounded 

 or emarginate at the tip; peduncles mostly 2-flowered, flowers small, pale 

 blue ; calyx hairy ; legume broadly sabre-shaped, 5- 6-seeded. — New ( >rleans 

 ( ( 'arpt nter). — Stem stout, 2° - 3° long. Leaflets 6" -8" long. Peduncles in 



fruit longer than the leaves. 



V. Floridana, Watson. Leaflets oblong or obovate, mucronate, thin 



ong) ; flowers smaller; legume short (£' long), nearly oval, pointed, 



2- I seeded; otherwise like V. acutifolia. — Low hummocks, East Florida 



( Garber, Curt /as). 



LESPEDEZA, Michx. 



L. striata, Hook. & Arnott. Annual, erect or prostrate, appresscd-pubes- 

 cenl ; leaflets oblong-obovate ; stipules thin, strongly veined, twice as long as 

 the petioles, persistent; racemes shorter than the leaves, 1-6-flowered-; 

 calyx veiny, the ovate teeth shorter than the round ovate reticulate legume; 

 flowers purple. — Fields and waste ground, Introduced from Asia. — stems 

 fi'- 12' long. 



DESMODIUM, DC. 

 D. triflorum, DC. Creeping, pubescent ; leaflets obcordate ; peduncles 

 axillary, single, or 2 - 8 together, I (lowered ; legume curved, '■'■ - \ jointed. — 

 Manatee, South Florida. — Shin (»'- 12 long. 



