y4 LK(;i'MINOS.K. (I'lI.SE lAMII.V.) 



to Mississip|ii, ami nortliwiml. Mmv and .lime. — Sin iili G° - 15° lii^li. Lt'uf- 

 lets I'-l^' loiiL'. Uaci'iiR's iiio^llv i)aniclcd. 



2. A. lierbacea, Walt, ruhcscont or t;lal)ious ; loaves sliort-ix'tiolcd ; 

 leaflets \3-35, iigi<l, oval or oblong, coiispicuoiisly dotted ; rucenies spicate, sin- 

 gle or panieled; ealyx-teetli villous; the two iij)|>er ones short and obtuse, the 

 lower more or less elongated and aeute ; legume 1 -.seeded. (A. pumila, vlY/tAj-. 

 A. piiboscons, Willd. A. Carollniaiia, doom.) — Low pine bairens, Florida to 

 North Carolina, and westward. June and July. — Shrub 2° -4° high, with pur- 

 ple branches. Leaflets smaller and more erowded than in No. 1. Flowers blue 

 or white. 



3. A. canescens, Nutt. Iloarytomentose ; leaves sessile ; leaflets nu- 

 merous, small, elliptical, crowded ; spikes short, panieled, dense-flowered ; calyx- 

 teeth acute, nearly equal; legume 1-seedcd. — Near Augusta, Georgia, and 

 westward. July and August. — Shrub l°-2° high. Flowers bright blue. 



11. ROBINIA, L. Locisr. 



Calyx short, 5-tootlied or .'i-clcft, the two upper teeth shorter and more or less 

 united. Vexillum large, roundish ; keel obtuse. Stamens diadeli)hous (9 & 

 1 ). Style bearded on the siile facing the vexillum. Legume compres.sed, many- 

 seeded, the seed-bearing suture margined. Seeds flat. — Trees or shrubs, often 

 with .stipular spines, unequally jjinnate leaves, and showy white or rose-colored 

 flowers in axillary racemes. 



1. R. Pseudacacia, L. (Loc rsr. False Acaci.\.) Smoothish ; 

 spines small on the older brandies, straight; leaflets 9-17, oblong-ovate, or 

 ellii)tical ; racemes pendulous, oblong, many-flowered; flowers white; legume 

 4-G-sccdcd. — I\ich soil, in the upper districts. A\n\\ and May. — A tree 30°- 

 60° high, with hard ami durable wood. Racemes 3'- 5' long. Calyx spotted. 

 Legume smooth. Flowers fragrant. 



2. R. viSCOSa, Vent. Branches, petioles, jjeduncles, and legumes glandular- 

 viscid ; spines very small ; leaflets 1 1 - 2."), ovate and oblong, obtuse or slightly 

 cordate at the base, paler and pubescent beneath, tipped with a short bristle ; 

 flowers crowded in roundish erect racemes, rose-color ; legume 3- 5-seeded. — 

 Banks of streams, on the mountains of Georgia and Carolina. May and June. 

 — A tree 20° -40° high. Flowers inodorous. 



3. R. hispida, L. Branches, &e. more or less bristly ; stiimles very slen- 

 der and bristle-like, deciduous ; leaflets 1 1 - 18, smooth, ovate or ol)long-ovate, 

 rounded or slightly cordate at the base, tijjped with a long bristle ; flowers large, 

 in a loose and mostly pendulous raceme, bright rose-color — Mountains of Geor- 

 gia and North Carolina, both the ordinary form and the var. ko.sea, PursA, with 

 pid)escent branches and few flowered racemes. May. — Shrub 3° - 8° high. 



Var. Elliottii. Branches, &c. pubescent; stipular spines very stout, spread- 

 ing or recurved. (K. hispida, var. rosea, A7/.)— Pine barrens in the central 

 parts of Georgia and southward. — Shridj 3°-i^° high, with thick and rigid 

 branches. A still smaller form, scarcely a foot high (var. nana, Ell.), is found 

 nt Columbia, South Carolina. 



