100 Li;<irMiNos-i:. (i-ilsk iamii.v.) 



1. Z. tetraphylla, Miilix. IVirnniul.sniootli oriluwuy ; Iciiflfts 4, lance- 

 olate or olilong-uboviito ; racciiR's 3 - 9-fl(>\vfri(l, imuli loii;^cr tlian tlic leaves; 

 tlie flowers distant anil almost eoneeale<l l>y the larf.'e ovate hraets ; le^'iinie his. 

 piil, 3-4-jointe(l. — Dry sandy soil, yiorida to North CanjJina, and westward. 

 Junc-Angust. — Stem 2° long, j)rostrate. 



22. STYLOSANTHES, Swart/.. 



Flowers of two kin<ls : one kind pei'feet, hut sterile ; the other destitute of 

 calyx, corolla, and stamens, and fertile. Calyx 2-hraeted, 2-li])|)ed, 5-ekft ; the 

 tube long and slender. Corolla inserted on the throat of the calyx. Keel en- 

 tire at the apex. Stamens monadclphons, with the alternate anthers linear and 

 ovate. Style of the fertile flower hooked. Legume veiny, 1 - 2-jointed. the lower 

 joint emjity. — Low herbs. Leaves trifoliolate. Stipules unittd with the jjcti- 

 oles. Flowers in a short and dense terminal spike. 



1. S. elatioi", Swartz. Perennial; stem mostly erect, C'-12' high, pu- 

 bescent in lines, or sometimes hispid; leaflets rigid, lanceolate, strongly veined; 

 stii)ulcs sheathing ; spike fow-flowcre<l ; bracts bristly; flowers yellow. (S. Iiis- 

 j)ida, Mic/ix.) — Sandy pine barrens, Florida and northward. June -August. 



23. CHAPMANNIA, Ton-. & Cray. 

 Flowers nearly as in Stylosanthcs. Corolla inserted on the throat of the 

 calyx. Keel 2-cleft at the apex. Anthers alike, oblong. Legume hispid, 1 -3- 

 jointed. — A viscid and hirsute brandling herb, witli uncciually j)innate leaves, 

 small and free stipules, and small yellow flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. C. Floridana, Torr. & Gray. — East Florida. May. — Stem slender, 

 2° -3° high. Leaflets 3-7, oblong. Racemes often branching, few-flowered. 



24. LESPEDEZA, :Mi(hx. Blsu-Clovkr. 



Calvx 2-bracted, .5-cleft ; the teeth subulate. Corolla inserted on the base of 

 the calyx. Stamens diadelphous (9 & 1 ). Anthers alike. Legume small, len- 

 ticular, indchiscent, l-,sccdcd. — Perennial herbs, with trifoliolate leaves, and 

 small flowers in axillary racemes or s])ikcs. 



* Flowers of tiro lintls, viz. perfect, hut nioslhj sterile, borne in spikes or racemes, 

 and fertile, hut destitute of corolht and stamens ; the latter commonly in sessile clus- 

 ters : corolla purple, longer than the calyx. 



1. L. repens, Ton. & Gray. Stem slender, prostrate ; leaflets small, oval, 

 mostly cmarginate, the petiole very short, or as long as tiie lateral leaflets ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, on filiform peduncles much longer than the leaves ; legume 

 roundish. (L. proenmbcns, ilAWfr.) — Dry sandy soil, Florida to Missis.sippi, 

 and northward. August — Plant 1° - 2° long, smooth or tomentose. 



2. L. violaeea, Pers. Stem erect or spreading ; leaflets varying from el- 

 liptical to linear, ])ubcscent with apprcssed hairs beneath ; fertile flowers in 

 axillary clusters ; legume ovate, smootii, or with scattered appressed hairs, much 

 longer than the calyx. 



