Ill* i.i;(;rMiNOs-E. (rui-SE famii.v.) 



(liu'ous, or till' lowiT OIK'S laryor iiml persistent; rnreines numerous, short, few- 

 flowered, soniewliiit leafy at the base ; braets ovate-lanceolate, persistent ; 

 flowers small, on louj^ Sbraeted pcdieels ; ovary villous ; legume (-mall, ovoid, 

 slender-jiointed. — Dry sandy soil, Florida and the southeni jiarts of Georgia. 

 May and June. — Stem 2° liij^'h. Leaflets 1' long. I'lant unehanged in 

 drying. 



10. B. Serenas, JI. A. Curtis. Very smooth, branehing; leaves petioled ; 

 leaflets oblong-obovato, euneate ; llowers in a long loose eentral raceme, and in 

 short racemes terminating the branches ; ])edicels longer than the calyx in fruit ; 

 segments of the calyx villous on the inside ; legume oblong, inflated, the stipe 

 longer than the calyx. — Society Hill, South Carolina, Curtis. May and June. 

 — Stem dirt'nsely branched, 1° -2° high. Leaflets 1' long. Legume 8" long. 

 Allied to No. 7 and Ko. 11. Plant unehanged in drying. 



•I — 1- Floiccis ir/iilc. 



11- 33. alba, R- Brown. Smooth and glaucous ; branches slender, flexu- 

 ous, horizontal ; leaves all distinctly jietioled ; leaflets thin, euneate-lanceolate or 

 oblong, obtuse ; stipules and bracts minute, caducous ; raceme usually solitary, 

 eentral, very long, those on the branches fcw-flowertd ; legume cylindrical. — 

 Damp soil, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. A])ril. — Stem 2° -3° 

 high, often pin-ple. Leaflets 1' long. Ilaeemcs l°-o° long. Corolla ^' long. 

 Plant unehanged in drying. 



12. B. leueantha. Ton-. & Gray. Smooth and glaucous ; branches 

 spreading , leaves shortpetiolcd ; leaflets oblong and obovate, obtuse ; stipules 

 lanceolate, as long as the petioles, deciduous ; racemes central, and terminating 

 tlie branches, long, many-flowered ; ovary smooth ; legume large, oblong, much 

 inflated, long-stipitate. — River-banks, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 March and April. — A stouter ))lant tlian the preceding, with larger leaves and 

 flowers, changing blackish in drying. Legumes li' long. 



13. B. leueophsea, Nutt. Hairy or smoothisli ; stem stout, angled ; 

 leaves sliort-petiolcd ; leaflets varying from oblanccolate to obovate, rigid, re- 

 ticulate, soon smooth above , stipules and bracts leafy, ovate-lanceolate, per- 

 sistent; racemes stout, declined, 1-sided ; flowers large, yellowisb-wbite, on long 

 and slender erect pedicels ; ovary villous , legume ovoid, long ])oiiited. (B. 

 bracteata, Mulil.) — Dry rich oak woods, AVrightsboro, Georgia, and westward. 

 April. — Stem low, with widely spreading branches. Racemes 4' -12' long. 

 Flowers 1' long, the vcxillum spotted witii brown. I'lant turns black m drying. 



-•-•(- -1- Flowers blue, 



14. B. aUStralis, R Brown Smooth ; leaves all short-petioled ; leaflets 

 cuneate-obovatc ; stipules leafy, lanceolate, twice as long as the petioles ; rar 

 ccmes large, erect, many-flowered; flowers (indigo blue) very large; bracts 

 deciduous; legume oblong. (B. eacrulea, Nutt)— Banks of rivers, Georgia 

 (P«rs/i), and westward. June and July. — Stem 2° -3° high. Flowei-s 1' or 

 more long. Legume 2' long. Plant unchanged in drying. 



