GIG LEGUMINOS^E. 



T. leptOStachya, DC. Stem erect, branching, sligiitly pubescent ; 

 leaflets 8-12, weilge oblong, when young silky beiicatii ; stipules subulate ; 

 racemes long and slender ; flowers distant, purple ; legume erect. — Sand- 

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



INDIGOFERA, L. 



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

 pressed hairs ; stem filiform, decumbent ; leaves distant ; leaflets 6, oblong, 

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

 the leaves ; calyx-teetli subulate ; legume filiform, refle.xed, nearly terete, 

 6 - 8-seeded. — Miami, Soutii Florida ( (jarber). — Stem 2' - tV long. Legume 

 2' -3' long. 



ASTRAGALUS, L. 



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

 cent ; leaflets Ifi - 24, oblong ; stipules ovate ; peduncles as long as tiie leaves ; 

 racemes rather loosely flowered ; t!ie flowers violet-purple; legume ovate, 

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

 nessee {Dr. Gattinijer), and westward. 



D.\unENTONiA PUXicEA, DC, a Brazilian shrub, with show}' bright-red 

 flowers and 4-winged legumes, was introduced into the gardens of Apalachi- 

 cola many years 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-sbaped, 5-6-seeded. — New Orleans 

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

 fruit longer than the loaves. 



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

 (^' long); flowers smaller; legume short (Y long), nearly oval, pointed, 

 2-4-seeded; otherwise like V. acntifolia. — Low hummocks. East Florida 

 (Garber, Curtiss). 



LESPEDEZA, Michx. 



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

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

 the petioles, persistent; racemes shorter than the leaves, 1-5-flowered; 

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

 flowers purple. — Fields and waste ground. Introduced from Asia. — Stems 

 6' -12' long. 



DESMODIUM, DC. 

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

 axillary, single, or 2 - 3 together, 1-flowered ; legume curved, 3-4-jointed. — 

 Manatee, South Florida. — Stem 6'-12' long. 



