64 FABACEAE. 



6. AGATI Adans. Trees or shrubs, but short-lived. Leaflets numerous. 

 Eacemes 2-4-floAvered. Calyx slightly 2-lipped, but usually with very broad 

 lobes. Corolla large, pinkish or red: standard \\ith an oblong or ovate blade: 

 wings not auricled: keel-petals merely angular at the base of the blade. Pods 

 greatly elongate, straight or nearly so. 



y- 1. A. grandiflora (L.) Desv. Shrub or small tree: leaves 1-3 dm. long; 

 leaflets numerous, the blades oblong to linear-oblong, 2-4 cm. long; calyx 2-2.5 

 cm. long: standard 6-10 cm. long, the blade ovate: pods elongate-linear, 2-4 

 dm. long. — Hammocks and cultivated grounds, Key West. Nat. of the E. 

 Indies. — {Bah., Cuba, Ant.) — Australian corkwood-teee. 



' ' 7. DAIiBERGrIA L. f . Shrubs. Leaflets solitary, very broad. Eacemes 

 short. Calyx not 2-lipped, the 5 broad lobes short. Corolla white or pink: 

 standard with a suborbicular or reniform blade and a long claw. Free por- 

 ,tions of the filaments long. Pod lenticular. 



'i ^ 1. D. Ecastophyllum (L.) Taub. Shrub with ^dde-spreading or trailing 

 branches: leaflets 5-15 cm. long; blades ovate, oblong, or elliptic: calyx eam- 

 panulate, becoming 3.5-4 mm. long: corolla ^\hite or pink; standard 3-9 mm. 

 long, the blades suborbicular: pods suborbicular, 2-3 cm. in diameter. — Coastal 

 sand-dunes and hammocks, U. S. keys, U. keys, L. keys. — [E. K.] — (Bah., 

 Cuba, Ant.) 



1 • 8. AMERIMNON Jacq. Shrubs. Leaflets solitary. Eacemes short. 

 Calyx 2-lipped: upper lip with 2 broad lobes; lower lip with 2 short lateral 

 lobes and a long middle one. Corolla white or pink: standard with an obovate 

 or cuneate blade and a short claw. Filaments and ovary as in Dalbergia. 

 Pod more or less elongate, stipitate. 



■ 1. A. Brownei Jacq. Shrub with reclining or trailing branches: leaflets 

 mostly 4-6 cm. long; blade ovate or oblong-ovate, thick: calyx 4-5 mm. long; 

 lateral lobes of the lower lip ovate; middle lobe lanceolate: standard 8-10 mm. 

 long; blade obovate to cuneate: pods 2-5 cm. long; body oval to oblong, 

 sometimes constricted between the seeds. [Dalbergia Amerimnum Benth.] — 

 Hammocks, V. keys. — {Cuba, Ant.) 



9. ICHTHYOMETHIA P. Br. Trees. Leaflets several, pinnate. Panicles 

 thyrsoid. Calyx slightly 2-lipped, the upper lip notched: lower lip of three 

 broad lobes about equal in length. Corolla white or partially colored : standard 

 with a broad blade cordate at the base, and a short claw. Pods narrow, 

 4- winged. 



9'^ / 1. L piscipula (L.) A. Hitchc. Tree: leaflets 7-9; blades oval or obovate, or 

 nearly ovate, 2-10 cm. long, undulate or shallowly toothed: calyx campanulate, 

 6-7 mm. long: petals white and partially striped with red: standard 14-16 

 mm. long, the blade suborbicular: pods 5-10 cm. long, the wings undulate or 

 incised.— Hammocks, U. keys, L. keys.— [E. K.]— (J5a?i., Cuba, Ant.)— 

 Jamaica-dogwood. 



10. PETAIjOSTEMON Michx. Herbs. Leaflets few or numerous. Spikes 

 dense. Calyx-lobes broad, or broad at the base. Standard with a short broad 

 blade. Filaments united to above the middle. Pod short, oblique, included in 

 the calyx. 



<) '^^ 1. P. cameus Michx. Plants 3-10 dm. tall : leaflets 5-7 ; blades linear, linear- 

 elliptic, or linear-oblanceolate, 5-10 mm. long: calyx 3-3.5 mm. long: corolla 



