Vo. II.] PEA FAMILY, 285 
13. Psoralea stipulata T. & G. Large- 
stipuled Psoralea. (Fig. 2098.) 
Psoralea stipulata T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 688. 1840. 
Sparingly pubescent or glabrous, nearly glandless, 
branched, diffuse or ascending, stems 1°-2° long. 
Petioles shorter than the leaves; stipules foliaceous, 
ovate or lanceolate, about 6’’ long; leaves pinnately 
3-foliolate; leaflets oval or elliptic, 1/-2/ long, entire, 
narrowed at the base, obtusish at the apex, the ter- 
minal one on a stalk 3/’-6’’ long; peduncles mainly 
axillary, longer than the petioles; racemes short, 
dense, 1’ long or less; flowers purple, 4/’-5’’ long; 
bracts ovate, acute or acuminate, membranous, de- 
ciduous; pod not seen, 
In rocky places, Ohio, Indianaand Kentucky. June- 
July. 
14. Psoralea pedunculata ( Mill.) Vail. Samson’s Snakeroot. (Fig. 2099. ) 
Hedysarum pedunculatum Mill. Gard. Dict. Ed. 8, 
no. 17. 1768. 
Psoralea melilotoides Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 2:58. 1803. 
Fees pedunculata Vail, Bull. Torr. Club, 21: 114. 
Erect, slender, sparingly branched, 1°-2%4° 
high, more or less pubescent and rough. Glands 
of the foliage small and inconspicuous; leaves 
petioled, pinnately 3-foliolate; petioles shorter 
than or equalling the leaflets; stipules subulate; 
leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 114/-3/ long, 4//-7/’ 
wide, entire, obtuse at each end, the apex mu- 
cronulate, the terminal one on a stalk 2//-6/’ 
long; racemes axillary and terminal, on pedun- 
cles much exceeding the leaves, rather loosely 
flowered, 2/-5’ long; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, early deciduous, glandular; flowers 
purplish, about 2/7 long; pod nearly orbicular, 
strongly wrinkled transversely. 
In dry soil, Kansas to Indiana and North Carolina, 
south to Texas and Florida. March-July. 
15. Psoralea Onobrychis Nutt. Sain- 
foin Psoralea. (Fig. 2100.) 
Stylosanthes racemosa Nutt. Fraser Cat. Name only. 
Prien Onobrychis Nutt. Gen. 2: 104, 1818. 
Glabrous or slightly pubescent, branched, 3°-6° 
high. Glandsof the foliage few and small; stipules 
subulate; petioles about equalling the 3-foliolate 
leaves; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 2’-4’ long, 1/—2/ 
wide, entire, rounded or truncate at the base, acu- 
ininate at the apex, the terminal one on a stalk about 
1’ long; racemes numerous, axillary and terminal, 
very slender and loosely flowered, 3/-6’ long; pe- 
duncles equalling or shorter than the leaves; flow- 
ers purplish, 114/-2’ long; pod obliquely ovoid, 
4/’-6’" long, transversely wrinkled and roughened 
with points. 
Along rivers, Missouri to Ohio, southern Ontario, 
Kentucky and South Carolina. June-July. 
