934 XLVII. LEGUMINOSZ. CroraLania. 
ginate, about equaling the petiole, more or less pubescent beneath ; rac. axillary, 
subumbellate, lower ones with apetalous flowers ; P ws in pairs ; leg. ovate, smooth- 
ish, much longer than the calyx.—Dry woods, Can. and U.S. Root creeping 
and woody. Stems clustered, slender, 8—14’ long. Apetalous flowers few, the 
complete ones seldom producing fruit. Leaflets 6—12” by 4—8”. Petioles 
9—18” long. Corollas small, violet, pedicellate. Legume rhomboidal. Jl. Aug. 
B. divergens. (L. divergens. Ph.) Ped. filiform, divergent, much longer than 
the leaves, mostly unfruitful; leg. reticulate-—Leaflets ovate. 
6. L. sesstuirLora. Michx. (L. violacea, 8. T. ¢& G.) 
St. erect, branching, puberulent; /ffs. small, oblong-oval, obtuse, mucro- 
nate, longer than the petioles; fls. glomerate, on peduncles much shorter than 
the leaves, those at the base apetalous and fertile; lower segment of the calyx in 
the complete flowers much longer than the others; leg. orbicular-ovate, reticu- 
lated, smooth, much longer than the calyx.—Woods, Can.! to Flor., Ohio! and 
La. Stem rigid, slender, 1—2f high, with numerous, crowded, small leaves. 
Leaflets rigid, 3—6 or 8” by 1—2”. Flowers numerous, mostly apetalous. 
Legume about 2’ diam. Aug. Sept. 
7. L. reticuLaTa. Pers. (L. violacea, y. T. & G.) 
St. erect, rigid, simple, glabrous; petioles nearly erect; /fts. sublinear, 
strigose-pubescent beneath, strongly reticulated and mucronate; fs. fasciculate 
on short, axillary peduncles; segments of the calyx of nearly equal length; leg. 
strongly reticulated, acute—N. J.! to fll.!and La. Stem 2f or more high, slen- 
der, rarely branched. Leaflets 10—18’ by 13—3”, a little broadest in the mid- 
dle, acute at each end, upper ones smaller. Flowers all complete in some speci- 
mens, all apetalous in uthers. Corolla violet. Legume 13” diam. Aug. 
8. L. Stuver. Nutt. 
Erect, branched, tomontose-pubescent; /fts. oval or roundish, longer than 
the petiole; vac. axillary, many-flowered, equaling or exceeding the leaves in 
length; apetalous fis. few; leg. hairy, ovate, acuminate, longer than the subulate 
calyx teeth—Dry soils, N. Y. to La. A variable plant, 2—3f high. Leaves 
always hairy beneath, generally so above. Corollas purple, much longer than 
the calyx. Aug. Sept. 
‘ di Sila 299. GENISTA. 
Celtic gen, Fr. genet ; asmall shrub. 
Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the lower 3-toothed ; vexil- 
lum oblong ; keel oblong, scarcely including the stamens and style; 
stigma involute ; stamens monadelphous.—Shrubby plants with sum- 
ple leaves and yellow flowers. 
G. TincToriA. Dyer’s Broom. Wood-wazen. 
Branches round, striate, unarmed, erect; lvs. lanceolate, smooth; leg. 
smooth.—2 A naturalized species, found occasionally in dry, hilly grounds. 
Stems or branches numerous, ascending or erect, 1f high, from long, woody, creep- 
ing roots. Leaves sessile, alternate. Flowers bright yellow, axillary, sessile, 
or nearly so, solitary. The whole plant dyes yellow, and with woad, green. Aug. 
30. CROTALARIA. 
Gr. xoora)or, a rattle; from the rattling of the loose seeds in the pods. 
Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat bilabiate ; vexillum cordate, large; keel acu- 
minate ; sta. 10, monadelphous ; filamentous sheath cleft on the upper 
side ; legume pedicellate, turgid.— Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. often simple. 
C. sacitrauis. Rattle-box. 
Plant erect, branching, hairy; Jvs. simple, lanceolate; stip. opposite, 
acuminate, decurrent; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the leaves; cor, shorter than 
the calyx.—@ Plant about a foot high, with a hairy aspect, and inflated pods, 
in woods and sandy fields, N. H. to Ark. Stem herbaceous, rigid. Leaves al- 
ternate, entire, nearly sessile, rounded at the base. The plant is best distin- 
guished by its opposite, united, decurrent stipules, so situated that each pair a 
i ae inversely sagittate. Sepals long, hairy. Corolla small, yellow. Seeds 
ew, rattling in the turgid pod. Jl. 
