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1. T. Caroliniana, M. A. Curtis. Stem stout, simple, smooth; leaves 

 long-petioled ; leaflets membranaeeous. obovate-oblong, silky beneath ; stipules 

 verv large, ovate or oblong, clasping; racemes elongated, villous, erect, rigid, 

 many-flowered; flowers on short pedicels; bracts ovate, deciduous ; legumes 

 oblong-linear, erect, straight, villous and hoary, 10- 12-seeded. Mountains 

 of North Carolina. May -July. Stem 3 - 5 high. Raceme 6' -12' long. 

 Legume 2' long. 



2. T. fraxinifolia, M. A. Curtis. Stem branching, slender, smoothish ; 

 leaves long-petioled ; leaflets oblong, narrowed at the base, often acute, smooth 

 above, glaucous and slightly pubescent beneath ; stipules lanceolate, much 

 shorter than the petioles; racemes erect, glabrous; flowers on slender spread- 

 ing pedicels; bracts small, lanceolate, persistent ; legume linear, falcate, pu- 

 bescent, spreading, short-stipitate, 10-seeded. Mountains of North Carolina. 



Stem 2 high. Legume 3' long. 



3. T. mollis, M.A.Curtis. Pubescent; stem diffusely branched; leaf- 

 lets obovate-obloug ; stipules leafy, oblong-ovate, as long as the petioles; ra- 

 cemes declined ; pedicels shorter than the calyx and lanceolate bracts ; legume 

 linear, flat, short stipitate. (Baptisia mollis, Michx.) Rocky woods in the 

 middle districts of North Carolina. April -May. Stem 2 high. Legume 

 2' -3' long, many -seeded. 



40. CLADRASTIS, Raf. YELLOW-WOOD. 



Calyx 5-toothed ; the nearly equal teeth short and obtuse. Yexillum large, 

 roundish, reflexed, scarcely longer than the oblong wings and separate keel 

 petals. Stamens 10, distinct ; filaments slender, incurved above. Legume 

 short-stipitate, linear, flat, thin, marginless, 4-6-seeded, at length 2-valved. 

 A small tree, with yellow wood, pinnate leaves, and large white flowers in 

 terminal drooping panic-led racemes. 



1. C. tinctoria, Raf. (Virgilia lutea, Michx.) Hillsides, in rich soil, 

 Tennessee and Kentucky. May. Leaflets 7-11, oval or ovate, acute, 

 smooth, parallel-veined, 3' -4' long; the common petiole tumid at the base. 

 Stipules none. Racemes 1 long. Flowers 1' long. 



41. SOPHORA, L. 



Calvx campanulate, obliquely truncated or 5-toothed. Stamens 10, free or 

 cohering at the base. Legume moniliform, wingless, many-seeded, inde- 

 hiscent. Seeds subglobose. Trees or shrubs, with unequally pinnate leaves. 

 Flowers in axillary and terminal racemes. 



1. S. tomentosa, L. Hoary-tomentose ; leaflets 11-17, oblong, coria- 

 ceous, becoming smooth above; raceme elongated; calyx minutely 5-toothed. 



South Florida, near the coast. Shrub 4 - 6 high. Flowers showy, yel- 

 low. Legume stipitate, 5' long. 



SUBORDER IF. CAESALPINIEJE. (BRASILETTO FAMILY.) 



42. CERCIS, L. RED-BUD. 



Calyx cup-shaped, 5-toothed. Petals all distinct, the vexillum shorter than 

 the wings. Stamens 10, distinct. Legume oblong, compressed, many-seeded ; 



