LEGUMINOSJE. 



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PETALOSTEMON, Michx. 



P. violaceus, Michx. Stem erect, corymbose above, very leafy ; leaf- 

 lets 3-5, narrow-linear ; spikes oblong or cylindrical ; calyx silky, the short 

 teeth obtuse, as long as the lanceolate acuminate silky bracts. West Ten- 

 nessee, and westward. Stem 2 high. Flowers violet-purple. 



P. roseus, Nutt. Leaflets narrower ; calyx smooth, the teeth as long as 

 the tube, shorter than the setaceous bracts ; petals obovate, rose-color ; other- 

 wise like the preceding. Low pine barrens, East Florida. 



P. Candidas, Michx. Smoothish ; stem erect, branching above ; leaflets 

 6-7' lanceolate ; spikes oblong ; bracts lanceolate, acuminate, twice as long 

 as the calyx ; flowers white. West Tennessee, and westward. Stem 1 - 

 2 high. 



P. foliosus, Gray. Smooth, very leafy; leaflets 16-29, linear-oblong, 

 mucronate, the glands few and small ; spikes cylindrical, short-peduncled ; 

 bracts slender-awned from a lanceolate base, exceeding the rose-purple flow- 

 ers ; calyx glabrous, the teeth about half the length of the cylindraceous 

 tube (Gra>i), Near Nashville, Tennessee, and northward. 



P. decumbens, Nutt. Stems decumbent, branching from the base ; 

 leaflets 6 or 8, linear-oblong, mucronate ; spikes ovate-oblong ; calyx shorter 

 than the acuminate bracts, the teeth longer than the smooth tube ; petals 

 deep violet-purple, linear-oblong, obtuse at the base, vexillum cordate. 

 North Alabama, Tennessee, and westward. Stems 1 long. Leaflets 6" - 8" 

 long. 



P. Feayi, n. sp. Smooth ; stems several, decumbent, much branched ; 

 leaves long-petioled, the 4-8 leaflets soon involute-filiform, obtuse or trun- 

 cate ;. heads globular, corymbose, long-peduncled ; calyx-tube smooth, twice- 

 the length of the ovate acute pubescent teeth, and smooth bracts ; petals 

 bright rose-color ; stamens long-exserted. Bartow, South Florida (Feay). 

 Stems 1 - 1 long. Leaflets 5" - 8" long. Heads 3" - 4" broad. 



DALEA, L. 



D. Domingensis, DC. Erect, velvety-pubescent ; leaflets 12 or 14, 

 obovate ; spikes capitate, short-peduncled ; calyx villous, the lobes subulate. 

 Key Biscayne, South Florida (Curtiss). 



TEPHROSIA, Pers. 



T. onobrychoides, Nutt. Softly pubescent ; stem erect, mostly sim- 

 ple ; leaves petioled ; leaflets numerous, narrowly oblong, truncate or emar- 

 ginate at the apex, mucronate, soon smooth above ; racemes very long, erect, 

 many-flowered ; petals white, turning red ; legume nearly straight. Pine 

 barrens near Mobile (Moftr), and westward. Stem 2 high. Leaflets 1' 

 long. Racemes l-2 long. 



