50 FABACEAE. 



yellowisli or reddish, 13-16 mm. long, crisped: pod thick, 6-13 cm. long, 

 curved, the edges rounded. — Spr. 



The Tamarind, a native of the East Indies, grows in hammocks on the Ever- 

 glade Keys and on the Florida Kej-s. The yellow or brown heart-wood is close- 

 grained, heavy, and hard. (W. I.) 



Family 8. FABACEAE. Pea Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, trees, or vines. Leaves alternate: blades 1-compound, 

 sometimes 1-foliolate, or rarely simple. Flowers mostly perfect, irregular. 

 Calyx of 5 more or less unequal partially united sepals. Corolla of 5 (or 

 of 1 petal in Amorpha) unequal distinct or nearly distinct petals which 

 are, 2 keel-petals, 2 wings and 1 standard which surrounds the others. 

 Androecium of 10 monadelphous, diadelphous, or rarely distinct stamens, 

 or rarely 9 or 5. Gynoecium 1-earpellary. Ovary superior. Fruit a 

 dehiscent or indehiscent legume or a loment. 



Corolla with wings and keel-petals nearly or quite as long as the standard : standard 

 clawed, the blade very broad. 

 Calyx obscurely lobed : pods not winged, dehiscent. 1. Agati. 



Calyx prominently lobed : pods broadly winged, indehiscent. 2. Ichthyojiethia. 

 Corolla with very small wings and keel-petals : standard 



sessile, the blade narrow. 3. Erythrixa. 



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

 Eacemes 2-4-tlowered. Calyx slightly 2-lipped, but usually with obscure, very 

 broad lobes. Corolla large, pinkish or red: standard with 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. 



1. A. grandiflora (L.) Desv. Small tree or shrub: 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. — Spr. & sum. 



The Australian corkwood-tree, a native of the East Indies, grows in 

 southern peninsular Florida and on Key West. The white or nearly white wood is 

 coarse-grained, light, and soft. (TV. /.) 



2. ICHTHYOMETHIA P. Br. Trees. Leaflets several, pinnate. Pan- 

 icles thyrsoid. Calyx slightly 2-lii3ped: the upper lij) notched: lower lip of 3 

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

 with a broad blade cordate at the base and a short claw. Pod narrow, 4- 

 winged. 



1. I. piscipula (L.) A. Hitchc. Tree: leaflets 7-9; blades thickish, oval or 

 obovate, or rarely ovate, 2-10 cm. long, undulate or shallowly toothed: calyx 

 camiaanulate, 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 

 twigs undulate or incised. - — Spr. 



The Jamaica-dogwood grows in the coastal hammocks of southern peninsular 

 Florida, particularly on the Everglade Keys and in the hammocks of the Florida 

 Keys. The yellow-brown heart-wood is close-grained, heavy, hard, and durable. 

 (W. I.) 



3. ERYTHEINA L. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaflets 3. Eacemes 

 several-many-flowered. Calyx obliquely truncate. Corolla red, scarlet or 

 crimson: standard conspicuous, erect, narrowed upward: wings and the keel- 

 petals very small, nearly equal in size, the blades short-clawed. Androecium 

 exserted: filaments united to about the middle and slightly above it. Ovary 

 long-stipitate. Pod tortulose. 



