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1. A. Brownei Jacq. Shrub with reclining or trailing branches. Leaves 1-folio- 

 late ; leaflets thickish, the blades 6-12 cm. long, ovate to oblong-ovate, obtuse or 

 acutish, glabrous in age: racemes short: calyx 4-5 mm. long; upper lip with 



2 broad lobes; lateral lobes of the lower lip ovate, the middle lobe lanceolate: 

 corolla white or pink; standard 8-10 mm. long, the blade obovate or cuneate: 

 pods oval, oblong or linear-oblong, 1-3.5 cm. long. [Dalbergia Amerimnum 

 Benth.] 



Hammocks, F. Keys. (W. I.) 



8. PAROSELA Cav. Shrubs or herbs. Leaflets numerous, few or 3. 

 Spikes slender or stout. Calyx nearly regular or the lower lobe elongated. 

 Petals purple or yellow, or white. Standard with a broad, often cordate blade. 

 Wings and keel-petals with broad blades auricled on one side. Filaments 

 united nearly to the top. Pod oblique, mostly included in the calyx. 



1. P. domingensis (DC.) Heller. Shrub 8-30 dm. tall, velvety-pubescent: 

 leaflets 13-15; blades oval, oblong, obovate, or cuneate, 4-8 mm. long: bracts 

 ovate: calyx-lobes longer than the tube: standard 5-6 mm. long ; blade orbicular- 

 ovate, longer than the claw: pods 3-3.5 mm. long. Sometimes mainly her- 

 baceous. 



Hammocks and adjacent pinelands, s. pen. Fla. (W. I.) 



9. AMORPHA L. Shrubs. Leaflets several or many, dotted. Racemes 

 spike-like. Calyx 2-lipped, sometimes obscurely so. Standard erect, the broad 

 blade folded around the androecium and gynoecium. Wings and keel-petals 

 wanting. Filaments united at the base. Style pubescent, straight. Pod 

 turgid, nearly indehiscent. LEAD-PLANT. 



Lower pair of leaflets approximate to the stem. 1. A. herbacea. 



Lower pair of leaflets remote from the stem. 



Pods strongly curved on the back. 2. A. fruticosa. 



Pods straight on the back or nearly so. 



Calyx slightly 2-lipped, the lower lobes little or scarcely 



longer than the upper. 3. A. virgata. 



Calyx markedly 2-lipped, the lower lobes much longer than 



the upper. 4. A. caroliniana. 



1. A. herbacea Walt. Shrub 3-8 dm. tall, grayish-pubescent: leaflets 11-37; 

 blades elliptic, oblong or oblong-ovate, 9-16 mm. long, obtuse; racemes clus- 

 tered, 4-30 cm. long: calyx about 4 mm. long, the two upper lobes broader and 

 shorter than the acute lower ones: standard broadly spatulate, 4-5 mm. long, 

 varying from violet-purple to white: pods 4-5 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. wide, 

 rounded on the ventral and nearly straight on the dorsal suture, marked with 

 numerous dark glands. 



Pinelands and hammocks, nearly throughout Fla. (Cont.) Spr. or all year. 



2. A. fruticosa L. Shrub 1.5-6 m. tall: leaflets 11-25; blades oblong-ovate, 

 oval or elliptic-oblong, 1.5-4 cm. long: racemes usually clustered, 7-15 cm. long: 

 calyx about 3.5 mm. long, the two upper lobes rounded, the three lower ones tri- 

 angular, acute, the middle one a little longer than the others: standard rou-nd- 

 obovate, emarginate, abruptly narrowed at the base, about 6 mm. long: pods 

 7-9 mm. long, usually much curved, conspicuously marked with large amber- 

 colored, raised glands. 



Swamps and river-banks, n. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



3. A. virgata Small. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaflets 11-19; blades oblong, oblong- 

 ovate or ovate, 2-5 cm. long, nearly smooth above, sparsely pubescent beneath, 

 the petiolules 2-3 mm. long: racemes one or several, 8-15 cm. long: calyx about 



3 mm. long, sparsely pubescent; lobes triangular, acute: standard orbicular, 

 about 6 mm. long, abruptly narrowed at the base: pods about 7 mm. long, 



