52 FABACEAE. 



rounded on the ventral edge, nearly straight on the dorsal, dark-brown, marked 

 with small glands. 



Sandy or rocky soil, n. Fla. (Cow*.) Spr. 



4. A. caroliniana Groom. Shrub 1-2 m. tall: leaflets numerous; blades elliptic- 

 oblong, 9-18 mm. long, rounded at both ends, dotted with dark glands, the 

 petiolules about 1 mm. long: racemes one or several, 9-20 cm. long, nearly 

 glabrous: calyx 3-4 mm. long; lobes ciliate, the two upper rounded, the lower 

 subulate-pointed: pods 4-5 mm. long, rounded on the ventral edge, nearly 

 straight on the dorsal, marked with numerous dark glands. [A. glabra Boynton. 

 Not Poir.] 



Sandy woods, m. and w. Fla. (Cont.) Spr. 



10. MEIBOMIA Heister. Herbs, shrubs or vines. Leaflets 3, or rarely 1 

 or 5. Bacemes simple or compound. Calyx 2-lipped, sometimes obscurely so, 

 the middle lobe of the lower lip often smaller or narrower and longer than the 

 lateral ones. Corolla variously colored or white: standard with a broad blade: 

 blades of the wings and the keel-petals auricled on one side, short-clawed. 

 Ovary slender. Loment few-several-jointed, usually with hooked hairs. 



1. M. supina (Sw.) Britton. Shrub with glabrous or nearly glabrous stems: 

 stipules lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate: leaflets about 2 cm. long; blades oval 

 or elliptic: lateral calyx-lobes lanceolate: standard 5-6 mm. long, truncate or 

 subcordate above the short claw: androecium 5-6 mm. long: loment- joints 1-1.5 

 mm. wide, much longer. TICK-TREFOIL. BEGGAR 'S-TICKS. 

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



11, ERYTHBINA 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 torulose. 



1. E. arborea (Chapm.) Small. Shrub or tree 3-8 m. tall: leaflets 3.5-10 cm. 

 long; blades deltoid to hastately 3-lobed: racemes few-flowered: calyx cylin- 

 dric: standard 35-40 mm. long; blade about 1 cm. wide: wing-petals 11-12 

 mm. long: pods drooping, 8-15 cm. long. CORAL-BEAN. 

 Hammocks, E. Keys and F. Keys. (Endemic.) 



Order GERANIALES. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate or opposite: blades simple 

 or compound. Flowers perfect, monoecious, or dioecious, mostly regular. 

 Calyx of distinct sepals. Corolla of distinct, or nearly distinct petals, or 

 rarely wanting. Androecium of as many stamens as there are sepals or 

 twice as many, or rarely more. Gynoecium of 2 or several united carpels. 

 Ovary superior. Fruit various. 



Plants destitute of secreting glands or cells in the tissues. 



Flowers regular : sepals without dorsal glands. Fam. 1. ZYGOPHYLLACEAE. 



Flowers irregular : sepals with dorsal glands. Fam. 2. MALPIGHIACEAE. 



Plants with secreting glands, these often in the leaves, 



or only in the bark. 



Leaf-blades punctate by oil-glands. Fam. 3. RUTACEAE. 



Leaf-blades not punctate. 



Gynoecium of distinct carpels. Fam. 4. SUEIANACEAE. 



Gynoecium of more or less united carpels. Fam. 5. SIMAKOCBACEAE. 



