142 LEGUMIXOS-E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



tcred or compound racemes, purplish. Bracts persistent, round, partly clasp- 

 in;:, striate, i'.s well as the stijiules. (Name Ironi dfxcjyl, both, and Kapjros, Jruit, 

 in allusion to the two kinds of pods.) 



1. A. monbica, Nutt. Kacemes nodding; hracts each supporting 2 or 

 more llowers, shorter than the pedicels ; subterranean pods hairy. — Rich wood- 

 lands. Aug., Sept. 



29. GALACTIA, P. Browne. Milk-Pea. 



Calyx 4-elelt ; the lobes acute, the upper one broadest, entire. Keel scarcely 

 incurved. Stamens diadelphous or nearly so. Style beardless. Pod linear, flat, 

 several-seeded (some few of them rarely partly subterranean and fleshy or de- 

 formed). — Low, mostly prostrate or twining perennial herbs. Leaflets usually 

 3, stipellate. Flowers in somewhat interrupted or knotty racemes, purplish ; in 

 summer. (Name from yi A a, -uktos, milk ; some species being said to yield a 

 milky juice, which is unlikely.) 



1. G. glabella, ^liehx. Stems nearli/ smooth, prostrate; leaflets elliptical 

 or ovate-oblong, sometimes slightly hairy beneath ; racemes short, 4-8-flo\vcrcd ; 

 pods somewhat liairtj. — Sandy woods, S. New York, New Jersey and Penn. to 

 Virginia and .-southward. — Flowers large for the genus, rose-purple. 



2. G. mollis, Michx. Stems (decumbent and somewhat twining) and 

 leaves beneath sofl-downy and honri/ ; leaflets oval ; racemes many-flowered ; pods 

 very downij. — S. Pennsylvania, Maryland, and southward. July. 



30. RHYNCHOSIA, Lour., DC. Rhynchosia. 



Calvx somewhat 2-lipped, or dee])ly 4-5-parted. Keel scythe-shaped, or in- 

 curved at the apex. Stamens diadelphous. Ovules only 2. Pod 1 - 2-seeded, 

 short and flat, 2-valved. — Usually twining or trailing perennial herbs, pinnatelv 

 3-foliolate, or -with a single leaflet, not stipellate. Flowers yellow, racemose or 

 clustered. (Name from pvv)(os, a beak, from the shape of the keel.) 



1. R. toment6sa, Torr. & Gray. More or less downy ; leaflets roundish ; 

 racemes short or capitate ; calyx about as long as the corolla, 4-parted, the 

 upper lobe 2-cleft ; pod oblong. — Very variable : or perhaps the following arc 

 distinct species. 



A'ar. monophylla, Torr. & Gr.iy. Dwarf and upright (3' -6' high); 

 leaves mostly of one round leaflet l'-2' wide. (R. reniformis, DC.) — Virginia 

 and southward, in dry sandy soil. — Flowers earlier than the following. 



A'ar. volilbilis, Torr. & Gray. Trailing and twining, less downy ; leaflets 

 3, roundish; racemes few-flowered, almost sessile in the axils. (R. difformis, 

 DC.) — S. Virginia and southward. 



Var. er6cta, Torr. & Gray. Upright {l°^2° high), soft-downy; leaflets 

 3, oval or oblong. (R. crecta, DC.) — ^Maryland and southward. 



31. BAPTISIA, Vent. False Indigo. 



Calyx 4-5-toothed. Standard not longer than the wings, its sides reflexed: 

 keel-petals nearly separate, and, like the wings, straight. Stamens 10, distinct. 



