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Corolla red, purple, green, or yellowish: standard much shorter than the other 

 petals, the blade longer than broad: blades of the wings auricled on one side: 

 keel-petals scythe-shaped. Pod turgid. 



1. M. Deeringiana (Bort.) Small. Leaflets 7-16 cm. long; blades sparingly 

 pubescent, those of the lateral ones very obliquely ovate, that of the terminal 

 one rhombic or ovate-rhombic: lower calyx-lobes triangular or triangular- 

 lanceolate: standard 23-26 mm. long, the blade ovate; wings broadened at the 

 apex; keel-petals narrowed at the bent apex: pods 5-9 cm. long, coarsely 

 pubescent. [Stizolobium Deeringianum Bort.] Pinelands and hammocks. 

 Nat. of the tropics. VELVET-BEAN. FLORIDA-BEAN. 



20. GALACTIA P. Br. Vines, or erect partially woody plants. Leaflets 

 3, or rarely 1, 5, or 7. Panicles raceme-like. Calyx 2-lipped, the lobes relatively 

 long. Corolla violet red, or white: standard erect or spreading: wings and 

 keel-petals with relatively short claws. Pod turgid, elongate. MILK-PEA. 



Standard not striped : upper calyx-lobe triangular to lanceolate. 



Stem and branches reclining or prostrate. 1. G. floridana. 



Stem and branches twining. 



Calyx 5-8 mm. long during anthesis. 



Leaflets of the upper leaves with ovate, oval or oblong- 

 ovate blades : standard mostly less than 11 mm. long 2. G. volubilis. 

 Leaflets of the upper leaves with linear blades : 



standard mostly over 11 mm. long. 3. G. parvifolia. 



Calyx 11-15 mm. long during anthesis. 4. G. pinetorum. 



Standard striped : upper calyx-lobe broadly ovate. 5. G. spiciformis. 



1. G. floridana T. & G. Stems hoary-pubescent: leaflets 1.5-4.5 cm. long; 

 blades oval or oblong-oval: flowers scattered nearly the length of the rachis: 

 calyx 7-8 mm. long; lateral lobes acuminate: keel-petals 10-11 mm. long: pods 

 4-5 cm. long. Pinelands. F. K. 



2. G. volubilis (L.) Britton. Stems finely retrorse-hirsute : leaflets 2-5 cm. 

 long; blades ovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong: calyx 5-6 mm. long; lobes 

 ciliate: keel-petals 9-11 mm. long: pods 3-5 mm. long. Pinelands. 



3. G. parvifolia A. Eich. Stems minutely pubescent: leaflets mostly 14 cm. 

 long; blades various, linear, varying to broadest above or below the middle, 

 or those of the lower leaves broader, varying from ovate or oval to obovate, all 

 thin or thinnish, usually faintly veined: calyx 5-8 mm. long: keel-petals 6.5-8 

 mm. long: pods 3.5-4.5 mm. long. Pinelands. F. K. (Cuba.) 



4. G. pinetorum Small. Stems finely pubescent: leaflets 1.5-5 cm. long; blades 

 typically linear-lanceolate or linear, or rarely broader: calyx 13-16 mm. long: 

 standard 15-20 mm. long: pods 4.5-6 cm. long. Pinelands. 



5. G. spiciformis T. & G. Stems retrorse-pubescent : leaflets 2.5-8 cm. long; 

 blades oblong, oblong-oval, or elliptic: calyx 5-6 mm. long: standard 9-10 

 mm. long; blade auricled at the base: keel-petals 8-9 mm. long: pods 4-5 cm. 

 long. Hammocks and pinelands. F. K. (Bah., Cuba.) 



21. BEADBUEYA Eaf. Vines. Leaflets 3, or 5 or 7. Eacemes few- 

 flowered. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip shorter than the lobes of the lower lip, 

 which are much longer than the tube. Corolla pink, blue, violet, or white: 

 blade of the standard suborbicular or reniform: wings and keel-petals with 

 short claws, the blades of the latter strongly curved, narrower than those of 

 the former, and with a prominent auricle at the base. Pod elongate, long- 

 beaked, its margins thickened. 



1. B. virginiana (L.) Kuntze. Leaflets 3-11 cm. long; blades linear, often 

 narrowly so and elongate, to ovate, with distinct scalloped marginal veins : upper 



