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Genus XXXIV.— STYLOS AN'THES. Swartz. 16—10. 

 (Greek sVulo«, a style, and anihos, a flower, from the flower having a loog style.) 



Calyz tubular, somewhat bilabiate, with 2 lanceolate bracts 

 at the base. Corolla inserted into the calyx; vexilluin broad ; 

 keel small. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers alternaiely lin- 

 ear and ovate. Sf?/le short and recurved. Legume 1 — 2- 

 jointed, hooked. 



1. S. ela'tior, (Swartz.) Stem erect, pubescent on one side. Leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 3, lanceolate, glabrous, entire. Leaves around the 

 cu|titu]um simple, lanceolate. Flowers in a terminal, compact capitu- 

 lum, all sterile but 2. Calyx with the iipper lip 2-cleft, the luwer 3- 

 eleft. Legume hooked at the simimit, 1-celled. Sterile flowers, fur- 

 nished with 2 plumose, lanceolate bracts. — Yellow. If. May — Aug. 

 Common. 10 — 15 inches. 



Genus XXXV.— CHAPMAN'K^IA. T. <fe G. 16—10. 

 (In honor of Dr. A. "W. Chapman, Appalachicola, Florida.) 



Calyx, with 2 bracteoles at the base ; tube long- and slender ; 

 limb 5-toothed, the lowest tooth longest. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, alternately longer. Ooary sessile, 2 — 3 ovules. 



1. C. Flohida'na, (T. <fe G.) Hei'baceous plant, branched, hirsute, 

 and viscid. Leaves unequally pinnate, 2 — 3 pairs of leaflets, each ellip- 

 tical, oblong, nearly glabrous above, hairy and purplish beneath. Sti- 

 pules small. Flcncers in somewhat paniculate racemes. Calyz hispid. 

 Petals nearly equal in length. Anthers large. — Yellow. Southern 

 Florida. 2—3 feet. 



Genus XXXVI.— ^SCHYNOM'ENE. L. 16—10. 



(From the Greek aiechuno, to be ashamed, from the appjirent sensitiveness of tho 

 leaves of some of the species.) 



Cah/x bilabiate ; the upper lip bifid, the lower 3 -cleft. Co- 

 rolla inserted into the base of the calyx ; vexillum nearly 

 round; wings oblong; keel cymbiform. Stamens 10, diadel- 

 phous, in each division. Legume compressed, straight, gene- 

 'rally composed of many 1 -seeded joints ; joints truncate, easily 

 separated. Seeds compressed. Leaves unequally pinnate. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes. Annual plants. 



1. M. His'piDA, (Willd.) Stem erect, hispid, tubercled. Leaves in 

 many pairs, with hispid petioles ; leaflets linear, obtuse ; stipules sub- 

 sagittate, ovate. Flowers in simple racemes. Calyx bilabiate, deeply 

 divided, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid. Corolla much largt-r 

 than the calyx, showy. Legume very hispid, 6 — 10-jointed. — Yellow, 

 tinged with red. 0. Aug. Along rivers. 2 — 3 feet 



2. M. viscrn'uLA, (Mich.) Stem prostrate, viscidly pubescent, slender, 

 diffuse. Leaflets generally 7 — 9, obovate. oblique, lanceolate Pedun- 

 cles generally 2-flowered ; bracts like the stipules. Calyx almost 

 equally 5 cleft. Ijomentum with 2 joints, hispid. 



