92 LEGUMINOS^E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



wrinkled, 1-seeded, indchiscent, included in the calyx. Perennial usually 

 glandular herbs. Stipules cohering with the petioles. Flowers axillary or ter- 

 minal, purplish or white, racemose or spiked. 



* Leaves 1 - 3-folioIate. 



1 . P. virgata, Nutt. Smoothish ; stem virgate, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 very remote, 1- (or the lowest 2-3-) foliolate ; leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, the lower ones broader and long-petioled ; stipules setaceous ; peduncles 

 much shorter than the leaves ; spikes dense, cylindrical ; bracts ovate, acumi- 

 nate, and, like the calyx, glandular and hairy ; corolla violet. Near St. Mary's, 

 Georgia, and the adjacent parts of Florida. July. Stem 2 high. Leaflets 

 2' -5' long. 



2. P. melilotoides, Michx. Glandular and sparingly pubescent ; leaves 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate or elliptical ; stipules subulate; spikes ob- 

 long, on peduncles 2-3 times as long as the leaves; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 veiny; corolla violet ; legume rugose. Var. 1. (P. eglandulosa, Ell.) Gland- 

 less or nearly so ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, and, like the calyx, villous. Dry soil, 

 Florida to Tennessee, and westward. May and June. Stem l-2 high. 

 Leaflets 1'- 2' long. 



3. P. Onobrychls, Nutt. Pubescent ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, 

 acuminate ; racemes elongated, somewhat secund ; calyx glandular, the teeth 

 small, obtuse, equal ; legume ovate, muricate, wrinkled transversely. Near 

 Spartanburg, South Carolina. June and July. Stem 3 - 5 high. Leaves 

 very large. 



4. P. canescens, Michx. Hoary-pubescent ; lower leaves trifoliolate, the 

 upper simple, short-petioled ; leaflets obovate, glandular ; racemes longer than 

 the leaves, few-flowered ; calyx inflated ; flowers blue, turning greenish ; legume 

 even. Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. April and May. Stem 

 bushy, 2 high. Resembles a Baptisia, 



* * Leares palmately 5 -7 -foliolate. 



5. P. Lupinellus, Michx. Smooth ; stem slender, declining, sparingly 

 branched ; leaflets filiform ; racemes longer than the leaves, loose-flowered ; 

 flowers violet ; legumes rugose. (P. Floridana, Shuttl.) Dry pine barrens, Flor- 

 ida to North Carolina. May and June. Stem 2 long. Leaflets 2' -3' long. 



6. P. subacaulis, Torr. & Gray. Nearly stemless ; peduncles, petioles, 

 and calyx white with spreading hairs ; leaves 7-foliolate, long-petioled ; leaflets 

 obovate-oblong, smoothish above, fringed on the margins and midrib beneath ; 

 peduncles longer than the leaves, rigid ; spikes dense, ovate or oblong ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate ; calyx-teeth obtuse. Rocky hills, near Nashville, Tennessee. 

 April and May. Leaflets 1' long. Peduncles 4' - 6' long. Flowers numerous, 



purple. 



* * i* Leaves pinnate. 



7. P. multijuga, Ell. Stem branching ; leaflets numerous (9-10 pairs), 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent ; spikes oblong ; bracts small, membrana- 

 ceous, without glands. Abbeville District, South Carolina. Stem 1 - 2 high. 

 Leaflets small. Bracts half as long as the calyx. Flowers violet. 



