LEGUMINOS^E. (PULSE FAMILY.) Ill 



3. B. microphylla, Nutt. Leaves sessile, roundish, cuneate at the base, 

 the upper ones somewhat clasping; stipules leafy, rounded, the upper ones 

 united with the leaves ; flowers axillary, solitary, on short pedicels ; legume 

 roundish. Nutt. Alabama and West Florida. Leaves less than an inch long. 

 Flowers unknown. 



* * Leaves trifoliolate, petioled. 

 t- Flowers yellow. 



4. B. lanceolata, Ell. Pubescent when young, at length smoothish ; 

 leaves on very short petioles, the upper ones nearly sessile ; leaflets varying from 

 lanceolate to obovate, thick, obtuse, tapering at the base ; stipules and bracts 

 small and caducous ; flowers large, solitary in the axils, and in short terminal 

 racemes, short-pedicellcd ; ovary villous ; legume ovate or globose, coriaceous, 

 slender-pointed. Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. 

 April and May. Stem 2 high. Leaflets 1'- 2' long. Plant turns black in 

 drying. 



5. B. villosa, Ell. Pubescent ; leaves short-petioled ; leaflets oblong and 

 obovate, tapering at the base, becoming smooth above ; lower stipules and lance- 

 olate bracts persistent ; racemes many-flowered, declining ; ovary villous ; leg- 

 ume smoothish, coriaceous, oblong, strongly beaked. Dry sandy soil, North 

 Carolina. May. Stem stout, 2 high. Leaves and flowers larger than in 

 No. 4, the latter on slender pedicels. Plant turns black in drying. 



6. B. megacarpa, Chapm. Stem smooth, with slender widely spreading 

 branches ; leaves on slender petioles ; leaflets thin, elliptical or obovate, minutely 

 pubescent and glaucous beneath ; stipules and bracts caducous ; racemes numer- 

 ous, terminal and opposite the leaves, few-flowered ; flowers large, pale yellow, 

 on slender drooping pedicels ; ovary smooth ; legume large, thin, ovoid, slender- 

 pointed. Light rich soil, Gadsden County, Middle Florida, and along the Flint 

 River, near Albany, Georgia. May. Stem 2 -3 high. Leaflets U'-2' 

 long. Legume 1'- 1|' long. Plant unchanged in drying. 



7. B. tinctoria, R. Brown. Smooth; branches slender, elongated ; leaves 

 small, on short petioles, the upper ones nearly sessile ; leaflets wedge-obovate ; 

 stipules and bracts minute, caducous ; racemes numerous, short, few-flowered ; 

 flowers small, on short and bractless pedicels ; ovary smooth ; legume small, 

 roundish, slender-pointed. Dry sandy soil, Georgia to Tennessee, and north- 

 ward. May and June. Stem 2 high. Leaflets '-!' long. Plant usually 

 becomes blackish in drying. 



8. B. Stipulacea, Ravenel. Smooth ; branches spreading ; leaves small, 

 short-petioled, 2 - 3-foliolate, the upper ones mostly simple and partly clasping ; 

 leaflets round-obovate, cuneate at the base ; stipules and bracts large, round- 

 cordate, persistent ; flowers numerous, small, axillary, the upper ones racemose > 

 pedicels short and bractless ; ovary smooth, or slightly pubescent on the edges ; 

 legume small, ovoid, slender-pointed. Sand-hills, near Aiken, South Carolina, 

 Ravenel. June and July. Stem 2 -3 high. Leaflets '-|' long. Plant 

 nearly unchanged in drying. Apparently allied to No. 3. 



9. B. Lecontei, Torr. & Gray. Pubescent ; stem diffusely branched ; 

 leaves small, short-petioled ; leaflets cuneate-obovate ; stipules subulate and ca- 



