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D. incauum, DC. Stems erect or spreading, roiigli above (2°-3° liigb) ; 

 leaflets varying from foundisli or oval to lanceolate, acute or obtuse, smooth- 

 ish above, canescent-tomentose beneatb; stipules partly united; flowers 

 small ; legume nearly sessile, straiglit on one edge, with 2-8 semi-oval joints. 

 — South Florida (Curtiss). 



An arborescent Ertthrina occurs sparingly in So\ith Florida, with the 

 characters, so far as these are known, of E. herbacea, and it has been sug- 

 gested that it maybe that species growing in a climate more suited to its full 

 developrrient. 



CENTROSEMA, DC. 



C. Plumieri, Turp. Smootli or scabrous ; leaflets ovate ; peduncles 

 2-6-flovvered ; bracts twice as long as the calyx ; corolla very large, whitish, 

 the middle of the vexillum anil tip of the wings Bright purple ; legume 

 compressed - 4-Bided. — New Orleans. Introduced. 



GALACTIA, P. Browne. 



G. filiformis, Benth. Stem long, twining, villous ; leaflets oval or ob- 

 long, silky beneath, shorter than the many-flowered curved racemes ; flowers 

 rather large, purple, the vexillum finely and obliquely striate ; legume silky, 

 falcate, compressed, 10-seeded. (G. spiciformis, var., 1st edit.) — Keys of 

 South Florida. November. 



CANAVALTA, DC. 



C. altissima, Macfadyen. Stem climbing; leaflets oblong, mucronate- 

 awned ; racemes many-flowered, tlie petals large, purple ; legume slightly 

 curved, 11-seeded, tlie seeds whitisli.^-Soutli Florida (Feay), climbing over 

 the tallest trees. — Legume 8- 10' long, I'-IJ' wide. 



ECASTAPHYLLUM, P. Browne. 



Calyx campanulate, unequally 5-toothed. Vexillum orbicular. Stamens 

 8 or 10, diadelphous. Ovary stipitate, 2-ovuled. Style short and slender. 

 Legume orbicular, compressed, mostly Iseeded. — Tropical shrubs, with 

 pinnate leaves, and small flowers in short axillary panicles. 



E. Brownei, Pers. Stem branching; leaf reduced to a single ovate 

 acute leaflet, pubescent above, pale and velvety beneath ; panicles cluster- 

 like, shorter tiian the petiole ; corolla white ; legume 1-seeded. — Banks of 

 rivers, Soutli Florida. November. — Slirub 4°-8° higli. Leaflet 3' -5' long. 



BAPTISIA, Vent. 



B. oalyeosa, Canby. Smoothisli, much branched ; leaflets wedge-obo- 

 vate ; stipules and bracts lanceolate, persistent; racemes numerous, terminal, 

 the long (r-2') pedicels bibracteolate ; lobes of tlie calyx lanceolate, leafy, 

 4 times as long as tlie tube, and barely shorter than the yellow petals ; 

 legume ovate, acuminate, as long as tlie calyx. — Near St. Augustine, East 

 Florida {Miss Reynolds). 



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