420 



FABACEAE. 



Vol. II. 



Nearly glabrous throughout ; pods slightly pubescent. 

 Finely downy-pubescent ; pods very downy. 



G. regularis. 

 G. volubiHs. 



I. Galactia regularis (L.) B.S.P. Milk 

 Pea. Fig 2640. 



Dolichos regularis L. Sp. PI. 7^6. I753- 



Galactia glabella Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2: 62. 1803. 



Galactia regularis B.S.P. Prel. Cat. N. Y. 14. 1888. 



Prostrate, glabrous or sparingly appressed- 

 pubescent; stems matted, usually branching, i°-2° 

 long. Stipules minute, deciduous ; petioles shorter 

 than the leaves ; leaflets elliptic or ovate-oblong, 

 obtuse and often emarginate at the apex, rounded 

 or slightly cordate at the base, i'-i4' long, A"-g" 

 wide ; peduncles longer than the petioles and gen- 

 erally exceeding the leaves, erect, 4-10-flowered ; 

 racemes loose or dense; pedicels about il" long; 

 flowers reddish-purple, 6"-8" long ; pods linear, 

 straight, or slightly curved, slightly pubescent, 

 I'-ii' long, 2" wide, 4-7-seeded. 



In dry sandy soil, southeastern New York, Penn- 

 sylvania, pine barrens of New Jersey to Florida, 

 Kansas and Mississippi. July-Aug. 



2. Galactia volubilis (L.) Britton. Downy Milk Pea. Fig. 2641. 



Hedysarum volubile L. Sp. PI. 750. 1753. 



Galactia mollis 'H-att. Gen. 2: 117. 1818. Not Michx. 



1803. 

 Galactia pilosa EII. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 238. 1824. 



Not Nutt. 1818. 

 G. volubilis Britton, Mem. Torr. Club 5: 208. 1894. 

 G. volubilis mississippiensis Vail, Bull. Torr. Club 



22: 5o8i 1895. 



Finely downy-pubescent all over, similar to the 

 preceding species. Leaflets ovate, elliptic, or oval, 

 obtuse or acutish, sometimes emarginate at the 

 apex, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, 

 downy beneath, glabrous or with some appressed 

 pubescence above, i'-il' long, 5"-i2" wide; pe- 

 duncles sometimes elongated, but variable in 

 length; racemes rather loose; flowers purplish, 

 about 6" long; pod linear, I'-il' long, 2" wide, 

 densely and finely downy-pubescent. 



In dry soil. New York Island ; Flushing, Long 

 Island, south to Florida, west to Kentucky, Kansas 

 and Texas. Races differ in pubescence and in form 

 of leaflets. June-July. 



Dioclea multiflora (T. & G.) C. Mohr., a long vine, the purple flowers differing from those of 

 Galactia in having the filament opposite the standard adnate to it, has been found along a railroad 

 in western Kentucky. It is native of the southern states. 



Pueraria Thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth., the kudzu vine, of China, a high-climbing, 

 hairy vine \yith large 3-foliolate leaves, the leaflets 3-lobed and acuminate, the blue-purple flowers 

 in racemes, is much planted for ornament and has been found in waste grounds on Staten Island. 



