136 LEGUMINOS^. ^(PTOSE FAMILY,) 



roughish with a close fine pubescence ; joints of the pod very adhesive. — Moist 

 grounds, "W. "Vermont to Wisconsin and southward, chiefly westward. — 

 Branches clothed with both minute and hooked, and longer, spreading, rather 

 glutinous hairs. 



8. D. cuspid^tum. Ton-. & Gray. Fery smoofA except the panicle ; stem 

 straight; leaflets lanceolate-ovate and taper-pointed, green both sides ; longer than 

 the petiole (3' -5') ; joints of the pod rhomboid-oblong, smoothish. — Thickets : 

 .common. — The conspicuous bracts and stipules |' long. 



* « Stems (2° -5° high) erect: stipules as well as the bracts mostly deciduous, smalt 



and inconspicuous : pods of 3-5 triangular or half-rhombic or very unequal- 

 sided rhomboidal joints, which. are longer than broad, i' or less in length. {Flow- 

 ers middle-sized. ) 



9. D. Isevig&tum, DC. Smooth or nearly so throughout ; stem straight j 

 leaflets ovate, bluntish, pale beneath (2' -3' long); panicles minutely rough- 

 pubescent. — Pine woods. New Jersey and southward. 



10. D. viridifldruta. Beck- Stem very downy, rough at the summit; 

 leaflets broadly ovate, very obtuse, rough above, whitened with a soft velvety down 

 underneath (2' -3' long). — S. New York and southward. 



11. D. Dill6nii, Darlingt. Stem pubescent ; leaflets oblong or oblong-ovate, 

 commonly bluntish, pale beneath, softly and finely pubescent (mostly thin, 2' -3' 

 long). — Open woodlands : common. 



12. D. panicuj&tum, DC. Nearly smooth throughout; stem slender, 

 tall ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly lanceolate, tapering to a blunt point, thin 

 (3'- 5' long) ; racemes much panicled. — Copses, common. 



13. D. strictum, DC. Stem very straight and slender, simple (2° - 3° 

 high), the upper part and narrow panicle rough-glandular j leaflets linear, blunt, 

 strongly reticulated, thickish, very smooth ('l'-2' long, i' wide) ; joints of the pod 

 1-3, semi-obovate or very gibbous (only 2" long). — Pine woods of New 

 Jersey, and southward. 



* * * Stipules small and inconspicuous, mostly deciduous : pods of few roundish or 



obliquely oval or sometimes roundish-rhomboidal joints, 1 J" - 2^" long. 

 ■I- Ste/ns erect: bracts before flowering conspiawus : racemes densely flowered. 



14. D. Canad6nse, DC. Stemhairy (3°-6°high); Zcq;?etso6fonsr-tece- 

 olate, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, with numerous straightish veins, much longer 

 than the petiole (Ij' -3' long); flowers showy, larger than in any other species 

 (^'-J' long). — Dry, rich woods: common, especially northward. 



15. D. sessilifblium, Torr. & Gray. Stem pubescent (2°-4° high); 

 leaves nearly sessile ; leaflets linear or linear-oblong, blunt, thickish, reticulated, 

 rough above, downy beneath ; branches of the panicle long ; flowers small. — 

 Copses, Pennsylvania and Michigan to Illinois and southward. 



-I--1- Stems ascending (l°-3° high): bracts small; racemes or panicles elongated 

 and loosely flowered ; flowers small. 



16. D. rlgidum, DC. Stem branching, somewhat hoary, like the lower 

 surface of the leaves, with a close roughish pubescence ; leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 blunt, thickish, reticulated-veiny, rather rough above, the lateral ones longer tha:" 

 the petiole. — Dry hillsides, Mass. to Michigan, Illinois, and southward. — In- 

 termediate, as it were, between No. 17 and No. 11. 



