ORDER XLIII. — LTCGUMINOS^E. 287 



Genus XXXIV.— STYLOSANTHES. Swartz. 16—10. 

 (Greek stuloe, a style, and anthos, a flower, from the flower having a long style.) 



Calpx tubular, somewhat bilabiate, with 2 lanceolate bracts 

 at the base. Corolla inserted into the calyx ; vexillum broad ; 

 keel small. Stamens monadelphous ; anthers alternately lin- 

 ear and ovate. Style short and recurved. Legume 1 — 2- 

 jointed, hooked. 



1. S. ela'tior, (Swartz.) Stem erect, pubescent on one side. Leaves 

 pinnate; leaflets 3, lanceolate, glabrous, entire. Leaves around the 

 capitulum simple, lanceolate. Flowers in a terminal, compact capitu- 

 lum, all sterile but 2. Calyx with the upper lip 2-cleft, the lower 3- 

 cleft. Legume hooked at the summit, 1-celled. Sterile flowers, fur- 

 nished with 2 plumose, lanceolate bracts. — Yellow. If.. May — Aug. 

 Common. 10 — 15 inches. 



Genus XXXV.— CHAPMAN'NIA. T. & G. 16—10. 

 (In honor of Dr. A. "W. Chapman, Appalachicola, Florida.) 



Calyx with 2 bracteoles at the base ; tube long and slender ; 

 limb 5-toothed, the lowest tooth longest. Stamens monadel- 

 phous, alternately longer. Ovary sessile, 2 — 3 ovules. 



1. C. Florida'na, (T. & G.) Herbaceous plant, branched, hirsute, 

 and viscid. Leaves unequally pinnate, 2 — 3 pairs of leaflets, each ellip- 

 tical, oblong, nearly glabrous above, hairy and purplish beneath. Sti- 

 pules small. Flowers in somewhat paniculate racemes. Calyx hispid. 

 Petals nearly equal in length. Anthers large. — Yellow. Southern 

 Florida. 2—3 feet. 



Genus XXX VI.— JESCHYNOM'ENE. L. 16—10. 



(From the Greek aischuno, to be ashamed, from the apparent sensitiveness of the 

 leaves of some of the species.) 



Calyx bilabiate ; the upper lip bifid, the lower 3-cleft. Co- 

 rolla inserted into the base of the calyx ; vexillum nearly 

 round; wings oblong; keel cymbiform. Stamens 10, diadel- 

 phous, 5 in each division. Legume compressed, straight, gene- 

 rally composed of many 1 -seeded joints ; joints truncate, easily 

 separated. Seeds compressed. Leaves unequally pinnate. 

 Flowers in axillary racemes. Annual plants. 



1. M. his'pida, (Willd.) Stem erect, hispid, tubercled. Leaves in 

 many pairs, with hispid petioles ; leaflets linear, obtuse ; stipules sub- 

 sagittate, ovate. Flowers in simple racemes. Calyx bilabiate, deeply 

 divided, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid. Corolla much larger 

 than the calyx, showy. Legume very hispid, 6 — 10-jointed. — Yellow, 

 tinged with red. 0. Aug. Along rivers. 2 — 3 feet 



2. M. visuid'ula, (Mich.) Stem prostrate, viscidly pubescent, slender, 

 diffuse. Leaflets generally 7 — 9, obovate, oblique, lanceolate Pedun- 

 cles generally 2-flowered ; bracts like the stipules. Calyx almost 

 equally 5-cleft. Lomentum with 2 joints, hispid. 



