FAM. 93, 75 



gated, and a few sh< rt OOM in the axils of the upper leaves. P Spring 



to Fall. 



D. Michauxii. Prostrate, twining; leaflets much dilated, hairy; racemes pedun- 



cled. 1-several flowered; corolla pale-yellow. Dry pine-lanJ. Spring to 

 Fall. 



Ccrolla not yellow, 28 



28. Pods terete, torulose; corolla scark*; — erect, more or less reclin- 

 ing; leaves pinnately 3-foliate with gland-like stipules; flowers 

 showy, in long terminal and axillary racemes, the former leafy- 

 bracted, the latter naked; calyx truncate; vexillum narrow, 

 straight, long; wings and keel very small; stamens diadelphous 

 or somewhat monadelphous at the base, partly exserted; style 

 slender, __________ Erythrina 



E. herbacea, Cherokee Bean. Herbaceous above the root, armed with prick- 



les; leaflets deltoid to hastate; vexillum folded; pods deeply 

 constricted between the seeds, the latter scarlet. Pine-land. 

 Sprin g. 

 E. laurifolia (Crista-galli) and E. speciosa are shrubby and bushy, and planted 

 under the name of Coral Bush. 



28. Pods flattened; corolla purple or white; — decumbent, prostrate or 



twining herbs, leaves 3-foliate, rarely 1-9 foliate; stipules decidu- 

 ous; flowers in axillary raceme-like panicles; calyx 4-toothed; vex- 

 illum broad, reflexed; wings oblong with the keel adhering; sta- 

 mens diadelphous or monadelphous to the middle; style filiform; 

 pods sometimes produced from underground apetalous flowers. 

 In dry soil and pine-land, - Galactia, Milk- pea 



a. Leaves trifoliate, __________b 



a. Leaves pinnate, 7-9 foliate; — stems prostrate and climbing; 

 foliage pubescent or silky or smooth; panicles longer than the 



leaves; corolla white, tinged with red. Spring and Summer, G. Elliotti 



b. Stems erect or decumbent; — foliage smooth; leaflets narrow; 



racemes few-flowered; calyx with yellow hairs; corolla small, 



purple. Summer. _______ g. brachypoda 



b. Stems prostrate; — foliage hoary-pubescent; leaflets oval, the 

 basal leaves mostly 1-foliate; racemes many-flowered; calyx- 

 lobes long-acuminate; corolla rose-purple. Summer. - G. Floridana 



b. Stems prostrate and climbing, or twining, - - - c 

 c Foliage sparingly pubescent; — the terminal leaflets narrower 



than the other two; panicles not longer than the leaves; cor- 

 olla violet-purple with a brownish spot on the vexillum. Sum- 

 mer, -------- G. regularis (glabella) 



c. Foliage pubescent or pilose; — panicles longer than the leaves; 



corolla pink-purple. Summer. - - - - G. volubilis pilosa) 

 c. Foliage villous and somewhat hoary; — panicles erect, solitary, 

 much longer than the leaves; flowers approximate near the 

 top of the stout peduncles; corolla red or rose-purple. Sum- 

 rr.- ---------- G. mollis 



29. Keel spirally twisted, pod more or less flattened, 30 

 Keel incurved, pod nearly cylindrical, somewhat torulose. - - - 31 



30. Leaflets 5 or more, not stipellate; — vines with twining stems and 



large root*; leaves odd-pinnate, stipules small; flowers m dense 



