SUBTRIBE 4. Galegeae. 



Robinia, L. {Locust-tree.) 



Robinia Pseudacacia, L. {Common Locust, or False Acacia.) A Hue tree, 



forty to sixty feet high. Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate. Flowers showy, 



white, fragrant in slender racemes. June. (About 3000.) 



TRIBE 2. Hedysareae. 



Desmodium, DC. {Tick-Trefoil.) 



Desmodium paniculatum, DC. Perennial herb with pinnately 3-foliolate 



leaves. Flowers purple ; racemes much panicked. July. 

 Desmodium Canadense, DC. Perennial herb; leaves piimately 3-f'ol iolate 

 with numerous straightish veins. Stem hairy; flowers larger than in I). 

 paniculatum. August. 



Lespedeza, Michx. {Bush Clover.) 



Lespedeza procumbens, Michx. Perennial herb with pinnately 3-folio- 

 late leaves, not stipellate. Flowers violet-purple on slender peduncles. 

 August. 



Lespedeza violacea, Pers. Perennial herb ; stem upright, .branched. 

 Flowers violet. Aug. — September. 



Lespedeza capitata, Michx. Perennial herb ; stem upright wand-like, 

 2 — 4 feet high. Leaflets thickish smooth above, silky beneath. Flowers 

 whitish or cream-color with a purple spot on the standard. August — 

 September. 



TRIBE 4. Phaseoleae. 

 Apios, Boerh. {Ground-nut. Wild Bean.) 



Apios tuberosa, Mcench. A perennial herb, bearing edible tubers on un- 

 derground shoots, twining and climbing over bushes. Flowers in dense, 

 often branching racemes, clustered, brown-purple, fragrant. Aug. 



Galactia, P. Browne. {Milk Pea.) 

 Galactia glabella, Michx. Perennial twining herb ; leaflets 3, stipellate : 

 flowers in racemes rose-purple, pretty large. July — Sept. - 



SUBORDER II. CAESALPINEAE. (The Brasiletto Family.) 

 Cassia, L. (Senna.) 

 Cassia nictitans, L. (Wild Sensitive- Plant.) Annual herb. Leaflets 

 10—20 pail's, oblong linear ; flowers very small on short pedicels, yellow. 

 August. 



Gleditscliia, L. (Honey-Locust.) 

 Gleditschia triacanthos, L. (Tlo'ee-lhorned Acacia, or Honey-Locust. A 

 thorny tree, 30 — 50 feet high with alternate pinnate leaves. Thorns above 

 the axils. Flowers greenish, in small spikes. Found in the neighborhood 

 of private residences. Flowers in June and July. 



