234 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



mostly softly pubescent and resinous-dotted leaves and 

 axillary ye\\o\y Jloivei's. 



* stems twining, or loio and erect ; flowers in aocillary racemes. 

 t Calyx somewhat 2-lipped, 4-cle/t ; the teeth subulate ; slwrter than tJie corolla, the 

 lowest one longest ; stems twining. 



E, MINIMA, DC. Tomentose; leaflets small, roundish 

 or broadly rhombic, barely acute, dotted beneath; stipttles 

 subulate; racemes filiform, much longer than the leaves, 

 loosely 6-12-flowered ; floiuers minute, reflexed ; legume 

 scymetar- shaped. Leaflets ^-V long. 



E. PARVIFOLIA, DC. Velvety throughout; leaflets 

 ovate, oblong, or obovate-oblong, obtuse, or the upper ones 

 acute, hoary and strongly reticulate beneath, longer than 

 the petiole; stipules small, lanceolate; racemes equaling 

 or longer than the leaves, slender, loosely 3-5-flowered; 

 lowest tooth of the calyx nearly twice the length of the 

 others; legume oblong, obtuse, clothed with soft down and 

 longer hairs intermixed, 2-3-seeded. Stem l°-2° long; 

 leaflets 1' long. 



E. Carib^a, DC. Velvety throughout ; stem, prostrate 

 or twining; leaflets thin, ovate, acute or slightly acumi- 

 nate; stipules ovate; racemes slender, shorter than the 

 leaves, loosely 3-5-flowered; teeth of the calyx short, nearly 

 equal; legume scymetar- shaped, acute. Stem 2°-3° long; 

 leaflets 1^-^' long, tapering at the base. 



tt Calyx i-parted, nearly as long as the corolla, the lobes linear or lanceolate, nearly 

 equal ; stems twining or erect. 



E. MEJTISPERMOIDEA, DC. Stems several from one 

 root, prostrate or twining, downy; stipules ovate-lanceo- 

 late ; leaflets solitary, reniform, tomentose : peduncles rare- 

 ly as long as the petiole, with few crowded flowers at 

 the summit; calyx deeply parted, the lanceolate acute 

 or acuminate lobes nearly equal; legume oblong, acute, 

 tomentose, 2-seeded. Stem 2°-3° long; leaflets l'-2' ia 

 diameter. 



