PAl'lLIONACK r. 



65 



in.Al 



iJe, with 5-9 leaflets, ciincafc-«ibovate, obtuse, corinccoii9, smooth, 

 •■- vute beneath. J'oiuiuLes Utni^vr than the leaves, lew lluwer- 

 ■ressed. I^ume liiiwar, 8-IO-seeded. 



l\.. May — Auij. Coininou around Savannah, found 

 ad Florida. 10-1*2 inches. 



TwLNus XIX. INDIGOFERA. 



Cahx o-cleU, e.\|>andin<j, minute, subulate. Vcxillum near- 

 ly round, etnarginate. Keel t'lrnislKMl witli a spur on eucli 

 side. Stamens dia<lel[)lious. Style filil'orni, glabrous. Le- 

 gume 1 or many seeded. 



1. I. Carolixiaka. .S/rm erect, hrnnchin?, glabrous, striate, /.eawesune- 

 "ly iiinoaie. /^m //'•/'•• 5-6 pairs, niucronaie, oval-oblong, sligliiJy pubes- 

 , LM.iuc'ns ut:deriicaih. Floivers in slender axillary racemes, a bract at 



ot'each pedicel. Cdt/x small with 5 siihiilaie teeth, pul>escent. 

 ., -i^er than iho vexillunr Legume short, pointed with the style. 



Indigo Plant. 

 Yellowish brown. %. July — Sept. Poor soils. 3-7 feet. 



2. I. LrrrosKPALA. .S^/c/n decumbent, rough. Leases unequally pi nnate. 



■ vate-oblong, -nearly glabrous on the upper surface. Fluwers 

 ^vT than the leaves, nearly sessile. KHgrnenls of the caJyx 

 equal, subiiliue. Z,'':2'«me> redexed, linear nearly terete 6-7-seeded, pubes- 

 cent, terminated by the style. 



Pale scarlet. %. Georgia. 2-3 feet. 



Genus XX. PSORALEA. 



Calyx carnpanulate, 5-tootlied, sjirinkled with glandular 

 dots, lower segment a little the longest. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Lt'nume indeliiscent, 1-seedcd, »liglitij beaked, as long as 

 the calvx. 



1. P. 



cent. 



\s. Hoot tuberou<5. S/rm branclmig, canescently pubes- 

 I'lre, single above and trifoliate below, broad obovate-lanceo- 

 Siijiult^ subulate, rcdunchx axillary, 4-7-iiowered. Calyx 



: idular, brownish, /^^ume short, glandular. 



Yellowish. %. May— July. Middle Car. & Geo. Common. 2-3 ft, 



'^ P. LupiNFLLUS. Slem somewhat branched, slender, glabrous. Leaves 



i»p on long peholes. Leaihla filiform 5-7-foliaTe. Jiacevies Ioniser than 



lany flowered. J'tdunclcs thick. Calyx small, glandular, the 



lit longest. Corolla much longer than the caiy.t wiiJi a sub- 



srbicuiar vexillum, small, with a recurved point, rugose. 



Pale Molet. %.. May— July. Sand-hills of middle Georgia. 2-3feet. 



3. P. V'lr.r.ATA. Stem vir^aVe, somewhat branched, slighdv pubescent, 



Tate, runaie, with setaceous stipules. Flowers 

 .' < axillary, nut as long as the leaves. Brads ob- 

 i wiih giandj", lower segment a little the longest. Corolla 

 ihan the calyx. lAfium 1-seeded. 

 Paie violet. % Near St. Marys, Geo. 2 feet. 



4. P. MELit-oTOiDEs. .9/*m diffuse, slightly pube.'^cen', branching. Leavet 

 tcrnate. /^"y^'< nblong-lanceolate, dotted wnh glands. FUu^rs in oblong 

 spike*, with bru picuou.^ colored, cad icoua bracteas. Spikrs axillary 

 and I'TiiiiTiL ' nry, purplish, glandular. Keel small. Legume }n\k- 

 croi; . ' _ -. , 1-M>eded. 



1 . Mav — June. Very common in middle and upper Care* 



lioa aad Georgia. 2 lect. 



