66 DICOTYLEDONOUS. 



5. P. Eglandulosa. Stem pubescent. Leaves trifoliate, leaflets oblong- 

 lanceolate. jFZoiuers in oblong spikes. Urac/* broad lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Calyx very villous. Legume nearly orbicular, with transveris wrinkles. Very 

 similar to the preceding. 



Purple. %.. May— June. Dry soils, 1-2 feet. 



6. P. MuLTiJCGA. Stem thick, glabrous, furrowed. Leaves pinnate, ir- 

 regular, 9-10 pairs. Leaflets oblong-lanceolate, hairy on the under surface, 

 sometimes pubescent on the upper. Flowers in oblong spikes. Bracts small. 

 Calyx with very lon^ teeth, villous on the margin. Legume 1-seeded. 



Violet. %. May — June. Middle and upper country. I found it near 

 GreenviUe, So. Ca. 10-20 inches. 



Ge.\us XXI. AMORPHA. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, persistent. VexiUiim ovate, 

 concave, unguiculate ; wings and keel wanting. Stamens 

 monadelphous. Style filiform. Legume falcate, rough or 

 tubercLilate with glands, 1-2-seeded. Shrubby or herbaceous 

 plants, with pinnate leaves, leaflets numerous, punctate. 

 Flowers in spiked racemes, numerous, pedicels articulated with 

 the flower. 



1. A. Fructicosa. a shrub ^ath pubescent branches. • Leaves alternater 

 petiolate, generally pinnate, leaflets oval, or eliptical-oblong, obtuse, petiolate. 

 Flowers in terminal racemes. Calyx turbinate, pubescent. Vexillum emar- 

 ginate, obovate, twice the length of the calyx. Style hairy. Legume 2-seeded.. 



Dark purple. T^. On the margin of rivers in the low country. 6—16 ft, 



2. A. PuBESCENS. A small shrub, pubescent, slightly muricate. Leaves 

 equally pinnate, many pairs, 20-24. Leaflets e\\\i\.\cd\, petiolate, mucronate, 

 very pubescent. Flowers in long panicled spikes. Teeth of the calyx nearly 

 equal, purple. Vexillum ob-cordate, longer than the calyx. 



White. h« June — July. Damp soils. 2-4 feet. 



3. A. Canescens. Stem suffructicose, softly canescent. Leaves numerous 

 and crowded, 15--34 pairs of leaflets, closely arranged, ovate-eliptical, mucro- 

 nate, small. Flowers in paniculate-spikes,fsessile, terminal. Vexillum netxv 

 \y orbicular, tapering slightly at the base. Legume 1-seeded. 



Lead Plants 

 Blue. T^. July — Aug. Banks of streams, middle Georgia. 1--3 feet. 



4. A. Caroliniana. A small shrub, nearly alabrous. Leaflets oblong or 

 eUptical petiolate, dotted, the lowest pair approximated to the stem. Flow- 

 ers on very short pedicels. C«Zj/x with short teeth, the two upper obtuse, the 

 three lower longer or nearly equal, villous on the margin. Style hairy to- 

 wards the base. 



Dark blue. T^. July. Near Wilmington and Newbern. Curtis ^ 

 Croom. 4-5 feet. 



Genu.1 XXII. DALEA. 



Calyx S-cleft, often glandular, with nearly equal segments. 

 Petals unguiculate, the keel and wing petals, united to the sta- 

 men tube. Vexillum inserted into the base of the calyx, short, 

 limb cordate. • Stamens monadelphous, the tube being 3-cIeft. 

 Ovary with two collateral ovules. Legume 1-seeded, inde- 

 hiscent. Leave* unequally pinnate. i^Zoi^'er* in dense spikes, 

 often capitate. 



1. D. Alopecuroides. Stem erect, glabrous, branched. Leaves numer- 



