92 LliCi U.MINOS.*:. ( PULSE FAMILY.) 



wrinkled, 1 -seeded, indehiscent, ineludcd in the ealyx. — Perennial usually 

 glandular herbs. Stipules cohering with the petioles. Flowers axillary or ter- 

 minal, purplish or white, raeemose or spiked. 



* Leaves 1 - 3- folio/ate. 



1. P. virgata, Nutt. Smoothish; stem virgate, sparingly branched ; leaves 

 very remote, 1- (or the lowest 2-3-) foliolate ; leaflets linear or oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, the lower ones broader and long-petioled ; stipules setaceous; peduncles 

 much shorter than the leaves ; spikes dense, cylindrical ; bracts ovate, acumi- 

 nate, and, like the calyx, glandular and hairy ; corolla violet. — Near St. Mary's, 

 Georgia, and the adjacent parts of Florida. July. — Stem 2° high. Leaflets 

 2'-V long. 



2. P. melilotoides, Michx. Glandular and sparingly pubescent; leaves 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate or elliptical ; stipules subulate; spikes ob- 

 long, on peduncle! 2-3 times as long as the leaves; bracts ovate, acuminate, 

 veiny; corolla violet ; legume rugose. — Var. 1. (P. eglandulosa, Ell.) Gland- 

 less or nearly so ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, and, like the calyx, villous. — Dry soil, 

 Florida to Tennessee, and westward. May and June. — Stem l°-2° high. 

 Leaflets l'-2' long. 



3. P. Onobrychis, Nutt. Pubescent ; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, 

 acuminate ; racemes elongated, somewhat sccund ; calyx glandular, the teeth 

 small, obtuse, equal ; legume ovate, muricatc, wrinkled transversely. — Near 

 Spartanburg, South Carolina. June and July. — Stem 3° -5° high. Leaves 

 very large. 



4. P. canescens, Michx. Hoary-pubescent ; lower leaves trifoliolate, the 

 upper simple, short-pctioled ; leaflets obovate, glandular ; racemes longer than 

 the leaves, few-flowered ; calyx inflated ; flowers blue, turning greenish ; legume 

 even. — Dry pine barrens, Florida to North Carolina. April and May. — Stem 

 busby, 2° high. Resembles a Baptisia. 



* * Leaves pahnately ft-* -foliolate. 



5. P. Lupinellus, Michx. Smooth; stem slender, declining, sparingly 

 branched ; leaflets filiform ; racemes longer than the leaves, loose-flowered ; 

 flowers violet ; legumes rugose. (P. Floridana, SkuttL) — Dry pine ban-ens, Flor- 

 ida to North Carolina. May and June. — Stem 2° long. Leaflets 2' -3' long. 



0. P. Sllbacaulis, Torr. & Gray. Nearly stcmless ; peduncles, petioles, 



and calyx white with spreading hairs ; leaves 7-foliolatc. long-pctioled ; leaflets 



olK>vate-oblong, smoothish above, fringed on the margins and midrib beneath ; 



peduncles longer than the leaves, rigid; spikes dense, ovate or oblong; bracts 



ovate, acuminate ; calyx-teeth obtuse. — Rocky hills, near Nashville, Tennessee. 



April and May. — Leaflets 1' long. Peduncles 4' - 6' long. Flowers numerous, 



purple. 



* * * leaves jtinnate. 



7. P. multijuga, E1L Stem branching ; leaflets numerous (9- 10 pairs), 



oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, pubescent ; spikes oblong ; bracts small, membrana- 



ceooa, without glands. — Abbeville District, South Carolina. — Stem l°-2° high. 



Leaflets 6mall. Bracts half as long as the calvx. Flowers violet. 



