LEGCMINOSjE. (pulse family.) 10o 



equal; legume scymitar-shaped, acute. — South Florida. — Stem 2° -3° long. 

 Leaflets U'- 2' long. Racemes 1'- 2' long. Flowers small. Legume 1'- l£' 

 long, tapering at the base. 



*- ■*- Calyx 4-parted, nearly as long as the corolla, the lobes linear or lanceolate, 

 nearly equal : stems twining or erect. 



4. R. menispermoidea, DC. Stems several from one root, prostrate 

 or twining, downy ; stipules ovate-lanceolate ; leaflets solitary, reniform, tomen- 

 tose ; peduncles rarely 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. — Charlotte Harbor, South 

 Florida, Blodgett. — Stems 2° -3° long. Leaflets l'-2' in diameter. 



5. R. tomeiltosa, Torr. & Gray. Leaflets 1 or 3, roundish or ovate ; ra- 

 cemes dense-flowered ; legume oblong. 



Var. monophylla, Torr. & Gray. Pubescent ; stem low (3'-f/), erect ; 

 leaflets mostly solitary, reniform or orbicular ; racemes very short, the upper- 

 most clustered. (Glycine simplicifolia, Ell.) 



Var. erecta, Torr. & Gray. Velvety; stem erect (l°-l|-°); leaflets 3, 

 oblong or roundish, sometimes acute ; racemes many-flowered, the terminal one 

 often elongated. (G. erecta and G. mollissima, Eli.) 



Var. VOlubilis, Torr. & Gray. Hairy ; stem twining, angled ; lowest leaves 

 simple, the upper ones trifoliolate ; leaflets 3, roundish or ovate, often angular 

 on the margins ; racemes very short, few-flowered. (G. tomentosa, Ed.) 



Dry sandy soil, Florida to North Carolina, and west to Mississippi. June - 

 August. 



* * Stem tall, erect, with long virgate branches : flowers solitary or by pairs, in the 

 axils of the upper leaves : calyx deeply A-cJeft, shorter than the corolla. 



6. R. galactoides. Stem bushy, purplish, closely pubescent ; leaves 

 very small, almost sessile ; leaflets 3, oval or obovatc, rigid, reticulate, pubes- 

 cent ; flowers mostly longer than the leaves, yellow, the vcxillum reddish exter- 

 nally ; legume oblong, 2-seeded. (Pitcheria galactoides, Nutt.) — Dry sand 

 ridges, Florida and Alabama. June. — Stem 2° - 4° high. Leaflets 3"- 9" 

 long. Legume %' long. 



27. APIOS, Boerh. 



Calyx somewhat 2-lipped ; the lateral teeth nearly obsolete, the lowest one 

 longest. Vexillum very broad, reflexed ; the keel at length twisted. Stamens 

 diadelphous (9 & 1). Legume nearly terete, many-seeded. — A smooth peren- 

 nial twining herb, with unequally pinnate leaves, and brownish-purple flowers in 

 dense axillary racemes. 



1 A. tllberosa, Moench. — Swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and north- 

 ward. July and August. — Root bearing small edible tubers. Stem twining 

 high. Leaflets 5-7, ovate or ovate-lanceolate. Racemes often by pairs, shorter 

 than the leaves. Seeds black, separated by loose cellular tissue. 



