112 LBGUMINOSJE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



ducous, or the lower ones larger and persistent; racemes numerous, short, few- 

 d, BOmewfaat leafy at the base ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, persistent ; 

 a -iii;ill, on long 2-bracted pedicels ; ovary villous ; legume small, ovoid, 

 (•lender-pointed. — Dry sandy soil, Florida and the southern parts of Georgia. 

 May and June. — Stem 2° high. Leaflets 1' long. Plant unchanged in 

 drying. 



10. B. Serenae, M. A. Curtis. Very smooth, branching; leaves petioled ; 

 leaflets oblong-obovate, enneate ; flowers in a long loose central raceme, and in 

 short racemes terminating the branches ; pedicels longer than the calyx in fruit ; 

 segments of the calyx villous on the inside ; legume oblong, inflated, the stipe 

 longer than the calyx. — Society Hill, South Carolina, Curtis. May and June. 

 — Stem diffusely branched, 1° -2° high. Leaflets 1' long. Legume 8" long. 



I to No. 7 and No. 11. Plant unchanged in drying. 



•*- ■*- Flowers tchite. 



11. B. alba, R Brown. Smooth and glaucous; branches slender, flexu 

 OBS, horizontal; leaves all distinctly petioled; leaflets thin, cuneate-laneeolate or 

 oblong, obtuse ; Stipules and bracts minute, caducous ; raceme usually solitary, 

 central, very long, those on the branches few-flowered ; legume cylindrical. — 

 Damp soil, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. April. — Stem 2° -3° 

 high, often purple. Leaflets I' long. Racemes l°-3°long. Corolla £' long. 

 Plant unchanged in drying. 



12. B. leucantha, Torr. & Gray. Smooth and glaucous ; branches 

 spreading, leaves short-petioled ; leaflets oblong and obovate, obtuse ; stipules 

 lanceolate, as long as the petioles, deciduous ; racemes central, and terminating 

 the branches, long, many-flowered ; ovary smooth ; legume large, oblong, much 

 inflated, long-stipitatc. — River-banks, Florida to South Carolina, and westward. 

 March and April. — A stouter plant than the preceding, with larger leaves and 

 flowers, changing blackish in drying. Legumes U' long. 



13. B. leucophsea, Nutt Hairy or smoothish ; stem stout, angled ; 

 short-petioled ; ballets varying from oblanceolate to obovate, rigid, re- 

 ticulate, soon smooth above . Stipules and bracts leafy, ovate-lanceolate, per- 

 sistent ; racemes stout, declined, I -sided; flowers large, yellowish-white, on long 

 and slender erect pedicels ; ovary villous , legume ovoid, long pointed. (B. 

 bracteata, Muhl.) — Dry rich oak woods, Wrightsboro, Georgia, and westward 

 April — Stem low, with widely spreading branches. Racemes 4'-12' lon<;. 

 Flowers 1 ' long, the vcxilium spotted with brown. Plant turns black m drying. 



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14. B. australis, R. Brown Smooth : leaves all short-petioled ; leaflets 

 cuneate-obovatc ; stipules leafy, lanceolate, twice as long as the petioles ; ra- 



large, erect, many-flowered; flowers (indigo bine) very large; bracts 

 deciduous; legume oblong. (B. cjerulea, Mdt ) —Banks of rivers, Georgia 



i/'mi.s/. •. ami westward. Jan.' and July. — Stem 2° - 3° high. Flowers 1' or 

 n ,(,P : IBM V long. Plant unchanged in drying. 



