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T. leptostachya, DC. Stem erect, branching, slightly pubescent ; 

 leaflets 8- 12, wedge-oblong, when young silky beneath ; stipules subulate ; 

 racemes long and slender; flowers disiant, purple; legume erect. — Sand- 

 hills at Cape Canaveral (Curtiss). July. — Stem l°-2° high. 



INDIGOFERA, L. 



I. SUbulata, Vahl. Somewhat shrubby, sparsely pubescent with ap- 

 pressed hairs ; stem filiform, decumbent ; leaves distant ; leaflets 5, oblong, 

 mucronate ; racemes loosely many-flowered, in fruit many times longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legume filiform, reflexed, nearly terete, 

 G-8-seeded. — Miami, South Florida ( (Javier). — Stem 2' -3' long. Legume 

 2' -3' long. 



ASTRAGALUS, L. 



A. caryocarpus, Ker. Stems prostrate or ascending, appressed-pubes 

 cent ; leaflets 16-24, oblong; stipules ovate ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; 

 racemes rather loosely flowered ; the flowers violet-purple ; legume ovate, 

 acute, smooth, thick and succulent, corky when dry. — Near Nashville, Ten- 

 nessee {Dr. Gattinger), and westward. 



Daubentoxia pdnicea, DC, a Brazilian shrub, with showy bright-red 

 flowers and 4-winged legumes, was introduced into the gardens of Apalachi- 

 cola many years ago, and is now permanently established in the lower part 

 of the city. 



VICIA, Tourn. 



V. Ludoviciana, Nutt. Smoothish ; leaflets 10-15, elliptical, rounded 

 or emnrginate at the tip ; peduncles mostly 2-flowered, flowers small, pale 

 blue ; calyx hairy ; legume broadly sabre-shaped, 5-6-seeded. — New Orleans 

 ( Carpenter). — Stem stout, 2° - 3° long. Leaflets 6" - 8" long. Peduncles in 

 fruit longer than the leaves. 



V. Floridana, Watson. Leaflets oblong or obovate, mucronate, thin 

 (|' long); flowers smaller; legume short (£' long), nearly oval, pointed, 

 2-4-seeded; otherwise like V. acntifolia. — Low hummocks, East Florida 

 {Garber, Curtiss). 



LESPEDEZA, Michx. 



L. striata, Hook. & Arnott. Annual, erect or prostrate, appressed-pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets oblong-obovate ; stipules thin, strongly veined, twice as long as 

 the petioles, persistent; racemes shorter than the leaves, 1 - 5-flowered ; 

 calyx veiny, the ovate teeth shorter than the round ovate reticulate legume ; 

 flowers purple. — Fields and waste ground. Introduced from Asia. — Stems 

 C-12' long. 



DESMODIUM, DC. 



D. triflorum, DC. Creeping, puhescent; leaflets obcardate ; peduncles 

 axillary, single, or 2 - 3 together, 1-flowered ; legume curved, 3-4-jointed. — 

 Manatee, South Florida. — Stem G'-12' long. 



