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DtADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
INDIGOFERA. 
Calyx patens. Co - 
rollce carina utrinque 
calcari subulato patu- 
lo. Legumen lineare, 
parvulum, subquad- 
rangulare. 
1. C 
AROLINJANA. 
Calyx expanding. 
Corolla with the keel 
bearing a subulate 
spur on each side. 
Pod linear, small, 
somewhat angular. 
Walt. 
I. foliis pinnatis ; 
foliolis ovalibus obo- 
vatisque ; spicis folio 
longioribus; legumin- 
ibus dispermis, reticu- 
lato venosis. 
Leaves pinnate, leaf- 
lets oval and ob ovate; 
spikes longer than the 
leaves; pods two seed- 
ed, reticulate, veiny. 
Walt. p. 187. Mich. 2. p. 68. Pursh. 2. p. 448. Nutt. 2 p. 119. 
Root perennial. Stem erect 3 — 7 feet high, branching, striate, glabrous, 
the young branches sprinkled with hair. Leaves unequally pinnate. 
Leaflets about 6 pair, entire, mucronate, a little hairy, slightly glaucous un- 
derneath. Stipules 2 at the base of each petiole. Flowers subulate, ve- 
ry short, in simple axillary spikes or racemes twice as long as the leaves; 
common peduncle 5 — 6 inches long, partial peduncle 2 lines long, a 
small subulate bractea at the base of each partial pedtmcle. Calyx cam- 
panulate, pubescent, 5-toothed, teeth small. Corolla longer than the ca- 
lyx, brown ; vexillum a little hairy on the out side; keel longer than the 
vexillum, with a subulate spur on each side, near the base. Segments of 
the staminiferous tube very short, unequal. Anthers oblong. Stigma cap- 
itate. Pod short, a little turgid, mucronate, glabrous, seed reniform. 
Grows in dry poor soils. 
Flowers July and September. 
TEPHROSIA. 
Calycis dentibus 
subulatis, subaequali- 
bus. Stamina mona- 
delpha? Legumen 
compressum, subcori- 
aceum. 
Teeth of the calyx 
subulate, nearly equal. 
Stamens monadel- 
phous? Pod compres- 
sed, coriaceous. 
