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Galactia (from the Greek, milk; some species said to yield a milky juice, which is improbable). Leguminosae. Prostrate or twining, perennial herbs or shrubs, mostly of the warm regions of America, only seldom cultivated.

Plants usually with pinnately 3-9-foliate lvs., and axillary, interrupted racemes of perfect, more or less perigynous fls.: calyx short, 4-lobed, bracted; corolla papilionaceous; standard broad; stamens 10, diadelphous; ovary 1, superior, l-celled, with many ovules; style beardless: fr. a linear, straight or slightly curved legume. Cleistogamous fls. sometimes produced.—There are many species, but of very little horticultural value. The two following have been advertised in the past but are probably not now on the market.

Galactia regularis, BSP. (G. glabella, Michx.). Lvs. with 3 lfts.: panicles mainly shorter than the lvs.: lfts. elliptical, often notched at the tip, 1-2 in. long, glabrous: corolla violet-purple. Dry sandy soil, N. Y. to Fla. and Miss. B.B. 2:335.

Galactia elliottii, Nutt. Lvs. with 7-9 lfts.: panicles longer than the lvs.: lfts. elliptic-oblong, notched, pubescent beneath, ½ - 1 ¼ in. long: corolla white tinged with red. Dry sandy soil, S. C. to Fla., along the coast.

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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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