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subulatis 2—5 mm longis et petiolo supra sulcato adpresse vel subadpresse 

 piloso 0,2 — 1,5, rarius ad 3 cm longo et rhachi 0,2 — 1 cm longa praedita. 

 Foliola oblonga vel ovali-elliptica vel obovata basi rotundata vel leviter an- 

 gustata apice obtusa vel retusa brevissime mucronata, supra breviter spar- 

 seque subtus densius pilosa, supra demum glabrata, nervis secundariis 

 utrinque leviter prominulis, terminale plerumque ad 2 cm, rarius ad 3 cm 

 longum et ad 1 cm, rarius ad 1,5 cm latum, lateralia paullo minora. Race mi 

 florum perfectorum axillares singuli vel bini filiformes longe pedunculati 

 persparse adpresse pilosi vel glabri, nunquam patenter pilosi, a ramo pa- 

 tentes, interrupti floribus geminatis 4 — 6-, rarius ad 8-flori, cum pedunculo 

 ad 7 cm longi; bracteae primariae ovato-lanceolatae ± 1 mm, secundariae lan- 

 ceolatae ± 1,25 mm longae subglabrae sparse ciliolatae; pedicelli adpresse 

 pilosi bracteas 1 j / 2 — 2-plo superantes calycibus breviores ad 2,5 mm longi; 

 bracteolae ± 1,7 mm longae lanceolatae. Calyx 3,5 — 5 mm longus adpresse 

 pilosus profunde fissus, tubo ad 1,5 mm, laciniis anguste lanceolatis acutis 

 2,5 — 4 mm longis, posticis ad dimidium connatis. Corolla calycem duplo 

 fere superans violacea petalis aequilongis alis carinam non superantibus, 

 vexillo orbiculari-obovato leviter emarginato et apiculato vix vel non appen- 

 dicular ad 7 mm longo et lato, i mm-unguiculato, alis ad 7 mm longis 

 et ad 2 mm latis obtusis, 2 mm-unguiculatis, carina oblique obovata ad 

 7 mm longa et ad 2,8 mm lata, 2 mm-unguiculata. Legumen leviter oblique 



obovatum breviter incluso-stipitatum subabrupte in mucronem dz 0,5 mm 

 longum attenuatum distincte elevato-reticulatum brevissime sparseque ad- 

 presse pilosum calycem duplo et staminum columnam superans ± 6 mm 

 longum et ± 3 mm latum. Flores apetali nunc in foliorum axillis subses- 

 siles nunc sicut perfecti in racemos collecti subsessiles, calyce valde reducto; 

 legumen sessile ovatum abrupte in apiculum attenuatum 4 — 5 mm longum 

 et 3 — 3,3 mm latum. 



Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika, Mexico auf Brachland, 



Wiesen und in lichten Geholzen. 



Ost-Staaten: New York: (Gray!, Jacqubmont!, herb. Sprengbl!), 

 Monmoth Co. (Knibskern !) ; New Jersey: (Torrey! s. n. L. procambentis } 

 Townsend!, Tuckbrman!); Pennsylvania: (Beyrich n. 33!), W. Chester 

 (Darlington!), Pittsburg (Un. itin. 1832!), Lancaster Co. (Heller!); Ohio: 

 (Macnab!), Dayton (Werthner!); Delaware: (Canby!, Mohr!, Nuttall!); 

 Maryland: (Krieg!, Prescott n. 308!); Virginia: (Clayton n. 85! 

 Original der Art!), Washington (Steele!), Norfolk (Rugel!), Bedford Co. 

 (Gurtiss!); Kentucky: Olympian Springs (Peter!), Lexington (Peter!), 

 Red River (Griswold!), Harlan Co., Pine ML (Kearney n. 135!); Nord- 

 Carolina: Biltmore (Biltmore Herb. n. 590a!); Tennessee: Chilhowee ML 

 (Curtiss n. 635!); Georgia: (Harper n. 1661!), in fruticetis graminosisque 

 (Beyrich n. 167!)', Dekall Co., Stone ML (Smith n. 2365!, 2390!), Coffee 

 c o., Sandhills of Seventeen-mile Creek (Harper n. 1450!); Golf-Staaten: 



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