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* HOSACKIA. stolonifera. 
Creeping-rooted Hosackia. 
DIA DELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. FaBacex or LEGUMINOSE, $ PAPILIONACER: 
HOSACKIA. Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1257. 
H. stolonifera; stipulis ovatis herbaceis, foliis septemjugis : foliolis ovatis ob- 
longisve mucronulatis, umbellis multifloris capitatis, pedunculis infra umbel- 
lam folio simplici vel trifoliolato bracteatis, calycinis dentibus brevissimis. 
A stoloniferous, hardy, herbaceous plant. Stems about 
3 feet high, taper, smooth. Leaves pinnate with an odd 
oné; the leaflets in about seven pairs, opposite or alternate, 
ovate or oval, mucronulate, when ‘young finely downy, 
when full grown naked ; stipules herbaceous, ovate, acute. 
Peduneles axillary, erect, shorter than the leaves, with a 
simple or 3-foliate bract below the umbel. Umbels capitate, 
“many-flowered, nodding. Calyx tubular, smooth, shortly 
5-toothed, contracted at the basé, slightly downy at the 
edge. Petals greenish, with chocolate-coloured middles ; 
their stalks distinctly longer than the calyx: that of the 
vexillum standing apart from the others. Stamens nearly 
equal ; the. tenth almost adherent to, the others. Ovary 
linear, many-seeded, smooth. Style smooth ; stigma capitate. 
Legumes in nodding umbels, about two inches long, taper, 
smooth, mucronate; witha succulent lining which separates 
| thé seeds from each other before ripeness, drying up after- 
wards, Seeds oblong, brownish; mottled with a darker 
colour. Embryo sometimes with THREE COTYLEDONS. 
* See folio 1257. 
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