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LEGUMINOS^. CLV. Desmodium. 



rica. Hedys. velutinum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1174. Flowers 

 small, violet. Perhaps a species of Urdria, 

 Velvety Desmodium. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



23 D. LATiFOLiUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 328.) stems shrubby, 

 terete, when young clothed with rufous velvety down, but at 

 length becoming smooth ; leaves broad, ovate, rather cordate, 

 mucronulate, and repand^ clothed with velvety villi on both 

 surfaces ; stipulas cordate at the base, cuspidate ; racemes ter- 

 minal and axillary ; legume hairy, with 3-5 semi-orbicular joints. 

 \ . S. Native of the East Indies and China. Hedys. latifo- 

 lium, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 57. Ker. bot. reg. .356. Horn. hort. 

 liafn. suppl. 152. Roth. nov. spec. 355.— Pluk. aim. 432. f. 3. ? 

 Flowers purple. 



Broad-leajletted Desmodimxn. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 3 ft. 



24 D. lasioca'rpum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 328.) villous in every 

 part ; stem shrubby, terete, when young clothed with rufous vel- 



^ 28 D. Maryla'ndicum (D. C. prod. 2, p. 328.) stem erect, 

 pilose, branched; leaflets oblong, villous beneath ; stipulas subu- 

 late ; racemes panicled ; joints of legume 3, rhomboid, reticu- 

 lated, and rather pilose. % • H. Native of North America, 

 from New York to Carolina. We have seen this plant growing 

 in great plenty in dry sandy woods near New York and in LontT 

 Island. Hedys. Marylandic 

 elth. t. 174. f. 171. 



vexillum having a green spot at the base. 



?c. 1055.— Dill, hort 

 Flowers pale purple, fading to blue, the 



Maryland 



FI. July, Oct. Clt. 1725. PL 2 feet. 



29 D. OBTu'suM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem erect, pubes 

 cent ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, somewhat cordate at the base ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolate-subulate ; panicle terminal ; joints of legume 

 semi-orbicular, reticulated, and hispid. 1^. H. Native from 

 Pennsylvania to Virginia, in woods and fields, and in dried up 

 marshes. Hedys. obtusum, Muhl. in Willd. Hedys. coriiceura, 



Innlnl 7"' ^ r"' '" *V ''^"^' ^'^\^ ' ^V^' ^'"°^'^' °^^*^- P^^*-- ^'^^- 6. p. 41 8. ? Flowers violaceous. 



vim oi hn.r.^I'rT" ' : r "?T^' t""-^^^ ^''^' ^t'^y Oi/«.e-leafletted Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1805, 



Vila on both surfaces; stipulas subulate, hairy ; racemes long, PI. 2 feet. 3> b 



spike-formed, terminal, and axillary, forming a panicle ; legumes 

 hispid, with 3-4 semi. orbicular joints. Tj . S. Native of Africa, 

 m the kingdoms of Waree and Benin, and plentiful in the island 

 of St. Thomas in the gulf of Guinea. Hedys. lasiocarpum, 

 Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 32. t. 18. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 15. Hedys. 

 deltoideum, Poir. suppl. 5. p. 15. Flowers small, red. 



Woolly-fruited Desmodium. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



2,^ D. £lVtum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 527.) 

 stem erect, shrubby, and is, as well as the petioles, clothed with 

 stiff hairs; leaves ovate, obtuse, pilose on both surfaces, very 

 soft beneath, and glaucescent ; racemes panicled : legumes hairy. 

 »? . S. Native of New Andalusia, near Caripe. Flowers purple. 

 Alhed to D. dq)era. 



Tall Desmodium. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



30 D. cilia're (D. C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem erect, rather 

 pilose, slender ; leaves approximate, on very short petioles ; leaf- 

 lets small, oval, obtuse ; stipulas subulate ; racemes axillary, 

 and terminal, panicled; joints of legume oval, hispid. %* H. 

 Native about New York and Philadelphia. Hedys. cili^re,Nutt. 

 gen. amer. 2. p, 109. Flowers small, violaceous. 



. Ciliated Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



31 D. viRipiFLORUM (D, C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem erect, 

 branched, pubescent ; leaflets ovate-oblong, scabrous beneath; 

 stipulas lanceolate, cuspidate; racemes panicled, bracteate; 

 joints of legume oval, rough. "1/ . H. Native from New Jersey 

 to Carolina, and of Upper Louisiana, in woods and in waste 

 fields. Hedys. viridiflorum, Lin. spec. 1055. but not of Burni. 



S2. Trifolii 

 foliate leaves). 

 the larsrest. 



trifoliate, the terminal leajli 



Pluk. aim. t. 308. f. 5. 

 becoming greenish. 



Greenish-Jlowerec 

 PI. 3 feet. 



length 

 Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1787. 



w - - ^ .„..., .,j o^^^cc* ^~ D- i.^viga'tum(D.C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem simple, erect, 



nhwh are very nearly allied to each other, hut which are very glabrous, and rather glaucous ; leaves quite glabrous, on long 



difficult to extricate, or to place into any kind ofordir, and there- -"'•-'- ' " ~ - - - ' -'-'" '"- 

 Jore they are here arranged geograjihically. 



• Boreali- Americana (the species contained in this division 



tis, Michx. jl 



482. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 108. 



Hedysa 



If.H. 



/ 



26 D. Canade nse (D. C. prod. 2. p. 328.) stem erect, rather 

 pilose and striated ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, smoothish ; sti- 

 pulas filiform ; racemes terminal ; joints of legume 4-5, oval, 

 bluntly triangular, hispid from short hairs. %. H. Native of 

 North America, in sandy fields and woods ; plentiful thro.icrhout 

 Canada. Hedys. Canadense, Lin. spec. 1 054. Hedys. scabrum. 

 MoDnch.-Corn. can. 45. with a figure.-Moris. oxon. sect. 2. t. 

 U.t. 9. Howers reddish purple, in simple or panicled, lateral 

 or terminal racemes. Bracteas lanceolate. 



Canadian Desmodium. Fl. Jid. Aug. Clt. 1640. PI. 4 to 6 ft 



«7 D.cANE'scrNs m C nrnl o^* . . *« \ * ^'- ^ *« ^ ft. glabrous, but with pubescent margins. %. H. 

 gular, ci ia^ed hLpd l"eafl*etrnv;f' ^' H '''™ erect aa- shady woods. Hedys. cuspidatum,^ AViUd. spec. 

 ^.7. _ '. V , .' , P''^ ' /^""^^.^ ovate-roundish, eanescent from Pursh. 1. c. R.\A d N„...li .. k. I^.^n. , v.riPt. 



petioles ; leaflets ovate, acute ; stipulas subulate ; panicle ter 

 minal ; flowers twin, on long pedicels ; bracteas ovate, acute, 

 „!-__.-.. .-^^^ ^^^ flower-buds ; lower segment of calyx elongated. 



Native of the State of New York, in woods. Hedys. 

 Isevig^tum, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 109. Flowers purple, be- 

 gume unknown. Allied to the following species. 



Smooth Desmodium. PI. 2 to 3 feet. , 



33 D. BRACTEosuM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem erect, gla- 

 brous ; leaflets oblong-oval, acuminated, glabrous ; stipulas su- 

 biilate; racemes terminal, few-flowered; bracteas ovate, 8^ 

 minated, striated, glabrous ; joiats of legume nearly oval. *• 

 H.. Native of Pennsylvania and the western parts of '^'"■g'"'J' 

 Hedys. bracteosum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 73. Pursb, »• 

 amer. sept. 2. p. 482. Flowers largish, purple. 



Far. (i, cuspidatum (D. C. 1. c.) leaves with scabrous n^'lS'^' 

 stipulas ovate-lanceolate ; joints of legume ovate, reticulate«^ 

 glabrous, but with pubescent margins. %.. H. ^^^"^'^.gg 



adpressed hairs beneath ; stipulas ovate ; racemes panicled • 

 bracteas cordate ; joints of legume ovate-triangular, hispid. 

 %.H. Nativ^ of V.rgmia and Carolina. Hedys. canescens, 

 Lin. spec. 10a k but not of Mill. Hedys. scaberrimum. Ell 

 sketch. 2 p. 217.?-Piuk. aim. t. 308. f. 5, Flowers pale 

 purple, raiddle-sized. '^ 



Far. (i, palcaceum (D. C. 1. c.) racemes almost simple. V H 

 Native of Virginia. Hedys. palekeum, Poir. diet. 6. p. 418 

 Canescent Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1 733. PL 3 to 4 ft 



Pursh, 1. c. Said by Nuttall to be hardly a variety of/?- f^'^' 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1806. ^ 



teosum. 



Desmod 



1 to 2 feet. , 



34 D. glabe'llum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 529) stem erect, p^^ 

 brous ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, rather glaucous beneath ; ^^'P^j 

 small, subulate ; panicle terminal ; joints of legume triangular 

 rhomboid. % . H. Native from Virginia to Carolina, m ^^o^ 

 and fields. Hedys. glabellum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2- V' 

 Flowers small, purple. Perhaps the same as D. paniciw 



