LEGUMINOSiE. CLV. Desmodium. 



291 



i 



according to Ell. sketch. 2. p. 211. but the leaflets are said to be 



not half the size, and blunter. 



. Glabrous Desmodium. Fl. July, Sept. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



43 D. ROTUNDiFOLiUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem pros- 

 trate, hairy ; leaflets orbicular, pilose on both surfaces : stipulas 

 roundish-cordate, reflexcd ; racemes axillary, and forming a ter- 

 S5 D. panicula'tum (D, C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem erect, minal few-flowered panicle ; bracteas cordate ; joints of lef^ume 

 glabrous ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, glabrous ; stipu- rather rhomboid, reticulated, and scabrous. 1/ . H. Native 

 las subulate; panicle terminal; joints of legume 4, rhomboid, 



Native from New York to Carolina, in 



pubescent 

 dry woods. 

 t. 432. f. 6. 



If. H. 



Hedys. paniculatum, Lin. spec. 1056. — Pluk. aim. 



Flowers small, pale purple. 

 PaN?Werf-flowered Desmodium. Fl.July. Clt. 1781. PI. 2 ft. 

 36 D. sTRi'cTUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 329.) stem straight, erect^ 

 glabrous, simple; leaflets linear-elliptic, glabrous, reticulately 



from Pennsylvania to Carolina, in dry rocky places. Hedys. 

 rotundifolium, Michx. 1. c. Pursh, 1. c. but notof Vahl. Hedys. 

 canescens, Willd. ex Ell. Flowers purple. 



Round-leafletted Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt, 1733. 

 PL prostrate. 



•j* North American species not sufficiently known. 



veined, glaucous beneath; stipulas subulate; panicle terminal, 44 D. peduncula'tum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 33S.) stem herba- 



pedunculate, few-flowered; joints of incurved legume somewhat 

 lunately triangular, hispid. % . H. Native of woods, in New 



ceous, erect ; leaflets ovate at the base, and acuminated at tlie 

 apex, smooth, middle one longer than the petiole ; racemes axil- 



F. 



gen. amer. 2. p. 109. Flowers purple. 

 Straight Desmodium. 



long. 



%• 



Native of South Carolina. 



Jersey. Hedys. hirtum^ Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 483. Nutt. lary, erect, very 



Hedys. pedunculatum, Mill, dict.no. 17. Flowers pale yellow. 

 Pcdxincled Desmodium. PI. 1 foot. 



PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



) 



45 D. grandifl6rum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) leaflets oval, 



pie, pubescent, leafy at the apex; leaves on long footstalks ; veiny, smooth on both surfaces ; racemes axillary, erect; flowers 

 Jeafiets ample, ovate, long-acuminated, rather pilose on both sur- large ; legumes pendulous, many-jointed. — Native of Carolina, 

 faces, the terminal one roundish-ovate ; panicle terminal, on a 

 long peduncle; pedicels rather pilose ; joints of stipitate legume 

 S, bluntly triangular, pubescent. 7/. H. Native from New 



t-ngland to Carolina, and Upper Canada at Lake Huron. Hedys. , 



acuminatum, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 72. Pursh, 1. c. Hedys. Hedys. repens, Lin. spec. 1056. 

 'glutinosum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 198. Pursh, 1. c. ex Nutt. 1. c. ' " " " 



Hedys. grandiflorum, Walt. car. 185. but not of Pall. 



Great-Jlowered Desmodium. PI. 2 feet. 



46 D. reVens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 338.) stems procumbent ; 

 leaflets obcordate : racemes lateral. %,\\. Native of Virginia. 



Dill. hort. elth. 172. t. 142. 



Flowers purple. 



^cumfwa/eJ-leafletted Desmodium. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1805. 

 PKl to 2 feet. ^ ^ 



38 D. NUDiFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem erect, simple, 

 smoothish; leaflets broad-oval, acuminated; scape panicled, 

 glabrous, radical, higher than the leaf-bearing stems ; joints of 

 legume roundish-triangular, smoothish. 11. H. Native from 

 New England to Caroli 

 and in waste fields. 



f. 9. ex Lin. but Dillenius's plant is a native of the East Indies, 

 Creeping Desmodium. PI. creeping. 



« « 



Mexican s2oecies. 



ma, and in Canada about Quebec, in woods 

 Hedys. nudiflorum, Lin. spec. 1056. Ell. 

 Flowers purple. 

 ';'^''Sf 'flowered Desmodium. FL Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. PL 1 ft. 

 39 D, PAuciFLORUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem decumbent, 



^ery humble and filiform ; leaves on very Ions petioles ; leaflets 

 oroad-ovnfA o/.,,v^:«„^„j .n- . i .,i % ^A .- ' i 



47 D. Alama'ni (D, C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem erect, angular, 

 smoothish, branched ; leaflets ovate, acute, hardly pubescent ; 

 stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, spreadingly reflexed ; racemes 

 terminal; pedicels twin ; bracteas lanceolate, acuminated, deci- 



sketch. 2. p, 209. 



duous ; lower segment of the calyx elongated, 

 of Mexico. 



U. G. 



"Toaa-ovate, acuminated, ciliated with pubescence ; stipulas 

 oiete; racemes terminal, pedunculate, few-flowered, hardly 



ob- 



<^eeding the leaves. 



tuclc " A ^ ^* ^" Native of the woods of Ohio, Ken- 



_ CKy, and Tennessee. Hedys. pauciflorum, Nutt. gen. amer. 



Flowers small, white. 

 ^eiV'Jlowered 



decumbent. 



2. p. 109. 



Native 

 Hedys. geminiflurum, and perhaps Hedys. mucro- 

 natum, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Hedys. Alamanl, 

 Spreng. syst. append, p. 291. Flowers purple. Young legume 

 4-5-jointed, rather hoary. 



Alaman^s Desmodium. PL 1 to 3 feet. 



48 D. STIPULACEUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem erect, 

 branched, pilose ; leaflets ovate, rather obtuse ; stipulas hori- 

 zontal, obliquely ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated ; stipels 

 large; racemes terminal, somewhat panicled. If . G. Native 



of Mexico, on the mountains. 



Moc 



nated. 



Stiff H^ 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. PL Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. Flowers purple. 



Large'Stijyuled Desmodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PL 



1 to 2 feet. 



49 D. infra'ctum (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem nearly 



erect, rather angular, bent at the leaves; leaflets ovate, acute, 

 ^^•^^H. Native of Carolina. Hedys. rigidum, Ell. puberulous as well as the petioles and peduncles; stipulas 



racemes axillary, simple; joints of legume 2, 



G. 



hrtnh^A^^^^^^^ ^^- ^- P''^^- ^- P* ^30.) Stem erect, much 

 pub ^^"^^".tose ; leaflets oblong-ovate, obtuse, reticulated, 



Lf/i^^^'^^ ' P^"^cl^ branched ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 



ovate, acute 



cent 



1/ . ? F. Native of Carolina, 



nt . ?' J^^MBiFoLiUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) plant pubes- 

 leaflets rhomboid, obtuse, thickish, reticulately wrinkled ; 



nrK^'i ^^"^pOUnd ; bracteas small • imnt« nf IpmimP 1--.-?. almn^f 



near'l''' 7''"^ ""^ pubescent. 



Flowm uM ^^^^^* rhombifoTium, Ell. sketch. 2. p. 215. 



* " " stem creepmg, green, 



smooihih- "" """"^"' sessue ; leaflets nearly orbicular, 



'enticuW l^^^"^^^ ^^^"gated, few -flowered; joints of legume 



»•• - **• 2/« H. Nati'vp of Carolina. Hedys. line^tum. 



semi-orbicular, glabrous. % 



Native of Mexico, on the 



'^^o^ieajietted Desmodium. PL 



^d lined •"'if'^'^ ^?' ^- P^^^' ^- P- ^^^•) 

 stnoAfl ?' ^^^^^^ a^"«ost sessile; leafle 



mountains. Hedys. biarticulatum, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. 

 ined. but not of Lin. Hedys. infractum, Spreng. syst. append, 

 290. Flowers violaceous. 



Bent'Stexnmed Desmodium. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



50 D. apari NEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 330.) stem erect, rough 

 from crowded hairs, which are hooked at the apex ; leaflets 

 oblong, rather pilose, painted with white above and pale beneath ; 

 racemes terminal. 11 . G. Native of Mexico, lledys. Apa- 



W 



Leaflets 



^^'l^^' fl.' bor. 



LinrnV r"" ^^^^- ^' P* 72. but not of Lin. Flowers purple. 

 '"^o'erf-stemmedDesmodium. PL creeping, . 



H.G. 



rines, Link. enum. 2. p. 247. Hedys. raraosum, ] 

 13789. ex Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 586. 

 sometimes roundish. Flowers purple. 



Cleaver Desmodium. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1823. Tl. 1 to 2 ft. 



51 D. ciNE'REUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 830.) branches clothed 

 p p 2 



