DIADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
L PENTANDRIA. 
557. PETALOSTEMUM. Mich, fl. amer. 2. p.48. 
Dalea. Juss. gen.pl.392. : 
1. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis fore longioribus, 
calycibus glabris, foliis trijugis lanceolatis.— Mich. fl. 
amer. 2. p. A9. ; d: 
Dalea candida. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1337. > s 
Icon. Mich. l. c. t. 37. f. 1. 
In Tennassee, Illinois, and on the banks of the Missouri. 
X. July, Aug. v.s. in Herb. Lewis. &c. Flowers 
- white. . 
2. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis subulatis longi- 
tudine calycis, bracteolis setaceis persistentibus, caly- 
cibus glabri foliolis lanceolatis.— Mich. fl. amer. 2. 
p. 49. 
In pine-barreus of Georgia and Florida. 2. July, Aug. 
v. s. in Herb. Enslen, &c, 
3. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis calycem sub- 
"&quantibus, bracteolis spathulatis deciduis, calycibus 
sericeis, foliis bijugis linearibus.— Mich, fl. amer. 2. 
p. 50. 
Dalea violacea. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1337. 
. Icon. Mich. l.c. t. 37. f. 2. . 
In Tennassee, Illinois, and on the banks of the Missouri. 
X. July—Sept. v.v. A beautiful plant; the close 
spikes are of a delicate rose-purple. 
4. P. spicis cylindricis pedunculatis terminalibus, bracteis 
calyce brevioribus, calycibus villosis, foliis sub-10- 
jugis ellipticis retusis mucronatis. 
-Dalea alopecuroides. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1336. 
_ In Georgia and Florida. X. July, Aug. v. s. in Herb, 
Enslen. Flowers pale blue, ' 
5. P. capitulis squamoso-involucratis, pedunculis paniculato- 
- -corymbosis, calycibus plumosis, foliolis linearibus mu- 
ticis.— Mich. fl. amer. 3. p. 50. 
Dalea Kuhbnistera. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1337. 
Kuhnistéra carolinensis. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 371. 
Kuhniz affinis pinnata. Walt. ft. car. 103. 
In pine-barrens of Carolina and Georgia. 2/. June— 
461 ` 
candidum, 
carneum. 
violaceum. , 
alopecuroi- 
deum, 
corymbosum, 
