DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, Trifolium. 
T. strepens. Crantz. ft. austr. 411. n. 8. 
Icon. Fi. dan. 558. 
In meadows: Pensylvania to Virginia. ©. June— Aug. 
v.v. Flowers small, yellow, 
9. T. procumbens ; caule piloso; foliolis obovatis sube- 
marginatis glabris, stipulis brevibus lanceolatis acutis, 
spicis ovalibus imbricatis, vexillis deflexis persistenti- 
bus sulcatis.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1383. 
Icon. Fl. dan. 796. & 
On dry gravelly soil : Pensylvania to Virginia. ©. June 
= —AÀug. v.v. Flowers yellow, resembling those of 
the foregoing species. 
577. LUPINASTER. Meench. meth, suppl. p. 50. 
Pentaphyllon. Pers. syn. 2. p.352. 
1. L. foliolis novenis oblanceolatis, petiolis longissimis, sti- 
pulis cuneatis inciso-3-dentatis, calycinis dentibus fili. 
formibus plumosis. 
At the head-waters of the Missouri, M. Lewis. Y. 
| April, May. v. s. in Herb, Lewis. Flowers yellowish- 
white, witha pale purple carina, very handsome and 
showy: the flower-heads sometimes grow to an ex- 
tremely large size. 
Caules plures, simplices, angulosi, pilosi. Folia petiolata, 
suprema opposita, novena. Fo/iola inzequalia, cuneato- 
lanceolata, inaequaliter. mucronato-denticulata, supra 
glabra, subtus pilosa, lineato-venosa, uncialia. - Pe- 
tioli inferiores longi, subteretes, Stipule inferiores pe- 
tiolo adnatæ, superiores liberæ, cuneato-oblongæ, 
apice inciso-3-dentatæ, margine serrulatæ, consistentia 
et pubescentia foliorum. Capitulum speciosam; dimi- 
diatum. Flores lutescentes, carina purpurascente. Cal, 
campanulatus, subaequaliter 5-dentatus, villosissimus : 
dentibus subulatis piloso-plumosis corollam subæ- 
quantibus. Corolle: Vexitlum magnum, oblongo-lan. 
ceolatum, acutum, caeteras partes fructificationis in- 
volvens. Ale carine adnate, lineares. Carina un- 
cinata, sem hr vexillo vix breviore, Filamenta 10. 
diadelpha : L. liberum, reliqua superne libera, inferne 
monadelpha, carina adnata. Germen oblongum, gla- 
brum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simples, hirsutum. 
a  Legumen 3-4-spermum, inflatum, calyce longius. 
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procumbens. 
macrocepha- 
lus. 
