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comosa. 
erecta. 
reniformis. 
mollis, — 
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DIADELPRÍA DECANDRIA. Glycine. 
concavis, pedunculis radicalibus floribus apetalis fruc- 
tiferis.— Willd, sp. pl. 3. p. 1055. 
G. bracteata. Sp. pl. p. 754. 
Qn the banks of rivulets in stony and shady pa New 
York to Carolina. ©. July—Sept, v. v. The 
flowers on the stem resemble those of Vicia ‘Leite, 
_ they are pale blue, and seldom produce ripe fruit; the 
long radical tendrils -have exceeding small. flowers 
which produce a pod, generally with only one seed, 
which drops into the ground before maturity. 
3. G. caule volubili, foliis ternatis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 
hirsutis, racemis lateralibus pendulis confertifloris, flo- 
ribus omnibus fructiferis.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1058. 
In hedges near rivers and ditches : New York to Virgi- 
nia YJ. July—Sept. v. v. Flowers blue, of t 
size and shape of the preceding species, to which it 
has a strong resemblance, but ditfers in being a peren- 
nial and robust plant, besides the other meets 
given. 
4. G, caule volubili anguloso, foliis ternatis akni 
acutis pubescentibus, subtus rugoso-venosis tomento- 
sis, racemis axillaribus petiolo brevioribus, legumi- 
pibus oblongis dispermis.— Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1061. 
- Icon. Dill. elih. t. 26. f. 29. 
B. G. tomentosior; caule erecto, foliis oblongo-ovalibus. 
Trifolium erectum. Walt. fl. car..... 
In sandy ground, among hedges: B.on road sides and 
old fields: Virginia to Georgia. .June—Aug. v.v. _ 
Flowers yellow. vibe 
5. G. erecta, humilis, pubescens; folis omnibus simplici- 
bus reniformi-rotundatis rugosis reticulatis, junioribus 
tomentosis, racemis subsessilibus paucifloris, ders 
bus com ptesso-ovatis dispermis. ^ ' 
G. tomentosa y. monophylia. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. 63. 
Trifolium simplicifolium. Wait. fl. car. 184. — 
In barren pine-woods: Carolina and pese ong =e Saly, 
Aug. v.s. a Teias en j 
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586. GALACTIA. Brown. P amer. 2. p. 61. 
1. G. volubilis, molliter pubescens, subcanescens; foliis 
ternatis ovato-oblongis obtusis glabriusculis subtus 
glaucis, racemis axillaribus simplicibus elongatis pau- 
cifloris, leguminibus villosis—Aich. fl. amer. 2. p-01- - 
