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PSORALEA MELILOTOIDES. MeLILOT-LIKE 

 PSORALEA. 



C/css end Order. 



DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. longitudine leguminis. Stam. diadelpha. Legumen 

 monospermum, subrostratum, evalve. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Psoralea melilotoides; herbacea, foliis ternatis : foliolis 

 lanceolatis mucronatis, racemis terminalibus. Ventenat 

 Hon. Malm. 94. 



Psoralea melilotoides ; herbacea, parce minuteque pubes- 

 cens : foliis lanccolatis-trifoliatis : spica oblonga ; bracteis 

 latis acuminatis : leguminibus abbreviato-rotundatis, ner- 

 voso-rugosissimis. Micliaux Ft. bor.-am. 2. p. 58. 



Psoralea melilotoides; parce pubescens, foliis ternatis: 

 foliolis lanceolatis, spicis oblongis, bracteis lato-cordatis 

 longissime acuminatis, leguminibus rotundatis nervoso 

 rugosissimis. Pursh Ft. Amer. Sept. 2. p. 475. 



Psoralea Melilotus ; pubescens, foliis ternatis lanceolatis, 

 spica oblonga, bracteis latis acuminatis, leguminibus 

 subrotundis rugosis. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 347. 



Trifolium psoralioides ; spicis ovatis bracteatis imbricatis, 

 bracteis cordatis cum acumine flores caeruleos per paria 

 tegentibus, leguminibus rotundatis. Walter Fl. Carol. 

 p. J 84. 



Melilotus psoraloides. Nuttall Plant. Amer. 2. p. 104. 



^elilotus flore violaceo, odore remisso. Clayt. Virg. n. 

 103. ex Pursh. 



This plant is said to be an herbaceous perennial, but has 

 the appearance of a pretty little upright shrub. Branches 

 dichotomous, roughish. Leaves ternate, almost sessile : 



leaflets 



