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the lobes nearly equal, slender; vexillum obovate, rounded above, 
biappendiculate at the base, claw slender; legume 3-5 cm. long, 
4-5 mm. wide, acute at each end, linear or linear-oblong ; seeds 
6-9, when mature nearly as wide, truncate at each end, brown, 
with black markings. May—August. 
Original locality, “America Septentrionali.” 
Long Island to Florida, west to Pennsylvania, Tennessee and 
Texas. 
Synonymy: HHedysarum volubile L. Sp. Pl. 750. 1753. 
Galactia mollis Nutt, Gen. 2:117. 1818. Not Michaux. 
Galactia pilosa Ell. Bot. S. C. & Ga. 2: 238. 1824. Not 
Nuttall. : 
Galactia Macreei M. A. Curtis, Bost Journ. Nat. Hist. 1: 120. 
1837. 
Galactia villosa Eat. & Wright, N. Am. Bot. 248. 1840. Not 
Wight & Arnott. 
Ittustrations: Dill. Elth. 173. £2. BIT TIO. NFS, 
Hill, Veg. Syst. 21: pl. g3.fi 4. 1772. 
10a, Galactia volubilis Mississippiensis n. var. 
Leaflets oval or oval-oblong, pilose on both surfaces, lighter 
beneath, mostly retuse; racemes slender, varying in length; 
flowers slightly smaller, pale lilac; legume 3-4 cm. long. Other- 
wise as in the type. 
_ Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory and Louisiana. 
An oval, pilose-leaved form that in Missouri seems very dis- 
tinct, but specimens from other localities seem to intergrade with 
the broader leaved form of the type. 
1ob. Galactia volubilis intermedia. 
Very slender; leaflets linear or linear-oblong ; racemes fili- 
form, the flowers on the upper portion often sessile in the axils of 
the leaves; legume 2-3 cm. long. 
Florida to Louisiana. : 
Synonymy: Galactia pilosa + angustifolia Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 
z: 287. 1838. Not G. angustifolia Kunth. 
A very slender form, intermediate between the type and G. 
angustifolia Kunth, or what passes as such. 
