100 DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. — 
and pubescent; vexillum ovate, nearly straight; le ¢ : 
oblong, at first pubescent. z . 2am * 
»_ 9. “carnostis: Caulescent, decumbent and pubescent; 
“leaflets (8 to 1U pair,) oblong-lanceolate; stipules ovate; ra- 
cemes axillary, about the length of the leaves; legumes _ 
large and pendulous, oval, carnose, inflated and compress 
ed, smooth. Has On the plains of the Missouri from 
e the confluence of the river Platte to the Mountains; the 
are about the size of ordinary plums, and consi- 
derably resemble, as to form, those of 4. physodes. Flowers 
violet-purple; bracies much shorter than the calix; calix 
covered with a dark pubescence, segments not subulate; 
vexillum ovate, long and erect, fruiting racemes prostrate. 
The plant described for the present by Mr. Pursh in 3 
Suppl. 2. p. 740. wasa species of Sephora to which he by * 
mistake applied the fruit of our 4. carnosus. 
10. galegoides. Stem partly erect; leaflets oblong-lan- | 
ceolate (about 21), somewhat pubescent beneath; pedun- 
cles axillary, longer than the leaves; spike crowded, flows ; 
ers pedicellate, secund; legumes stipitate, pendulous, bi- 
ventricosely triquetrous and smooth; calix pubescent, 
segments subulate HAs. On saline alluvial soils, from 
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