s 7 ? 
. st DIADELPHIA. DECA NDRIA. a 101 
| Levant. From 4. gummifer-and A. creticus is dbthined 
L - the gum Tragacanth, from the latter it is white, and 
from the former yellowish; 4. Tragacantha affords no 
gum whatever. — 
Le ttt} Legume mostly 1-seeded. (Stamina diadel, 
phous.) 
| 501. DALFA. L. 
Calix semiquinquifid. Corolla partly eit. 
j - naceous. Wings and carina adnate tothe undi- 
fee vided column of the stamina. Legume i-seeded, 
| included in the calix. 
Herbaceous; leaves pinnate, interspersed with diapha- 
nous glands in common with the calix;. poste ee 
and terminal I apalees rarely racemose, uni ‘ 
tinguished from by the | jionaceous 
corolla, and the insertion of the vasate petals far below ~ 
the separating filaments, and not alternating with them in 
the same line, the presence of 10 in place of 5 stamina is 
also of some Enportanice in this family of plants. 
ides. D. Clifortiana. Willd. 
dunculata? Pu. 2. p, 474. D. 
~ 2. p. 57. t. 38. Petalostemon alope- 
-* cureidewm.. Pr. 2. p- 461. Han. Common on the banks 
of the Missisippi and the Missouri in alluvial soil. The 
number of leatiets, as might be expected in so compound 
~ a leaf, are variable both in number and a little so in form. 
- Véxilium white, wings and carina pale violet, Michaux’s 
figure is excellent. 2. aurea. T. N. in Fras. Catal. 181 - Pa 
2. p. 140. Perennial; stem erect: spikes dense an 
‘dric, flowers yellow; bractes rhomboidally ovat 
as the calix; calix densely lanuginous, dentures subulate; _ 
leaflets (about 9,) obovate, under side pilose. _ ue n 
velly hills, nea White river, Missouri; rare, — 
bit “smouth; stem erect: and tall, 
tot slender and effuse; racemes 
« et, enneandrous; bractes 
‘ena, ape acate;, segments of the calix acumi- _ 
nate, sericeous and plumose; leaves about 4 pair, linear- 
jong. Han. On the high hilis and naked grassy plains — 
f the Missouri, also on the banks. of the ‘Missisippi 
"eas du Chien. Ors. Fleigs 2 root | : 
