ORDER 43. LEGUMIKOS^E. 89 



ft ^>. glabellum DC. St. smoothish; Ifts. ovate, small, rough-pubescent on both 

 Bides ; pod of 3 or 4 triangular, minutely hispid joints. Shades, Car. 



10 D. euspidatuni T. & G. Smooth; Ifts. oblong-oval, or ovate, sharply acumi- 

 nate ; bracts deciduous, ovate, acuminate ; joints of the loment suboval. Woods. 

 3 5f. Stipules and bracts 9". Flowers 8", purple. 



11 D. canescens DC. St. striate, scabrous; Ifts. ovate, rather obtuse, scabrous on 

 the upper surface, soft-villous beneath ; pan. densely canescent, naked ; joints of the 

 loment 4, obliquely oval, hispid. Woods. 3f. 



12 D. Canadense DC. St. pubescent; Ifts. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, nearly 

 smooth ; stip. filiform ; bracts ovate, long-acuminate ; joints of the loment obtusely 

 triangular, hispid. Woods, Can. to Pa. and W. 3f. Flowers 8", purple. 



1 3 I>. sessilifoliura T. & G. St. tomentous-pubescent : Ivs. sessile ; las. linear or 

 linear-oblong, obtuse at each end, scabrous above, softly tomentous beneath ; stip 

 eubulate ; pod of 2 3 semiorbicnlar joints. Woods, W. 2 3f. Fls. small, crowded. 



14 D. Dillenil Darl. Branching, hairy; Ifts. oblong, villous beneath; stip. subulate ; 

 rac. panicled ; joints of the loment 3, rhomboidal, reticulate, a little hairy, connected 

 by a narrow neck. Moist soils, N. and W. 2 3f. Purple. 



15 D. rigidum DC. Scabrous, pubescent; Ifts. ovate-oblong, obtuse; petioles 

 short, hairy ; stip. ovate-acuminate, ciliate, caducous ; leg. with 2 4 obliquely obovate 

 joints. Hills and woods, Mass, to La. 2 3f. (D. Floridanum Chapm.) 



16 D. ciliare DC. Erect, slender, scabrous-pubescent; Ivs. crowded, on short, hairy 

 petioles ; Ifts. small, ovate, ciliate on the margin ; joints of the short-stiped loment 2 

 or 3. Woods. 2f. Purple. 



1 7 D. Marilandicum Boott. Erect, slender, nearly smooth ; Ifts. ovate, obtuse, 

 subcordate at base, the lateral ones as long as the petioles ; loment stipe as long as 

 the calyx, joints 1 or 2. Woods. 2 3f. Violet. 



18 D. liiieatum DC. Slender, reclining; st. finely striate with colored lines; Ifts. 

 pmall, roundish oval, smoothish, green both sides ; pod quite sessile in the calyx, 

 joints about 2. Dry woods. 2 or 3f. 



19 D. strict urn DC. Slender, nearly glabrous ; Ivs. petiolate ; Ifts. linear, elongated ; 

 pan. few-flowered ; pod hispid, incurved, of 1 3 lunately triangular joints, with a fili- 

 form isthmus. Pine woods, N. J. and S. 3f. 



20 I>. GTRANS. Moving-plant. Lateral Ifts. very small ; pods pendulous. From Bengal. 

 Wonderful for the leaves, which in warm weather are always in motion. 



26. IiESFEDEZA, MX. BUSH CLOVER. Calyx 5-parted, bibracteo- 

 late, segments nearly equal. Keel of the corolla very obtuse, on slender 

 claws. Pod (loment) lenticular, compressed, small, unarmed, iudehiscent, 

 J -seeded. if. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, reticulately veined. Summer. 



Fls. all complete. Calyx villous, long. Cor. whitish with a purple spot. ...Noa. 1, 2 



Fls. partly apetalous. Calyx short. Corolla violet. a Stems upright Nos. 3, 4 



a Stems prostrate No. 5 



1 L. capitata MX. Bush Clover. Lfts. elliptical to linear, silky beneath ; stip. subu- 



late ; fascicles of flowers ovate, subcapitate, shorter than the leaves, axillary ; lomenta 

 hairy, shorter than the villous calyx. Dry soils, Can. to Car. 2 4f. 



2 li. liirta Ell. Stem villous ; Ifts. roundish oval, pubescent beneath ; rac. capitate, 



axillary, oblong, longer than the leaves ; corolla and pod about as long as the calyx. 

 Dry woods. 2 4f. Flowers reddish-white. 



8 I*. Steuvi Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomentons or pubescent; Ifta. oval-obovala 

 or roundish, longer than the petiole ; rac. axillary, capitate or loose ; pod villoua- 

 pnbescent. Dry soils, Mass, to Ga. 2f. Variable. 



4 Li. violacea Pers. Erect or diffuse, sparingly pubescent ; Ifts. oval, varying to ob- 

 long and linear, obtuse, inucronate, as long as the petioles ; rac. axillarv few-flow 

 ered, the apetalons ones generally below. Dry woods. Leaflets 1'. 



