276 Class XVII. Order IV. 



est at base, gradually tapering- to the point, which is not very- 

 acute. Racemes from the top of the stem and axils of the upper 

 leaves. Pods hairy, consisting of four or five joints, which are 

 imperfectly triangular, their sides curved, and their angles ob- 

 tuse. Woods. Perennial. 



HEDYSARUM PANICULATUM. L. Panided Hedysarum. 



Erect, glabrous ; leaves ternate, oblong lanceolate ; 

 stipules subulate ; panicle terminal ; joints of the lo- 

 ment rhomboidal. 



Stem erect, striate, smooth. Leaves smooth ; leafets linear- 

 oblong, tapering to a point, about three inches long. Joints of 

 the loment about five, imperfectly rhomboidal. Dry woods. 

 Sudbury. Julj r . 



HEDYSARUM CUSPIDATUM ? Willd. Large Hedysarum. 



Erect, smooth ; leaves ternate ; leafets ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; joints of the loment rhomboid-triangular. 



Stem four or five feet high, roundish, smooth. Leaves ternate ; 

 leafets large, smooth, ovate, acuminate. Stipules of the leaves 

 ovate, with a very long point ; those of the leafets subulate. 

 Flowers large, purple, in racemes terminating the stem and 

 branches. Loments larger than in any of the other species, long, 

 pendulous, composed of about half a dozen diamond-shaped 

 joints. Both the loments and peduncles are rendered adhesive 

 by a covering of minute hooks. Woods, Oak island, Chelsea. 

 July. Perennial. 



294. GLYCINE. 



Subgenus APIOS. Germs with a cylindrical sheath at 

 base. 



GLYCINE MONOICA. L. Pea Vine. 



Leaves ternate, naked ; stems hairy ; fertile flowers 

 without petals. L. 



Syn. AMPHICARPA MONOICA. Nutt. 



A very delicate wood vine, twining upon the bushes, and flow- 

 ering in July and August. Stem slender, covered with minute 

 hairs pointing backward. Leaves in threes, ovate, acute, smooth, 



