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what hairy. Leafets small, oblong, obtuse at both ends, mu- 

 cronated, pubescent unoerneath. Flowers small, violet colour- 

 ed, in axillary bunches. Woods. August. 



HEDYSARUM VIOLAOEUM. L. Violet Hedysarum. 



Leaves ternate, elliptical, obtuse ; racemes um- 

 belled, as long as the petiole ; flowers in pairs ; lo- 

 ments of one joint, rhomboidal, reticulated, gla- 

 brous. Willd. 



Stem erect. Leafets small, oval, mucronated, nearly smooth. 

 Flowers numerous, violet coloured, growing mostly in pairs, 

 forming racemes which are somewhat umbelled. Pods one 

 seeded, flat, smooth, rhomboidal. Woods. Brighton. Au- 

 gust. 



HEDYSARUM DIVERGENS. Muhl. Spreading Hedysarum. 



Leaves ternate, oblong, obtuse ; racemes longer 

 than the petiole ; flowers in pairs ; loments of one 

 joint, ovate, reticulated, glabrous. Willd. 



Stem erect, nearly smooth. Lc-afets, narrow, oblong, obtuse 

 at both ends. Flowers violet coloured, in axillary racemes, the 

 uppermost of which are somewhat longer than the petioles of 

 the leaves, the lower ones short, and few flowered. The plant 

 has many axillary branches with small leaves and flowers. Pods 

 oval, acute, flat, one seeded. Woods. August. 



HEDYSARUM ROTUNDIFOLIUM. Mich. Round leaved 



Stem prostrate, hairy ; petioles hairy ; stipules 

 round- heart shaped, reflexed; leaves ternate, or- 

 bicular, hairy on both sides ; racemes few flower- 

 ed 5 joints of the loment subrhomboidal. Mich. 



Stem trailing, moderately^ hairy. Leaves on hairy stalks, 



