as Ae Mortoni Nutt. Stems 50-80 CM. tall, more or less zigzag, arising 
from a branching slender rootstock, puberulent throughout; leaves odds 
pinnate, 10-15 cm. long, glabrous above, the leaflets in 7-11 pairs, 
410. 
mostly opposite, nearly sessile, 125-3 cm. long, oval to oblong, shallowly 
notched at the apex; stipules membranous, 1.5 em, long, lanceolate, acum- 
inate; ispicate racenes axillary, 4-6 om, long, 2,5-3 om. wide, the ped- 
uncles 2-3 times as long, bracts scarious, lanceolate-acuminate, sube qual 
to the calyx; calyx 7 mm, long, ovate-tubular, the mouth oblique, the 
lower teeth 2 mm, long, the upper 1.5 m, long, shagsy pubescent with 
some of the hairs black; corolla sordid white with a greenish tinge, 
about twice the length of the calyx; ovary glabrous; pod ascending, 
plump, light brown, smooth, 1,5=2 cm. long, about 4 mm, in diameter, the 
persistent enlarged style 8-9 mn, long, recurved at the apex; seeds 
chocolate brown, flattened-reniform, 2,5 mm, in diameter, 
Abundant in open woods, along roadways and in burns, 
in i stich alt 
