BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Astragalus. 



leguminibus utrinque acutis pilosis. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 1297. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 51. Pall, astrag. t. 32. 



In Labrador. Colmaster. ll . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 

 Dickson. Flowers pale purple. 



A. caulescens, procumbens ; foliolis ovatis pubescentibus, 

 spicispedunculatis, leguminibus secundis rectis utrin- 

 que acuminatis pendulis. — Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 6y. 



In the north of Canada. Michaux. Labrador. Col- 

 master. % . July, Aug. V. s. Flowers dark purple. 

 , A. caulescens, glaber ; foliolis linearibus alternis, spicis 

 pedunculatis folio longioribus, bracteis minutis, legu- 

 minibus subteretibus rostratis. 



On the banks of the Missouri. M. Lewis. %. Aug. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers small, yellowish- white. 

 . A. subacaulis, pilosissimus ; foliolis ovalibus supra gla- 

 bris, pedunculis folia subaequantibus, spicis pauciflo- 

 ris, leguminibus incano-villosissimis assurgentibus ob- 

 longis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 67- 



In sandy pine-woods of Georgia. 1/ . July, Aug. v. s. 

 in Herb. Enslen. 



47^ 



secundus. 



lenellus. 



villosus. 



571. OXYTROPIS. Decand. astrag. p 24. 



O, acaulis ; foliolis obovato-lanceolatis sericeo-argenteis, 

 scapis folia aequantibus, floribus capitatis, bracteis lan- 

 ceolatis longitudine calycis sericei. — Pers. syn. 2. 

 p. 331. 



Astragalus argentatus. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1310. 



Icon. Pall, astrag. t. 43. 



On the banks of Clarck's river. M. Lewis. 1/. July. 

 V. s. in Herb. Letvis. 



argentata. 



572. APIOS. 

 Glycine. Gen. p/. 1182. 

 A. volubilis, glabra ; radice tuberosa, foliis impari-pin- 

 natis : foHolis 5 — 7. ovato-lanceolatis superne angus- 

 tatis, spicis confertis folio brevioribus. 

 Glycine Apios. Willd. sp. pi 3. p. IO67. 

 Icon. Bot. mag. 1 198. Schkuhr handb. I98. Rob. ic.3l7. 

 In hedges and on mountain meadows : Pensylvania to 

 Carolina. 1/. July. v. v. Flowers dark brown, 

 sweet-scented ; roots eatable, growing sometimes to 

 an enormously large size. 

 I 2 



tulerosa. 



