DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 48g 



590. TEPHROSIA. Pers.syn. 2. p. 329. 



1. T. erecta, candicanti-villosa ; foliolis (1/ — 21) o'v'all- virginiana. 



oblongis acuminatis, racemo terminali brevi subsessili, 

 leguminibus retrofalcaiis villosis, calycibus lanatis. — 

 Pers. syti. 2. p. 32g. 



Galega virginiana. Pink. aim. t. 23. f. 2. 



In sandy and dry woods : Canada to Florida. 1/ . June, 

 July. V. V. Abont a foot high ; flowers very hand- 

 some, rose-coloured and yellowish white. 



2. T, prostrata, piibescens ; foliis pinnatis quinis subsessili- chrysophylla. 



bus : foliolis cuneato-obovatis obtusissimis supra gla- 

 bris, subtus sericeis, pedunculis oppositifoliis elonga- 

 tis sub-3-floris, leguminibus rectiusculis, 

 Galega villosa. Mich. fl. amer. 2. p. Qj} 

 In Georgia. Enslen. % . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 

 Ens/en. Flowers purple. The singular circumstance 

 of the nearly sessile leaves, gives it the appearance of 

 a trifoliate plant, the lower pair representing stipulae. 

 Though Michaux's description answers very well in 

 any other respect, I was led to doubt by his not men- 

 tioning the number of leaves, which is one of the 

 most striking characters. 



3. T. gracilis, humifusa, pubescens j foliolis (13 — 15) ob- hiipidula. 



longo-ellipticis truncato-obtusis mucronatis, peduncu- 

 lis oppositifoliis elongatis 3 — 5-floris, leguminibus ob- 

 longis falcatis hispidis, 



Galega hispidula. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 68. 



Galega spicata. Wult.Ji. car. 188. 



In pine-woods and on slate-hills : Virginia to Georgia. 

 11 . July — Sept. V. V. Flowers pale red. 



591. LOTUS. Gen.pl. 1212. 



1. L. foliis ternatis subsessilibus oblongis aculis sericeo-vil- senceus, 



losis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folio longioribus, 

 flore unibracteato, calycinis laciniis linearibus, legu- 

 mine glabro longissimo. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. G • v. s. Flower* 

 yellow. 



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