DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Trifolium. 



«. 8. 



479 



T. strepens. Crantx.fl. austr. 411. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 558. 



In meadows : Pen sylvan ia to Virginia. ©. June— Aug. 



V. V. Flowers small, yellow, 

 . T, procumbens ; caule piloso ; foliolis obovatis sube- procumlens. 



marginatis glabris, stipulis brevibus lanceolatis acutis, 



spicis ovalibus imbricatis, vexillis deflexis persistenti- 



bus sa\cat\s. — Willd. sp. pl.3. p. 13S3. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. yg6. 

 On dry gravelly soil : Pensylvania to Virginia. ©.June 



— Aug. V. V. Flowers yellow, resembling those of 



the foregoing species. 



577. LUPINASTER. Mcench. meth. suppl. p. 50. 

 Pentaphyllon. Pers. syn. 2. p. 352. 



. L. foliolis noyenis oblanceolatis, petiolis longissimis, sti- 

 pulis cuneatis inciso-3-dentatis, calycinis dentibus tili- 

 formibus plumosis. 



At the head-waters of the Missouri. M. Lewis. 11 . 

 April, May. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers yellowish- 

 white, with a pale purple carina, very handsome and 

 showy : the flower-heads sometimes grow to an ex- 

 tremely large size. 



Caules plures, simplices, angulosi, pilosi. Folia petiolata, 

 suprema opposita, novena. Foliola inaequalia, cuneato- 

 lanceolata, inaequaliter mucronato-denticulata, supra 

 glabra, subtns pilosa, lineato-venosa, uncialia. Fe- 

 tioli inferiores longi, subteretes. Slipulce inferiores pe- 

 tiole adnatae, superioress liberae, cuneato-oblongse, 

 apice inciso-3-dentatae, margine serrulatae, consisteniia 

 et pubescentia foliorum. Capitulum speciosum, dimi- 

 diatum. Flores lutescentes, carina purpurascente. Cal. 

 campanulatus, subasqualiter 5-dentatus, villosissiraus : 

 dentibus subulatis piloso-plumosis corollam subae- 

 <]uantibus. (Jorollce: Vexiilum magnum, oblongo-lan- 

 ceolatum, acutum, caeteras partes fructilicationis in- 

 volvens. Alee carinap, adnatae, lineares. Carina un- 

 cinata, Integra, vexilio vix breviore. Filamenla 10. 

 diadelpha : 1. liberum, reliqua snperne libera, inferne 

 monadelpha, carina adnata. Germen oblongum, gla- 

 brum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simple-c, hirsutum. 

 Legumen 3-4-spermura, inflatum, calyce longius. 



wacrocepha- 

 lus. 



