IXi^ BIADHLPHIA. DECAKDUIA. 



the protruding- lome'it. Corolla purple, ir.uch longer' than 

 the calix. Somewliat aUied to L sesdfjfora. 



S. violacea. DiiFu.s'? and nfiiich branclied; leaves lon,^ 

 petiolaie; leaflets ovai-eilptic, obtirse, under surface jTiin- 

 uteiy strig-ose: racemes setaceous, longer ihan the peiioles, 

 sub umbellate, floweis by parrs, dr^iiictly pedicellate; lo- 

 meiub rhomboidiil, leticukied and smooth. Hab. Around 

 rhiladelphia and New Jersey, conamon. Stem nearly pro- 

 cumbent; racemes few-flowered, flowers bright violet- 

 purple. Considt-rabiy allied to the following species. -/>. 

 (livet-jens of Willdenow appears lo be only a variety of 

 t!ie present- v. s. In Herb. Muhl. under ilie name of X. 

 dive) gens. 



7. procwnhens. rrocumbcnt and slender, every where 

 pubescent, but more particularly the stem petioles and pc- 

 dimcles; leaflets oval, peduncles very long ami setaceous, 

 raceme .short, subumbeliatc, flowers by pairs, distinct; 

 lomenioval, nearly smoo'h. II ab. Very common through- 

 out the middle States; flowers violet-purple. 



8. prostratn. I'rostrate, and smooth; petioles very short, 

 leaflets obovate-elhj)tic, obtuse; racemes axillary and 

 terminal, subpaniculate and partly um.bellatc, common pe- 

 duncle very long; h^ments oval, suhpubescent. Iledysarum 

 prostratvm.AY iWd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1200. Hab. Rather com- 

 mon in New Jersey. 



A genus almost peculiar to North America, there are,- 

 however, about 3 species indigenous to Siijeria, of which 

 i, tricliocarpa ought to be compared with L. cnfdtata; 3 

 other very doubtful species of India are added to this ge- 

 nus by Persoon. Several specits appear yet to be inclu- 

 ded in Hcdysarum. 



Ifflf Legume mostly articulated, (Stamina diadel- 

 phuus.) 



508. HEDYSARUM. L. 



Calix 5-clet't. Carina ti^ansvcrscly obtuse. 

 Z,o??ie7i^ of several articulations: joints 1-seeded, 

 compressed, and mostly hispid. 



Herbaceous or suflfruticose; leaves simple, ternate, or 

 pinnate; stipules cauline, often both general and partial; 

 flowers mostly racemose, rarely solitary, racemes axillary 

 or termmal, often paniculate; flowers (in all the North 

 American species) by pairs, or by 3's, each pair or aggre- 

 gate subtended by 3 unequal and deciduous bract, s, the 

 2 lateral ones minute, calix naked at the base,- the lowest 



