n4 niADELPHIA. DECANDRtA. 



base, J r.r 4-see(!ed. Legurrie smooth, broad, flatly com- 

 pressed, slipili'tp, and acute at either ex rem itv, about 3- 

 seecled. 10 to 15 lines long-, stipe the Itrgth oi' ii;e crdix,- 

 iipper suture straiglis lower arcuate. G. comosa j.ppears 

 to be nothing- rr.ore tiian tlie present phir.t, and oui^ht per- 

 haps to sitperci (Ic ihe name of monoica, fbiinded apparent- 

 ly upon an acc.dcnta! specimen, or the monster oiagMrdeiTi 

 'I his specie.! approaciies Galactia, but ca'inot possibly be 

 introduced into that £i;-enus. 2. sarmentosn Leaves ter- 

 nate, ovute; racemes 3-flo\vered, flowers :ipet«ious; le- 

 g-ume fl.it, 2-.'-eede(.;; calix 4-toothed. A genuii.e congener 

 of the precedinij. 



516. GLYCINE. JJichnux. FursJi. 



Calix 4-( left, suhcqual, upper segment bifid, 

 base partly attenuated. VcxUlum oboval; wings 

 bidentate at the base: carina often incurved, 

 shorter tlian the vexillum. Germ naked at the 

 base. Legume oblong, compressed, 2- seeded, 

 sessile. 



Her'jacrons or shrubby plants; stems erect or tuininpf, 

 stipules cauhne, small, leaves terna'e, j-areiy simple; 

 flowers racem<;bc, axillary and tei-minal, sometimes soli- 

 tar-v; bractts deciduous, 1-fiowcred; flowers often yellow- 

 ish.' 



Species. 1. O. lomeritosa. Stem twininjr and anp^ular; 

 leaves lernate, ovate -oblong-, acute, pubescent, beneath 

 tf)mentose; racemes axdlary, shorter than the petioles; 

 (legume oblong-, 2-seededj. Had. From Virgir.ia to 

 Georgia. Flowers yellow. 



2. * electa. G. tomentosOy et. ercfia. Mich. 2. p. 63^ 

 ^S*em erect and angular; leaves ternate, subovate, obtuse, 

 i-c-rictously vdlous; racemes axillary and terminal, longer 

 "lian tliC leaves; segments of the calix long and iintar. 

 iiAB. From Carolina to Flo.icla. Flowers parily fulvous 

 }eili.\v. St'pules obsolete. Calix, as in the following 

 species, divided nearly to the base, of a foliaceous consis- 

 ttnce and veined, the lowest segment a little longer than 

 the lest; vexillum subincumbent, longer than tlie other 

 petals, bidentate at the base, and distmctly unguiculate; 

 \v;n;.,^s the length of the keel, as in all the other species 

 which I have examined, upper m.argin plaited, also in 

 common with the genus? bidentate at tlie base, (which is 

 not the case with Jpios and .'Jmphicai pa^ in the latter the 

 eblung und sessile vexillum is destitute of sinuous Inden- 



