DIADEI^HIA. DECAXDRIA. 117 



ers subs*^ssile; le.^umes villous; stem twining". Hab. In 

 Carolina and Gc orgii^. 



2. molUs. Softly villous: leaves tern ale, mostly oval 

 and obtuse, paler beneath, above smooth; racemes pe- 

 dunculate, a little longer than the leaves; flowers pedi- 

 cellate; calix acuminate; legumes compressed, pubescent; 

 stem twining. Hab. In Carolina and Georgia v. s. In 

 Herb. Muhl. confounded with G. glabella, but more near- 

 ly allied to G. pilosa. Hedusarum vokibile^ Willd; 3. p. 

 1-204. 



3. glabella. Nearly smooth; leaves ternate, elliptic-ob- 

 long, subcoriaceous and lucid, at either extremity emar- 

 ginaie; racemes pedunculate, a little shorter than the 

 leaves; flowers pedicellate; calix and legume smooth;, 

 stem prostrate. Had, In arid soils from New Jersey to 

 Carolina. (Abundant in New Jersey, about 3 miles from 

 Philadelphia.) Calix acuminate; flowers reddish, consi- 

 derably larger than in the 2 preceding; vexillum exter- 

 nally green; style long and nearly straight, exserted. 

 Germ villous. 



4. * Elliotiii. Leaves pinnate, 3 pair (7), leaflets cori- 

 aceous, oblong-elliptic, mucronulate, smooth and lucid, 

 emarginate at either extremity; racemes pedunculate, 

 very few-flowered, shorter than the leaves; twining stem 

 and calix smooth. Hab. In South Carolina. — S.Elliott, 

 Esqr. Apparently distinct from G. pinnaui of Persoon, 2. 

 p. 302- The wliole plant almost absolutely smooth, ex- 

 cepting the leaf -buds which appear silky; stipules and 

 bractes after the manner of the genus minute and deci- 

 duous. Leaves nearly the same color on both sides. Ca- 

 lix rather deeply 4- cleft, segments lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Corolla pale retl; ve«.iUum broader than usual, roundish. 

 Fruit — ? 



Of this small genus there are 2 other species indige- 

 nous to the West Indies, and 1 to the isle of Bourbon. 



519. CLITORfA. L. 



Calix canipiinulate (tlie 2 lower dentures long- 

 er and often falcate) or tubulous, 5-toollied. Co- 

 rolla resupinate; vexillum very large anti 

 spreading, overshadowing the wings. Legum& 

 linear, acuminate, many-seeded. 



Herbaceous and twining or suberect plants; leaves ter- 

 nate or rarely pinnate; stipules cauline, general and par- 

 tial,, small; pedimcles axillary, 1, 2, 3 or more flowered. 



