LKGUMINOSjE. 



120 STYLOSANTHES. 



7. D. CUSPIDA'tUM. T.&/- G. Hedysarum cuspidatum. J\luh. 



Plant erect smooth; /«//?rfs oblong-oval or ovate, acuminate; stipules lan- 

 ceolatesubulate ; racemes paniculate, terminal, large, with scattered flowers; 

 bracts ovate, acuminate, striate, smooth ; joints of the lament suboval. A lar- 

 ger species than either of the preceding, found in woods. Stem branching, 

 erect 4 orT) feet hio-h. Leaflets 3 inches long, widest at base, smooth, entire, 

 pointed. Stipules of the leaves ovate, long-acuminate, of the leaflets awl- 

 shaped. Flowers large, purple, with conspicuous bracts. Pods in about six 

 joints, long, pendulous, rough. Aug. Per. Large Desmodium. 



8. D. CILIA'RE, Dc. Hedysarum ciliare. 

 Plant erect, slender, sub-pubescent; /cares crowded, on short, hairy peti- 

 oles; leaflets small, ovate, short-stalked, pubescent beneatli, ciliate on the 

 margin ; stipules filiform, caducous ; panicle terminal, the lower brandies 

 much lontrcr; joints of the loin cnt 2 or 3, half-orbicular, hispid, reticulate. 

 Woods. Hight 2 feet. Flowers purple. Aug. Per. Fringed Desmodium. 



9. D. DiLLE'NII. Dar. Hedysarum Marilandicun. JV. 

 Plant erect, branching, hairy ; leaves ternate, oblong, villose beneath ; stip- 



trfes subulate ;' racemes panicled ; joints of the lomcnt 3, rhomboidal, reticulate, 

 a little hairy. A smaller species than either of the preceding. Stem 18 inch- 

 els high, with a large, terminal, naked panicle. Flowers purple. Jl. Per. 



10. D. MarILA.'NDICUM. Boott. D. obtusum. Dc. 



Plant erect branching, hairy ; leaves ternate, ovate, obtuse, subcordate at 

 base; stipules suhuMef panicle terminal; pints oC the lument roundish, re- 

 ticulate, hispid. About the size of the last, found in woods. Flowers green- 

 ish outside, purple within. Aug. Per. Blunt-leaved Desmodium. 



11. D. GLUTINO'SUM. 



P/awi erect, simple ; leaves ternate, long-stalked, round-ovate, acuminate; 

 panicle or scape from the base of the stem ; peduncles with glutmous hairs ; 

 joints of the loment oblong-triangular, nearly smooth. A singular species, in- 

 termediate between D.nudiflorum and acununatum, 1 or 2 teet high, common 

 in woods, N. H. Flowers purple. Jl. Per. Clammy Desmodium. 



12. STYLOSA'NTHES. 

 Calyx tubular, very long, bearing the corolla; ovary a little 

 distance below the corolla; legume 1— 2-jointed, hooked. 



Gr. o-Ti/Xos, a style, uv%i, a flower; a flower with a long style. Cal. in- 

 ferior the tube very lonsr, witli the cor. and sta. inserted on its throat. Ova, 

 inclosed in the tube of the calyx below the corolla. 



S. ela'tior. 



Stem erect, pubescent on one side ; leaflets lanceolate, smooth, acute ; bracts' 

 lanceolate, ciliate, 3— 4-flowered ; loment 1-seeded. Found in dry, gravelly 

 woods. Stem mostly erect, branched, a foot in hight, remarkable for being 

 densely pubescent on that side only which is opposite the insertion of each 

 leaf, while the other side is smooth. Leaves ternate, on short stalks, leaflets 

 an inch or more in length. Bracts fringed with yellow bristfes. Flowers yel- 

 low. Jl. Aug. Per. Pencil Flower. 



