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4. L. kirta: erect, branched, very villous; leaflets 

 roundish ; racemes capitate, axillary, on pedun- 

 cles longer than the leaves ; corolla and loments 

 as long as the calyx. 

 HAB. Dry woods. Aug.— Sept. U". Stem 2— 4 

 ft. high ; racem. ovate, dense ; fl. reddish-wh. 



6. L. sessiliflora : erect, somewhat branched ; leaflet*- 

 oblong-oval, obtuse ; fascicles of flowers subses- 

 sile ; axillary ones partly racemose ; loment na- 

 ked, acute. 

 HAB. Dry woods. Aug.— Sept. U . Stem 2 ft. 

 high, slend. ; pet. long ; fl. violet. 



6. L. reticulata : stem erect, simple or branched, near- 



ly smooth ; leaflets oblong-linear, hairy beneath ; 

 fascicles of flowers subsessile, numerous ; axillary- 

 ones sub-racemose ; loment ovate, reticulate, 

 acute. 

 HAB. Dry woods. Aug. U . Stem 2 ft. high, 

 slend. ; leaves 2-lin. broad ; fl. violet. 



7. L. violacea : diffuse, much branched ; leaves on 



long petioles ; leaflets oval-elliptic, obtuse, sub- 

 strigose beneath ; racemes setaceous, longer than 

 the petioles, sub-umbellate ; flowers by pairs, dis- 

 tinctly pedicellate ; loments rbtoinboidal, reticu- 

 late, and smooth. 

 HAB. Dry, woods. Aug. U- Stems long, slend.. 

 nearly procumb. ; fl. violet. 



8. L. procumbens : slender, procumbent, every where 



pubescent ; leaflets oval ; peduncles very long, 

 setaceous ; racemes short ; loments suborbicular : 

 pubescent. 

 IIAB. Sandy fields and woods. Aug. — Sept. U 

 Stems 2 — "6 ft. long ; fl. purp. 

 '. L. prostrata : smooth, prostrate ; leaves on very 

 short petioles ; leaflets obovate-'eliiptir, obtuse : 

 racemes axillary and terminal, subpaniculate ; 

 peduncles very long ; loments oval, subpubescent. 

 I JAB. Sandy soils. Aug. U. Stem very slend. 

 branch. ; fl. violet. 



450. HEDYSARUM. Sainfoin. Leguminoscc. 

 L II. canadense : leaves ternate, oblong-lanceolute 



