DIADELPHIA.— DECANDRIA. 271 



rile ; radical peduncles, bearing apetalous fertile 

 flowers. 

 HAB. Woods and thickets. July— Aug. U . Stem 

 twin., slend. ; fl. racem., pale purp. 



456. GALACTIA. Leguminosce. 



1. G. glabella : leaves ternate. ovate, and elliptic, sub' 



coriaceous, shining, eraarginate at each end, smooth 

 above ; racemes pedunculate, as long as the leaves ; 

 calyx smooth ; legumes pubescent. 

 HAB. Pine barrens. Aug. U. Stem prost. ; fl. 

 reddish-pur p., large. 



2. G. mollis: plant villous-hoary; leaves ternate, oval or 



elliptic, pale beneath; racemes axillary, simple, 

 elongated, few-flowered ; legumes villous. 

 HAB. Pine barrens. July — Aug. U. Fl. ptirp., 

 with yell, and white. 



457. CLITORIA. Leguminosce. 



\. C. mariana: leaves ternate, ovate, acute, pale be- 

 neath ; calyx tubular-campanulate, 5-cleft, much 

 longer than the linear bracts ; legume torulose. 

 HAB. Shady river-banks. Aug. U . Erect or 

 twin. ; fl. large, pale blue. 



2. C. virginiana : leaves ternate, ovate ; calyx 5-parted, 

 scarcely as long as the bracts ; segments subulate, 

 diverging ; legumes subensiform. 

 HAB. Hedges. Aug. H . Stern twirling ; fl. very 

 large, pale violet. 



458. ROBINIA. Locust. Leguminosce. 



11. Pseudacaria : leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet ; 

 stipules prickly ; racemes pendulous ; teeth of the 

 calyx unarmed ; legumes smooth. 

 HAB. About plantations. May. A large tree ; fl: 

 large, wh. in ! mg roc em. 



. TEPIIKOSIA. Leguminosce. 



T. virginica : erect, villous; leaflets numerous, ob 

 long-lanceolate, acuminate ; raceme terminal, sub 

 sessile ; legumes falcate, villous 



