BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. AstragaluS. 



leguminibus utrinque acutis pilosis. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 



p. 1297, 

 Icon. Fl. dan. 51. Pall, astr.ig. t. 32. 

 In Labrador. Colmaster. % . July, Aug. v, s. in Herb. 



Dickson. Flowers pale purple, 



5. A. caulescens, procumbens ; foliolis ovatis pubescentibus, 



spicis pedunculatis, leguminibus secundis rectis utrin- 

 que acuminatis pendulis, — Mich.fl. amer-. 2. p. Gy. 

 In the north of Canada. Midiaux. Labrador. Col- 

 master. 11 . July, Aug. V. s. Flowers dark purple. 



6. A. caulescens, glaber ; foliolis linearibus alternis^ spicis 



pedunculatis folio longioribus, bracteis minutis, legu- 

 minibus subteretibus rostratis. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. M. Lewis. If. . Aug. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers small, yellawish-white. 



7". A. subacaulis, pilosissimus ; foliolis ovalibas supra gla- 

 bris, pedunculis folia subsequantlbus, spicis paucitlo- 

 ris, leguminibus incano-villosissimis assurgentibus ob- 

 longis. — Mich.fl. amer. 2. p. 67. 

 In sandy pine-woods of Georgia. 1/ . July, Aug. v. s. 

 in Herb. Ens I en. 



47-» 



secundus. 



teaellus. 



villosus. 



571. OXYTROPIS. Decand. astrag. p 24. 



1. O. acaulis ; foliolis obovato-lanceolatis sericeo-argenteis, 



scapis folia aeqnantibus, floribus capitatis, bracteis lan- 



ceolatis longitudine calycis sericei. — Pers. syn. 2. 



p. 331. 

 Astragalus argentatus. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1310. 

 Icon. Pall, astrag. t. 48. 

 On the banks of Clarck's river. M. Lewis. 11 • July. 



V. s. in Herb. Lewis. 



argentata. 



572. APIOS. 

 Glycine. Gen. pi. 1182. 

 1 . A. volubilis, glabra; radice tuberosa, foliis impari-pin- 

 natis : foliolis 5 — 7. ovato-lanceolatis superne angus- 

 tatis, spicis confertis lolio brevioribus. 

 Glycine Apios. JVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. 100/. 

 Icon. Bat. rung. 1 igs, Schkuhr handb. igS. Roh. ic.3\7. 

 In hedges and on mountain meadows : Pensylvania to 

 Carolina. 1/. July. v. v. Flowers dark brown, 

 sweet-scented ; roots eatable, growing sometimes to 

 an enormously large size. 



tulerosa. 



