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I. PENTJNDRIA. 



557. PETALOSTEIMUM. Mich.Jl.amer. 2. p. 48. 

 Dalea. Juss. gen. pi. 3g2. 



1. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis flore longioribus, candidum. 



calycibus glabris, foliis trijugis ianceolatis. — Mich.Jl. 



amer. 2. p. 4Q. 

 Dalea Candida. IVilld. sp.pl.3. p. 1337. 

 Icon. Mich. I. c. t.oJ.J. 1. 

 In Tennassee, Illinois, and on the banks of the Missouri. 



1/ . July, Aug. V. s. in Herb. Lewis, ficc. Flowers 



white. 



2. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis subulatis longi- carneum. 



tudine calycis, bracteolis setaceis persist entibus, caly- 

 cibus glabris, foliolis Ianceolatis. — Mich. Jl. amer. 1. 

 p. 49. 

 In pine-barrens of Georgia and Florida. 1/ . July, Aug. 

 V. s. in Hdrb. Enslen. &c. 



3. P. spica cylindrica pedunculata, bracteis calycem sub- violaceum. 



aequantibus, bracteolis spathulatis deciduis, calycibus ' 



sericeis, foliis bijugis linearibus. — -Mich.Jl. amer. 2. 



p. 50. 

 Dalea violacea. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1337. 

 Icon, Mich. I. c. t. 37./. 2. 

 In Tennassee, Illinois, and on the banks of the Missouri. 



11. July — Sept. v.v. A beautiful plant ; the close 



spikes are of a delicate rose-purple. 



4. P. spicis cylindricis pedunculatis terminalibus, bracteis alopecuroi- 



calyce brevioribus, calycibus villosis, foliis sub- 10- deum. 



jugis ellipticis retusis mucronatis. 

 Dalea alopecuroides. lFilld.sp.pl. 3. p. 1336. 

 In Georgia and Florida. 11 . July, Aug. v. s. iji Herb, 



Enslen. Flowers pale blue. 



5. P. capitulis squamoso-involucratis, pedanculis paniculato- corymlosum. 



corymbosis, calycibus plumoois, foliolis linearibus mu- 



tlcis. — Mich.fl, amer. 3. p. 50. 

 Dalea Kuhnistera. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1337. 

 Kuhnistera carolinensis. Lam. encycl. 3. p. 371' 

 Kuhniae atfinis pinnata. lValt.fi. car. 103. 

 In pine-barrens of Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . June— 



