blADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Trifolium. 



479 



T. strepens. Cmntz.ji. ausir. 411. n. S. 



Icon. FL dan. 558. 



In meadows : Pensylvania to Virginia. ©. June— Aug. 



V. V. Flowers small, yellow. 

 9. T. procumbens ; caule pilose ; foliolis obovatis sube- procumlens. 



marginatis glabris, stipulis brevibus lanceolatis aciilis, 



spicis ovalibus mibricatis, vexillis deflexis persistenti- 



bus su]caUs.— lVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1383. 

 Icon. FL dan. 7q6. 

 On dry gravelly soil : Pensylvania to Virginia. . June 



— Aug. V. V. Flowers yellow, resembling those ot 



the foregoing species. 



577. LUPIN ASTER. Moench. meth. suppl. p. 50. 

 Pen^aphyllon. Pers. syn. 2. p. 351. 



, L. foliolis novenis oblanceolatis, petiolis longissimis, sti- 

 pulis cuneatis inciso-3-dentatis, calycinis dentibus fill- 

 formibus plumosis. 



At the head-waters of the Missouri. M. Lewis, l/. . 

 April, May. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers yellowish- 

 white, with a pale purple carina, very handsome and 

 showy : the flower-heads sometimes grow to an ex- 

 tremely large size. 



Caules plures, simplices, angulosi, pilosi. Folia petiolata, 

 suprema opposita, novena. Foliola inaequalia, cuneato- 

 lanceolata, inaequaliter mucronato-denticulata, supra 

 glabra, subtus pilosa, lineato-venosa, uncialia. Fe- 

 iioli inferiores longi, suhteretes. Slipulre inferiores pe- 

 tiolo adnatae, superiores liberae, cuneato-oblongae, 

 apice inciso-3-dentatae, margine serrulatae, consistentia 

 et pubescentia foliorum. Capitulum speciosum, dimi- 

 diatum. Flores lutescentes, carina purpurascente. CaL 

 campanulatus, subasqualiter 5-dentatus, villosissimus : 

 dentibus subulatis piloso-plumosis coroUam subae- 

 quantibus. Corolla;: Fexillum magnum, oblongo-laa- 

 ceolatum, acutum, caeteras partes I'ructiticationis in- 

 volvens. /lla; carinae, adnatae, lineares. Carina un- 

 cinata, Integra, vexillo vix breviore. Filamenta 10. 

 diadelpha : 1. libemm, reliqua superne libera, inferne 

 monadelpha, carina adnata. Germen oblongum, gla- 

 brum. Stylus filiformis. Sligma simple/i, hirsutura, 

 Leguvicn 3-4-spermura, inflatum, calyce longius. 



macrocepha- 

 lus. 



