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comosa. 



tomentosa. 



erecla. 



reniformis. 



DIADBLPHIA DBCANDRIA. Glycine. 



concavis, pedunculis radicalibus floribus apetalis fruc- 

 Ufens.— lVilld. s/J.pl. 3. p. 1055. 



G. bracteata. Sp. pi. p. 754. 



On the banks of rivulets in stony and shady places : New 

 York to Carolina, Q. July — Sept. v. v. The 

 flowers on the stem resemble those of Ficia Cracca, 

 they are pale blue, and seldom produce ripe fruit ; the 

 long radical tendrils have exceeding small flowefs 

 which produce a pod, generally with only one seed, 

 which drops into the ground before maturity. 



3. G. caule volubili, foliis tcrnatis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 



hirsutis, racemis lateraliims p-naulis confertifloris, flo- 

 ribus omnibus fructiferis. — IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 1058. 

 In hedges near rivers and ditches : New York to Virgi- 

 nia, % . July — Sept. V. V. Flowers blue, of the 

 size and shape of the preceding species, to which it 

 has a strong resemblance, but diifers in being a peren- 

 nial and robust plant, besides the other characters 

 given. 



4. G. caule volubili anguloso, foliis ternatis ovato-oblongis 



acutis pubcscentibus, subtus rugoso-venosis tomento- 

 sis, racemis axiliariLias petiolo brevioribus, legumi- 

 nibus oblongis dispermis. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 106l. 



Icon. Dill. ehh. t. 26. /. 29. 

 /3. G, tomentosior^ ''aule erecto, foliis oblongo-ovalibus. 



Trifollun) erectnm. IFalt. fl. car 



In sandy ground, a:r,ong hedges : ^. on road sides and 

 old fields ; Viigiiua to Georgia. % . June — Aug. v. v. 

 Flowers vellow. 



5. G. erecta, huniilis, pnbescens ; foliis omnibus simplici- 



bus rer'fyimi-rotundatio rugosis reficulatis, junioribus 



tomer.tosis, racem's subsessilibus paucifloris, legumi- 



bus compresso-ovatis diipermis. 

 G. tor^.eniosa y. monophylla. Mich.Jl anier. 2. p. 63. 

 Trifoliuni simplicifolium. IFalt.Jl. car. 184. 

 In barren pine-woodt.; : Carolina and Georgia, 1/ . July, 



Aug. V. s. Flowers yellow. 



586. GALACTIA. Brown. Mich.Ji.amer.2. p. Ql. 



mollis. 1 • G. volubilis^ n'iolliter pubescens, subcanescens j foliis 



ternatis ovaro oblongis obtusis glabriusculis subtus 

 glaucis, racsaiis axillaribus simplicibus elongatis pau- 

 cifloris, leguminibus viilosis. — Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. Q\ . 



