DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 489 



590. TEPHROSIA. Pers. syn. 2, p. 329. 



1. T. erecta, candicanti-villosa ; foliolis (17 — 21) ovali- virgiiiiana. 



oblongis acuminatis, racemo terminali brevi subsessili, 

 leguminibus retrofalcatis villosis, calycibus lanatis. — 

 Pers. syn. 2, p. 329. 



Galega virginiana, Pluk. aim. t. 23. f. 2. 



In sandy and dry woods : Canada to Florida. 1/ . June, 

 July. V. V. About a foot high ; flowers very hand- 

 some, rose-coloured and yellowish white. 



2. T. prostrata, pubescens ; foliis pinnatis quinis subsessili- chrysopkylla. 



bus : foliolis cuneato-obovatis obtusissimis supra gla- 

 bris, subtus sericeis, pednnculis oppositifoliis elonga- 

 tis sub-3-floris, leguminibus rectiuscnlis. 



Galega villosa. Mic/i. fl. amer, 2, p. 67 ? 



In Georgia. Enslen. Ij. . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 

 Enslcn. Flowers purple. The singular circumstance 

 of the nearly sessile leaves, gives it the appearance of 

 a trifoliate plant, the lower pair representing stipulae. 

 Though Michaux's description answers very -weW in 

 any other respect, I was led to doubt by his not men- 

 tioning the number, of leaves, which is one of the 

 most striking characters. 



3. T. gracilis, humifusa, pubescens; foliolis (13 — 15) ob- hispidula, 



longo-ellipticis truncato-obtusis mucronatis, pednncu- 

 lis oppositifoliis elongatis 3 — 5-floris, leguminibus ob- 

 longis falcatis hispidis. 



Galega hispidula, Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 6S. 



Galega spicata. IFalt.Jl. car. ISQ. 



In pine-woods and on slate-hills : Virginia to Georgia, 

 % . July — Sept. V. V. Flowers pale red. 



591. LOTUS. Gen.pl. 1212. 



1, L. foliis ternatis subsessilibus oblongis aculis sericeo-vii- sericeus, 



losis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folio longioribus, 

 flore unibracteato, calycinis laciniis linearibus, legu- 

 mine glabro longissimo. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. ©. v. s. Flower» 

 yellow. 



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