DIADELPIIIA DECANDRIA. 



191 



1. P 



L. 



ERENNIS. 



perennis 



? 



re 



pens; caiile foliisque 

 glabriusculis ; 



foliis 



digitalis ; 



foliolis (8 

 lanceolatis, obtiisi- 

 usculis; calycibiTS al- 

 ternis, iiiappendicii- 

 latis? labio superiore 

 emarginato, inferiore 



I 



Perennial, creeping; 

 stem and leaves near- 

 ly glabrous; leaves di- 

 gitate ; leaflets 



8 



9 



integro. 



lanceolate, obtnse; ca- 

 lyx alternate, without 

 lateral segments ? the 

 upper lip emarginate 

 the lower entire. 



9 



Sp. pi. 



•J. p 



1022. Walt 



Mich 



^ 



Root perennial stolon iferous. Stem herbaceous, procumbent, sliVhtlv 

 pubescent branching. Leaves 7-% parted to th^ base, segmems iS 



e tn r-''^'^/ ^^""^'""f ^^^''^' ^'"^''y underneath- Peyioles 2-6 inch- 



rmlf'- \'^ ? ^' ^^ ^''^^ ^^^^ °^ ^^'^ P^*'«^<^' subulate, persistent. i2«- 

 «^e. simple, clustered, (4-6) near the termination of the branches 



d ft S".' T^ ^" '^' ^"f • , ^"^-^'^ 2 ^'^'^'^' pubescent, the upper lip 2 

 SLsp V ' ''^'"'"''' ;^' ^r "•■ ^^"g"^' '^^^'^'^^ ^ *='^ft' the lateral sW- 

 nearlt I'^'^'f ^"^' .T^ «"^^^1- ^^''^'^^^ o*" « beautiful violet colour. Pe^4 

 thp ,! '^•" ' ^^'^'"""^ reflected, spotted in the centre, carina fringed alone 

 ue margins._ Stamens 10, nionadclphous. Filaments unequal. 



at the bailor i^'P^'^p^ ^" ""^ ^'^ ^'""""'^ ^''''^ ^'^'■^ '^'"^" setaceous segments 



Grows in light poor sandy soils. 

 * lowers April. 



2. ViLLOSUS. 



L. villosus, sericeus; 

 «Jl»s simplicibus, ob- 

 ?ngo-lanceolatis ; pe- 



^^oiis stipulisque fili- 



lormibus, densissime 



^anuginosis ; 

 ^Ppendiculato. 



calyce 

 Nutt. 



p' pi. 3. p 



*j« Filosus. 



1 029. 



Villous 



silken 



leaves simple, oblong, 

 lanceolate ,• petioles 

 and stipules filiform 

 densely lanuginous , 



calyx with lateral seg- 

 ments. 



> 



Pui-sh 2. p. 468. Nutt, 



Walt. p. 180. Mich. 2. p. 56. 



2. p. 93 



