DIADELPHTA DECANDRIA. 



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1. Sagittalis. 



C. hirsuta, erecta, 



foil is simpli- 



< 



ramosa 



cibiis^ oblongo-lanceo 

 latis; stipulis sagilta- 

 tis, aciiminatis, decur- 



rentibus 



racemis op 



positifoliis, subtriflo- 



calyce 



Hirsute, erect, 

 branching; leaves sim- 

 ple, oblong lanceolate; 

 stipules sagittate, acu- 

 minate, decurrent; ra- 



cemes 



opposite 



the 



ris 



corollis 



niinoribus. 



leaves, generally 3- 



flowered; corolla smal- 

 ler than the calyx. 



Willd. Sp. pi. 3. p. 972. Walt. p. 81. Mich. 2. p. 55. Pursh 

 2 p. 469. ^ 



C. Lcevigata ? Pursh 2. p. 469. 



^ AnnuaL Stem 8 — 18 inches high, more or less hairy. Stipules some- 

 times very long, decurrent. Floivers nearly opposite the leaves. CoroU 

 /« yellow^ nearly as long as the calyx. Legumen inflated^ nearly black 



when mature. Seed very small^ attached by pedicells to the valves of the 



leirunip. 



Grows in almost all sc 

 Qiuch in its pubescence. 

 Flowers April— July. 



vary 



2 



ARVIFLORA. 



hii 



eeta 



f 



ramosa 

 cibus. 



J 



folii 



pli 



J lineari lanceo- 

 Ms; stipulis superi- 

 oribus decurrentibus, 

 orevissimebidentatis; 

 lacemis oppositifoliis; 



bus 



caly 



Hirsute 



ect 



branchiner: leaves sini- 



pi 



s? 



lanceolate 



upper stipul 



deem 



ent, w ith 2 very short 



teeth 

 site the 



9 



oppo- 

 corol- 



than the 



Willd Sp. pi. 3. p. 973. Pursh 2. ]). 469. 

 ^' Sagittalis var. linearis. Mich. 2. p. 55. 



ni^I ^ ^P^^'^'s is generally found in damp or shady soils, and is distinr 

 , b lod by its narrow loaves and its narrow, sliort and souiewluU irrejnlyr, 



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