DUDELPHIA DECANDRIA, 



195 



adnatae. 

 ))reve. 



Vexillu m 

 Legumen 



I 



monospermum, calyce 

 brevius. 



i 

 i 



the stamens. Vexil- 

 turn short. Pod one 

 seeded, shorter than 

 the calyx. 



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^ 



LIFFORT^ANA. 



3 



D. spicis oblongis, 



confertis,peduneuIatis, 

 ferminalibus, sericeis 



bracteis calycis longi 

 tiidine ; foliis siibsex 

 jugis, Hneari-cuneatis 



retusis, apice subden- 

 talis. 



Spikes 



oblong 



* 



9 



crowded, pedunculate^ 

 terminal, silky ; brac- 

 teas as lonof as the ca^ 

 lyx 5 leaflets (about 6 

 pair,) narroAVjCuneate, 

 retuse, toothed near 

 the summit. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1336. Pnrsh 2. p. 474. 



1. 



Annual, Rtevi 1 1-2 — 3 feet lugh^ erect^ glabrous. Leaves 4, 5, or 6 

 pair, leaflets narrow, cuneate, retuse, slightly toothed near the summit. 

 Spikes 1 — 2 inches long, solitary, terminal- Bracttas as long as the ca-, 

 lyx, lanceolate, glabrous, fringed along the membranaceous margin. Ca- 

 lyx hairy, teeth subulate. Corolla blue. Willd. 



This plant with which I am uijacquainted, I have inserted on the doubt- 

 ful authority of Pursh. Willdenow describes it as a native of Terra Fir- 

 ^a; iVuttall quotes It under his D, Aiopecuroides, a native of Lov^isiana^ 

 on the borders of the Mjssisslpi. 



PSORALEA. 



^alyx 5-dentatus 



Gei^. 



L 



1210, 



3 



pwnctis callosis 



ad- 



spersus. Stamina di 



adelpha. 



Legumen 



Calyx 5 -toothed,. 



sprinkled with callous 



dats. 



Stamens dia 



Pod 1 



nionospermum, subro- 

 stratuni, evalve. 



lycem 



ca,- 



aequans 



delphouSt 

 seeded, slightly beak- 

 ed, without valves, as 

 long as the calyx. 



Canescexs. 



Mich 



p. tot a 



canescens 



Hoary ; leaves on 



breviter petiola- short footstalks, trifo 



