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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



tis, trifoliatis^ lato-lan- 



ceolatis 

 floris 



spicis 



laxi 



floribus pedi- 



J 



liate, broad, lanceo- 

 late ; spikes loosely 

 flowered; flowers pe- 



cellatis ; calycibus pi- | diceliatej calyx hairy, 

 losis, 



I- h 



Mich- 2. p. 57. Pursh 2. p- 473. 



Root mberousj perennial. Sfe?7i heibaceouSj having somewhat of 3 

 shrubby appearance, 2 — 3 feet high, branching. Leaves on very short 

 petioles, entire, thickly sprinkled Avith glands. Peduncles axillary, much 

 longer than the leaves, bearing 4 — 7 flo\yers near the extremity. Calf/x 

 for this genus large, deeply divided, coloured, (brownish,^ hairy and very 

 distinctly marked with dark coloured glands- Corolla yellowish, longer 



than the calyx. 



Grows in sandy soils in the middle of Carolina and Georgia. 



Flowers May — July* 



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2. LupiNELLus. Mich. 



p. glaber ; foliis cli 



gitatis^ longe petiola 



tis 



? 



foliolis filiformi 



Glabrous 



leaves 



digitate, on long peti- 



bus 



» 



race mis 



mil hi 

 floris, foliis longiori 



; leguminibiis ru 



bus 



ed. 



gosis 



rii- 



oles ; leaflets filiform ; 

 racemes many flower- 

 longer than the 

 leaves ,- legumes 

 gose. 



Mich. 2. p. 58. Pursh 2. p. 476. Nutt. 2. p. 103. 



Roof perennial ? Stem about 2 feet high, sparingly branched. Leaves 

 on petioles rather more than an inch long. Leaflets 5 — 7,not larger than 

 the petiole, exhibiting distinctly the glands which characterize this ge- 

 nus. Peduncles much thicker than the petioles, 3 — 5 inches long. Cfl- 

 lyx small, glandular, with the lower segment a little longer than the rest* 

 Corolla 3 times as long as the calyx, of a pale violet colour. 



Grows in the arid barren sandhills at Fort Barrington on the Altamaha, 

 ^nd is found occasionally in similar situations in other parts of Georgia 

 and Carolina. 



owers 



July. 



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