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BlADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



much longer than the leaves. 



I?racf<?as nearly round, abruptly acumU 

 na^e'tinS^vith purple, dotted with glands, covering two flowers, ileci- 



^Calt/x hairy, 5-cleft, dotted with glands, purplish, with green 



" ' ' " St miens diadelphous. 



Corolla purple, the carina very small. 



duous. 



spots 



Legume oval, rugose, mucronate 

 Grows in day soils moderately rich^ 



June. 



Seed I J glabrous. 



Flowers May 



5. Ec^LANDULOSA. 



E 



P. 



pubescens 



9 



e 



glandulosa ; foliis ter- 

 natis, oblongo lanceo 



latis 

 bracteis 



spicis oblongis ; 



Pubescent^ without 

 glands; leaves ternate 



oblong 



9 



m 



J 



lanceolate 



_ spikes oblong ; brac- 



lato-lanceo- ! teas broad, lanceolate, 



latis, longe acumina- conspicuously acumi- 

 tis calycibusque vil- j nate and with the ca- 

 lyx villous. 



losis. 



E. 



Melilotus psoraloides. Nutt. 2. p. 104? 



This plant is vpry similar to the preceding species, with which I sus- 

 pect it has always been confounded. It is however more pubescent, its 

 hracteas not so remarkably acuminate, and its caiyx,particularly along «ie 

 margins, much more villous. It is probably the plant described by m- 

 Nuttall, but its affinity to the preceding species, m habit and m ev^ty 

 character except the glands, induces me to retain it m this genus, uw 

 plants of this section will however, probably constitute a new genus, as 

 they appear to be very closely allied among themselves, and almost equal- 

 ly connected with this genus and the iMelilotus. 



Grows in dry, moderately fertile soils. 



Flowers INIay — June. 



6. MULTIJUGA. 



E. 



P. caule ramoso ; 

 foliis pinnatis, multiju- 



gis(9 



10); foliolis ob 



longo lanceolatis. 



ob- 



tiisis, pubescentibus ; 

 spicis oblongis ; brac- 

 leis parvulis, membra- 



Stem branching i 

 leaves pinnate, leaflets. 



nuraerons, (9 — 1" 



oblong-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, pubes- 



spikes oblon 



pair) 



5 



cent 



? 



bracteas small, mem 



