DTADELPHIA DEC4NDRIA. 



205 



bus; spicis pedunciila- 

 tis, paucifloris^ foliis 

 lons^ioribus ; lomentis 



f 



spikes on peduncles, 

 few flowered, longer 

 than the leaves : pod^ 



nudis, pubescentibus. j naked, pubescent. 



Nutt. 2. p. 107. 



4 



Stem 2-^3 feet high; rlothed witli a soft pubescence. Leaves ternate, 

 ha:ry on both surfaces, common petiole not half an inch long. Racemes 

 axillary, rarelj bearing more than 5—6 flowers, common peduncle rather 

 more than an indi long. Corolla much longer than the calvx, hairy 

 pointed with a persistent style. » . > J7 



My specimens, though differing in a few minine particulars from the 

 description of Mr. Nuttall. appear to belong to this species. 



Grows in dry sandy lands. 



flowers September. 



3. V 



lOLACEA, 



ecta, ramosa 





piibescens ; foliis 

 ticis; racemis sub 



bellatis, foliis vix 

 perantibus; lomentis 



sn 



ovatis 



9 



pilosis 



E 



Erect, branchin 

 pubescent ; leaves 



liptic ; 1 

 whatum 



long 



cemes some 



th 



the 



leaves ; pods ovate. 



Walt 



Stem 3 



p. 185. Pursh 2. p. 481. Nutt. 2. p. 108. 



on h th / ^^^* ^"^^'' "^"''^^ branched, furrowed. Leaves a little hairy 

 lonr 17 ' *^^'«»"<>" P^tio'e generally from half an inch to an inch 

 each h , ?''^^''* ^^ ^^^°^ racemes, and as is usual in this genus, 2 from 



crow 1 ",?' *^^ ^"^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ together that the flowers are very much 

 „p "'^"^.as the facemes are just a little longer than the leaves, the 



der ^ f^y^'^^^^'^^^ of t'le branches frequently resemble a compact cylin- 

 j^. 01 flowers. Corolla larger than the calyx, bright purple. Pod 



^rovfs in dry rich soils. 



^ lowers Septem ber. 



staI*'h,?;".P-'''^'"S^^^ ''f Or. Muhlenberg, I have never met v 



ch he sent me appear to differ very much from 

 It is distinguished by much larger leaves on 

 ^'unclesl" I--""— J"-' «em is much more dilFusely branched, the pe- 

 lom..^*-^^"^ ^ "" *''^ flowers scattered and distinctly racemose, aud 



ith in thL'! 



our n' specimens w 



1"; common L. Violacea, 



«ntuni, or pod, reticulated and nearly glab 



