DL^DRLPIIIA DECANDRIA. 



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long as the corolhi. Corolla uiiite, vexillum purple at base. Lomentum 

 in this and the preceding species, inclosed in tlie calyx. 



I have separated this species from the frutescens, as it app(;ars to differ 

 permanently in the size %nd form of tJie leaf, and in the comparative 

 length of the racemes and corolla, it differs also with us in its hatjitat. 

 llHs IS found very abundantly in the low country, where I have never 

 seen the former unless when cultivated in my garden. 



Grows in dry sandy soils. 



Flowers September. 



IRTA. 



5 



6. H 



L, erecta, ramosa 

 villosissima; foliis siib- 

 sessilibus; foliolis ro- 

 tuiulato-ovalibus; spi- 

 els axillaribus, longe- 

 pedunculatis ; corolJis 

 calyce suba^qualibiis ; 

 lomento calycem siib- 

 aeqiiante. 



Erect, branching, 

 very villous ; Jeaves 

 nearly sessile; leaflets 

 oval, nearly round 5 

 spikes axillary jOn long 

 peduncles ; corolla the 

 length of the calyx ; 

 pod as long as the ca- 

 lyx. 



L. Polystachya. Mich. 2. p. 71. Pursh 2. p. 480. 

 Hedysarum hirtum. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1193. Walt. p. 185. 



Root perennial, Stem erect, branching, S— 4 feet high, with the whole 

 plant pubescent, and very hairy when young. Leaves ternate, nearly 

 '"ouiKl, and as in all the species of this genus, very entire, slightly mucro- 

 nate, covered on both sides with a silky pubescence, 3- " " ' 



owers crowded, in simple racemes, on peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 t-ff/yx very hairy, deeply 5-cleft, segments subulate, equal. Corolla near- 

 y White. Petals all equal, scarcely as long as the calyx, the vexillum 

 spotted in the centre with red. Lomcntmn hairy, 1-seeded. 



Wows in dry and moderiitely fertile soil's. 



«' lowers September. 



5 lines long. 



' Procumbens, 



L. procumbensjgra- 



'^"is^pubescens: foliis 

 ®vahbus 



lor 



? 



*g«ssimis 



pedunculis 



Procumbent 

 der, pubescent 



f 



slen 



oval 



peduncles very 



? 



seiaceis, I long, setaceous,- flow 



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