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BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



spiciflorisjlomentis or- 

 biculalis,p«bescentibus 



ers in spikes; pods or 

 biculai'5 pubescent. 



■ Mich. 2. p. 70. Pursh 2. p. 48 1 . Niitt. ^. p. 1 1 8. 



Stem prostrate, branching, with the branches assurgent. Leaves ter- 

 nate, leaflets oval, nearly round, eniarginate, mucronate, very pubescent 

 and slightly glaucous underneath. Flotrers few near the summit of long 

 axillary peduncles. Corolla purple, longer than the calyx Lomenlum 

 when mature nearly round, and very pubescent particularly along the 



gm 



Grows in dry soils- 

 Flowers August to October. 

 In the L. Polystachia and Frutescens, the calyx is deeply and equally 



5-parted, in this and some other species it appears to be 4-parted, with the 



upper segment 2-cIeft. 



8. Prostrata. 



L. prostrata, sub- 

 glabra; foliis ellipti- 



dunculis foliis super- 

 antibus, spicilioris; lo- 



ci s obovatiscjue ; 



mentis 



orbiculatis 



9 



parce pilosis. 



Prostrate, nearly 



labrous ; leaves el- 

 liptic and ob ovate; pe- 

 duncles longer than 



the 

 pike 



5 



5 



pods 



owers in 

 orbicu- 



lar, a little hairy 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1200. Fursh 2. p. 481. Nutt. 2. p. 108. 



Plant in habit and appearance very similar to the preceding species. 

 Stem very slender, woudy ajad glabrouH. Leaves on very short petioles, 

 a little hairy on the under surface and sometimes distinctly obovate. x €- 

 duncles scarcely more than an inch long, very slender- Flowers very nu- 

 merous and rather smaller than tliose of L. Procumbens. Lomentum 

 small, slightly sprinkled with hairs. 



Grows in dry soils. 



Flowers August to October- 



f 





**z 



egume many seeded, generally 



articulated. 



HEDYSARUM. Gen. Pl. 1204. 



} 'ollce 



Ca^v/a: 5-fidus. Co 



carina trans 



Calyx5 ciefU 



of the Corolla trans 



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