BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



verse obtusa. 



Lo-' 



mentuni pluri-articiila- 



Articulis trun- 



tum. 



catis, 1-spermis 



20^ 



versely obtuse. P^d 

 (Lomentum) many 

 jointed. Joints trun- 



cate, 1 



seeded. 



UDIFLORUM. 



1. N 



H. foliis ternatis 



*' 



acumi 



lato-ovalibus, 



natis, subtus glances 



y 



Leaves ternate, o- 



? 



centibus 



? 



scapo pani- 



caule 



CLilato, ghbro, 

 foliifero altioi e;Iomen. 

 ti articulis subrotundo- 

 triansnlaribus. 



f 



fc) 



val, broad, acnminate 

 slightly glaucous un' 



? 



derneatli; scape pani 

 culate, glabrous, taller 

 than the stem ; joints 

 of the pod obtusely 

 triangular. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1198. Walt. 185. Mich. 2. p. 71. Pursh 2. p. 48S. 



Uoot perennial. 5'#e//2. generally erect, 6 — 8 inches high, simple, pu- 

 bescent, with the leaves crowded near the summit. Leaves ternate, leaf- 

 lets ovate, slightly acuminate, pubescent, a little scabrous, particularly on 

 the upper surface. Common Pe^io?es 3— 5 inches long. Flowers m 9. 

 panicle 2 — 3 feet long, the common peduncles shooting from the base of 

 jne stem, partial peduncles generally in pairs, abo';t an inch and a h df 

 jon?, pubescent. Calyx 4-cleft, the upper segment sometimes bifid, .he 

 lower lonsrer than the rest. Corolla purple. Petals equal. Vexillim 

 niarked at base with two dark piirple spots. Segments of the staminife~ 

 *^^ iuhe unequal. Lomentum 3 — 4 jointed, pubescent. 



Grows in dry rich shaded soils. 



Flowers June— August. 



2. A 



Mich 



erectum 



9 



Sim 



9 



r otu n 



}?!ex, pub 

 «^s teruc 

 to^ovatis 

 '"jnatis; parce^pi 



paniculaterminaIi,Io 

 »ssime pedunculata 



fo 



? 



acu 



Erect 



m 



simpli 



pu 



. jLiJcci, Simple, pii-*^ 



bescent : leaves ter- 



nate 



? 



5 



ovate 



nearly 



round, conspicuously 



a little 



icle termi- 



acummate 



hairy 



? 



5 



Mich. 2. p. 72. PursK 2. p. 483 



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y long pe 



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