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DIADELPIIIA DECANDRIAi 



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mini 



3 iiicano-villo 

 sissimisjassurgeiitibus 



s. Mich. 



'^ 



oblong. 



gent 



oblon^ 



Nutt. 2. p. 97. ' 



Astragalus villosus. Mich. 2. p. 66 Pursh 2. p. 473* 



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Annual? Plant small, procumbent, altogether villous. Leaves unt- 



qually pinnate J leaflets numerous, (about 10 besides the terminal one,) 



elliptic and sometimes nearly round* Flotcers clustered at the summit of 



the peduncles, which in my specimens are much longer than the leaves. 



Teeth of the calyx long and acute. Corolla yellow. Legtanen inflated, 



and with the calyx covered with long hoary pubescence. Seeda kw^ 

 Small. 



Grows in dry sandy lands. Occurs occasionally near Savannah. 

 Flowers April — May- 



Astragalus 



4 



C^rmaobtusa. Le- 

 gumen biloculare aut 



subbilocLiIare, siitura 

 inferiore introflexa. 



EN. 



L. 



1208. 



Keel obtuse. 



Pod 



I 



somewhat 2-eelled by 

 the internal extension 

 of the inferior suture. 



1. Carolinianus. 



A. caulescens, e- 

 rectus ; foliohs (41) 

 oblongis, subtus pu- 

 bescentibus; spicis pe- 



dunculatis 



5 



bracteis 



lanceolatis, pedunculi 

 longitudine; legumin- 

 ibus ovatis, tumidis, 

 rostratis. 



Caulescent, erect ; 



7 



leaflets (41) oblon 

 pubescent underneathj 



spikes 



pedunculate j 



bracteas lanceolate. as 

 long as the peduncles; 



pods 



beaked. 



ovate, 



tumid 



5 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1273. Walt. p. 183. JMich. 2. p. 66. Pursh 2. p. 47^. 



Hoot perennial. Stem glabrous. Leaves unequally pinnatc,Ieaflets ve- 

 ry numerous, when young elliptic, when old ovate lanceolate, obtuse, gla- 

 brous on the upper surface, very hairy underneath. Flowers numerous, 

 m compact axillary spikes, on Ion- peduncles. Calyx very hairy, tube 

 t^ijcated, teeth subulate, small. Corolla pale yellow, much longer tbafl 



Grows among the mountains of Carolina. 

 Flowers, June, and July, Pursh. 



