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ANADENSIS. 



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A. caulescens, dif- 

 fiisus ; foliolis (21) u- 

 triiique glabris ; legu- 

 minibiis subcylindri- 

 cis^ mucronatis. 



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Caulescent, diffuse 

 leaflets (21^) glabrous 

 on both surfaces; pods 

 somevrliat cylindric, 

 mucronate. 



Sp. PI. 3.. p. 1274. Walt. p. 183. Pursh 2. p. 472. 



Stem prostrate terete. Root creeping. Leaves gX-Ahrons on both'sides, 

 somewhat glaucous underneath. Cc^^a; smooth, green. Corolla ydXow. 

 ^egume cylindrical, depressed, mucronate. Linnaeus. 



In my specimens the leaves are hairy underneath, and the plant bears 

 a strong resemblance to the preceding species. It seems to differ by the 

 smaller nimibef of its leaflets and flowers. > 



Grows in the mountains of Caroline^, 



Flowers July, August, Pursh. 



3. G 



LASER. 



Mich 



9 

 1-, 



A. caulescens, gla- 



her; foliolis plurimis, 

 parvulis, ovalibus^sub- 



Gauie scent 



y 



gfa 



cihatis; spicis 



longe 



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pedunculatis, paucillo- 



is ; leguminibus dis- 



tantibus, teretibus, in- 

 curvis. 



Mich. 2. p. 60, Pursh 2. p. 472. 



brous ; leaflets nume 

 rouSjSmall, ovaI,slight- 

 ly fringed,- spikes few 

 flowered, on long pe- 

 duncles; pods distant, 

 terete, incurved. 



Stem about 2 feet high, glabrous. Leaves very 

 jcr than iij cither of the preceding sjiecies, obtuse, 



numerous, much smal- 



. , ^j J,.., ^ , bometimes cmarginate,^ 



hairy alongthe edges,peduncles as long as the leaves,bearing a few flowers- 



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C) near the summit- 



, -. « ^...^«. » jy „ ^.^^ — and 



\oroUa whitej niucli larger than the caiyx. 



wows in the high pine barrens in Scriven County, Georgia, 

 t lowers Apiil. 



4. Obcordatus. 



E. 



Glabrous : leaflets 



A? glaber; foliolis 

 parvi^lis^ plurimis (15 I small, numerous (15 



