DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



229 



2 — 4 inches long. Stijniles lanceolate, Rcmmmte^ smalL Racemes ot XBihev 

 panicles, 1 — 3 in each axil but not of tlie same age, 4 ~ " ' 



8 inches long. 



Two small hairy bracteas at the base of each calyx Cali/x 2 lipped? the 

 upper lip nearly truncate and emarginatCj the lower 3 cleft, ihe segments 

 broad, short, acute. Corolla purple, vexillum large, reflected, the keel 

 .compressed, spiral. Legtanen broad, falcate, mucronate. Seeds nnme- 

 rous, attached alternately to each valve. 



Grows in damp rich land. Along the margins of swamps. 



Flowers July — September. 



STROPHOSTYLES. 



E. 



Carina cum stami- 

 nibus styloque spiral 

 iter tort a. 

 teres, 



Ltegumen 



Koel with the sta- 

 mens and style spiral- 

 ly twisted. Legumcn 



subbiloculare. terete, somewhat bi- 



Semina cylindrico-re 

 niformia. 



locular. 



Seed reni 



form, nearly cylindri 

 cal. 



NGULOSA. 



1 A 



S. foliis ternatis, 



Leaves ternate,Ieaf- 



foliolis angulatis, bilo- lets angular 2 



bis trilobisque ; pe- 

 dunculo foliis longiore; 

 floribus capitatis. 



Glycine angtilosn. Sp. pi. 3. p. 

 Phaseolus trilobus. Mich, 2. p 





3 lo- 



bed; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves; flow- 

 ers in heads. 



1056. Mvihl. Cat. p. 64. 



60. Pursh, 2. p. 470. 



Annual. Stem prostrate, a little scabrous and hairy. Leaflets a little 

 h^iry particularly along the veins and margin, sometimes distinctly 3 lo- 

 hed, sometimes only angled, with one lateral lobe entire and the other 

 'Slanting. Common Petioles about 2 inches long. Flotoers (8 — 14) 

 ekistered at the smmuit of peduncles 4 to 6 inches long. Stipules small, 

 acute, membranaceous. Calyx 4-cleft, the upper segment oval, slightly 

 2-cleft. Corolla purple ; the vexillum reflected ; wings short, erect 5 keel 

 scuminate^ spirally twisted, depressing the vexillum. Stamens diadelphoiis, 

 long, and with the style included in the carina and bending with it. Le- 

 gume terete, slender, pubescent. Seeds many, reniform^ somewhat cylin- 

 dricaL 



On the sea coast of Carolina the leaves of this plant vary as 1 have de- 

 bribed them. Dr. Baldwin sent me, from the neighbourhood of St. Ma- 



^\ specimens much more distiuctly 3-lobed and resembling very strong- 



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