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234 DIADELPHIA DECANDtllA. 



lyx villous, short, 4-toothed. Corolla 0. Pod oblong, compressed, 

 seeded. -Seerfe grey, spotted with black. Willd. 

 Grows in Carolina. 



Flowers July — August. Pursh. 



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GLYCINE Gen. PL 1182. 



Calyx quadrifidus, [ Calyx 4-cIeft, the 

 lac^nia superiore bi- I upper segment two 

 diefitata. Alee b'asi bi- I toothed. Wings two 

 dentatas. Germenh^" I toothed at base, 

 si nudum* Legumen Germ naked at base, 

 compressum, disper- Pod compressed, two 

 mum, sessile. I seeded, sessile. 



1. SiMPLICIFOLlA. Walt. 



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G. foliis simplici- I Leaves simple, or- 

 bus, orbiculatis, rugo- bicular, rugose ; clus- 

 sis ; fasciculis termi- i ters terminal and ax- 

 nahbus, axillaribus- | illary. 

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Nutt. 2. p. 115. 



G. tomentosa var. monoptiylla Mich. 2. p, G^. 



Trifolium simplicifolium Walt. p. 184. 



Stem about 2 — 4 inches high siinple,erect and tomentose* Leaves ronndj 

 sometimes with a small point,sometimes slightly cordate. Petioles 1 — 2 in- 

 ches lon^. Stipules obliquely lanceolatej pubescent. Clusters 5 — 6 flow- 

 ered, rarely axillary. Ca/ya: 4 parted, the segments' lanceolate, acute, 

 the upper one 2-cleft ; as long as the Corolla. Corolla yellow, the wiiig3 

 at base toothed on each side. Stamens diadelphous- Anthers globose 

 nearly white. Legume falcate, pubescent, mucronate. Seeds orbicular, 

 speckled. 



In this and the two succeeding species, the under surface of the leaves, 

 Ihe calyx and the legume are sprinkled with glandular atoms. 

 Grows in dry soils. 



August 



2. T 



OMENTOSA. 



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G. caule volubili : ] Stem voluble; leaves 



foliis teruatis, rhom- ternate, rhomboidal? 



- -4. 



