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DIADELPHIA DECANDRU. 



ovalibus, mollissime 



9 



tomentosis 



> 



racemis 



longis, multifloris, ter- 

 minalibus. E. 



tomentose, very soft; 

 racemes long, many 



flowered, terminal. 



Stem erect ? angled, tomentose. Leaves ternate ; leaflets oval, ohtusc, 

 tligose, cloathed with a velvet-like toraentumj the glandular dots less dis- 

 tinct on this than on the preceding species. Racemes 5- — 8 inches long. 

 Calyx deeply cleft, segments subulate, acute, nearly as long as the corol- 

 la. Corolla yellow. Wings toothed on each side near the base. The 

 Leffume I have not seen. 



Grows near St. Mary's, Georgia. Dr. Baldwin. 



Flowers. 



5. Reflexa. 



G] volubilis ; foliis 



ternatis. 



rotundato 



rhombeis, pubescent!, 

 bus : racemis axillar- 



? 



ibus.erectis, foliis mul- 



Voluble: leaves ter 



5 



nate rhomboidal^near- 



round, pubescent; 

 racemes axillary, e- 

 rect,much longer than 



: flower 



the 



leaves 



buds and pods reflect 

 ed. 



to longioribus ; flori- 



bus ante anthesin le- 

 uminibusque reflexis. 



Nutt. 2. p. 1 1 5. . 



Root perennial- Stem angled, branciilng, climbing over tall shrubs, 

 pubescent particularly along the angles. Leaflets 3-nerved,covered with 

 a soft pubescence, the lateral leaflets generally round, the middle one fre- 

 quently rhomhoidaU Common Petioles J — 2 inches long. Stijmks su- 

 bulate. Racemes 4 — 5 inches long, many flowered- Peduncles angled. 

 Calyx 4-cleft, segments acute, the upper one 2-cIeft, the lower longer than 

 the rest. Corolla yellow, longer than the calyx, the petals all equal, the 

 wings 1-toothed near the base. Legume falcate, pubescent, mucronat«. 

 Seeds reniform^ glabrous* 



The corolla^ the seeds arid the habit of tliis plant distinguish it from the 

 other species of this genus, although in character it is very closely allied 

 to them. 



Grows on Paris' Island, running over high shrubs, along the edge of 

 the Island at Mr. Habersham's plantation. Found also near St. Mary s, 

 Georgia, by Dr. Baldwin. 



flowers August — October. 



J 



In the Joornal of Natural Sciences published at Philadelphia, vol i- P- 



. I offered some observations on the eenus Glvcine and some of i** 



