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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, 



GALACTIA. Brown. 



Calyx 4-dentatus, 



bibracteatus. 

 la 



omnia 



Pet a 

 oblonga 



i 



vexiUo latiore incum- 

 bente. Stigma obtu- 

 siim. Germen basi 

 nudum. Legumen te- 

 res, polyspermum. 



1. Mollis. Mich. 



G. foliis ternatis, 

 foliolis ellipticis, can- 

 escenti-villosis 

 cemis axillaribus, fo- 

 liis multo longioribus; 

 floribus pedicellatis. 



Calyx 4-tootlied^ 

 with 2 bracteas atbase* 

 Petals all oblong, the 

 Vexillum broad, in^ 

 cumbent. Stigma ob- 



tuse. 



Germ naked 



at base. i^6>e/ terete 

 many seeded. 



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5 



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Leaves ternate^leaf- 

 lets elliptic^, villous, 

 hoary ; racemes axil- 

 lary^much longer than 

 the leaves; flowers pe- 

 dicellate. 



Mich 



Pursh 2. p. 486. Nutt 2. p. 117, 



Hoot perennial. Stem prostrate or climbing over small plants, terete, 

 Tillous; Leaflets conspicuously veined on the under surface; common^ 

 petiole about li inches long. Stipules subulate* Common Peduncles 5 

 ^S inches long, partial rarely exceeding 2 lines. Flowers commonly 3 

 from each bud. Calyx villous, 4-cleft, segments acute, the lower one a 

 Fittle longer than the rest. Bracteas 2, subulate, at the base of the calyx- 

 Corolla small, purple ; vexillum obovate, glaucous underneath. Stigma 

 globose- Legume straight, hispid, hooked at the point. 



This appears to be the real G. Mollis of Michaux, but I hav^ som^ 

 doubts whether it is not the G. Pilosa of Nuttall. 



Grows in dry soils. 



summer 



2. Pilosa 1 



Nutt, 



G. parce pilosa; fo- 

 liis ternatis, obiongo- 

 ovatis, subacutis, sub 



A little 



hairy 



J 



leaves ternate,oblong? 



, . v.„.,^, ow^^ J ovate, somewhat a- 



tus pallidis ; racemis cute, pale underneath; 



;ixillaribus;, folio mul- j race mqs axillary much 



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