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DIADELPHIA DECA^'DRIA. 



4. Elliotti. 



Nutt 



G. foliis pinnalis, 

 foJioIis ellipticis,emar- 

 ginalis, supra glabris, 

 ,subtas pubescentibiis ; 

 racemis elongatis,pau- 



cifioris. 



Leaves , pinnate, 

 leaflets elliptic, emar- 

 inate, glabrous on 



the upper surface, pu 

 bescent underneath 



5 



racemes 

 flowered. 



long, 



few 



fe- 



Nutt 2. p. 117. 



Root perennial. Stern voluble^ climbing over small shrubs. Leaver 

 tmequaliy pinnate ; leaflets about 7; lucid yet sometimes a little scabrous 

 on the upper surface; common petiole 2 — 3 inches long. Flowers neax^ 



^, somewhat clustered at the summit of the peduncle. Peduncles 

 V sTinitPr th;m the. leaves, sometimes lonp^er. Uracfeas subulate. 



ly 



Corona 



generally snoiter man lae lenvus, suiutuuius lungci. 



Calf/x a little hairy, 4-cleftj the lower segment the longest. 



twice as long as the calyx^ white tinged with red when dry. Legume 



ccmpressedj villous, falcate^ hooked at the point. Seeds 3 — 5, reniforni, 



smooth, speckled. 



This plant was sent many years ago to Dr. Muhlenberg as the G. Pin- 

 nata, and was published under that name in his catalogue- Mr. Nuttall 

 finctuig the name pre-occupied, has published it under the present. 



Grows about three miles from Beaufort along the mail road. 



Flov/ers May — July, 



CLITORIA. 



Gen, 



L. 1183. 



Calyx tiibulosus, 



campanulatusve, 



5 



Calyx tubular,cam- 



ontatus. 



Corolla re- 



panulale 



5 toothed. 



Corolla resupiue, with 

 supinata, vexillo max- | the vexillum large,ex 

 imo, patente, alas ob- 

 umbrante. Legumen 

 liueare, acuminatum, 

 polyspermum. 



pandiug, covering the 



wings 



Pod linear 



acuminate,many 

 ed. 



seed 



IRGINIANA. 



1. V 



C. foliis ternatis, o- 



-1^ 



Leaves ternate, o 



vatis ; ealyce bracteis | vate ; calyx, sc 



arcely 



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