DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 241 



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vix longiore, 5 parti- I longer than the brac- 

 tOjIacinns subulatis^di- | teasj 5 parted, with the 

 vergentibiis; legumini- segments subulate, di- 

 bus siibensilbrmibus. * | verging; pods some- 

 what en si form. 



WiWd. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1069. Walt. p. 186. Mich. 2. p. 62. Pursh. 



2.p.48r 



. Root perennial. Stem voluble, climbing over small shrub<?, slightly 

 scabrous. Leaves ternate, oblong, ovate, slightly mucronate, a little sca- 

 brous on the upper surface, smooth and reticulated underneath, common 

 petiole about 2 inclies long. Racemes axillary, short, generally 3 flower- 

 ed. Bracteas 2, lanceolate, acute, pubescent, at the base of the calyx. 

 Cali/x campanulate, scarcely longer than the bracteas, \yith the two low- 

 er segments longer than the rest. Corolla large and pale violet. Std- 

 mcjis diadelphous- Legume long, nearly terete, glabrous. 



Grows in moderately dry soils. 



i lowers June and September. 



2. Mariana. 



foliis ternatis ; 

 ^ce bracteis ^•'"---* 



Leaves ternate: ca- 



? 



5 



lyx tubular^ 5 cleft 

 # lanceolatis multoties ■ iiiiicli longer than the 



linear lanceolate bra< 



majore^tubnloso, quin 



quefida; legumine tor- | teas ; pods 

 iiloso. 





Sp. pi. 3. p. 1070. Walt. p. 186. Midi. 2. p. 62. Pursh 2. p. 4S7. 



Nutt. 2. p. 118. 



Root perennial. Stem sometimes erect,about two feet high, sometimes 

 voluble, smooth. Leaflets ovnte, smooth, a Ihtle gUiucous underneath, 

 common petiole 10 — 15 line? long. Flowers 1 — 2 on peduncles ajjout 

 an inch long. Cali/x cylindrical, smooth, segments very j^cute. Co- 

 rolla pale bluej sometimes white. Legume obout 3 seeded (seeds glutir- 

 nous. Mich.) 



Grows in dry soils, moderately fertile. 



Flowers May and August. 



P^OBINIA. Gen. Pi.. 1195. 



^ Calijx 4-jfidus, laci- 1 Cali/x 4-cIeft, i\i& 



tia superiore biparti- [ upper segment 2 part* 



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