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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA 



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INDIGOFERA. 



Calyx paten 



Co 



'olke 



uti 



icalcari subiilato patu 



Cab J, 



pandii 



Corolla with the keel 



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lo. L 



parvukun, 

 rangulare. 



bqiiad 



bearing 



a 



siibul 



spur 

 Fod 



on 



a eh 



linear, 



sicfe. 

 small 



hat 



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AROLINIANA. Walt 



I. fol 



fol 



pinnatis 



atisq 



s 



ova li bus ob 



picis foli< 

 iongioribus; legumin 



reticu- 

 late 



disp 



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3 



Leaves pinnate,leaf- 

 lets oval and obovate 

 spikes longer than th( 

 leaves; pods two seed 

 ed, reticulate, veiny- 



Walt. p. 187. Mich. 2. p. 68. Pursh. 2. p. 44S. Niitt. 2 p. 119- 



Root ])crenmal. Stem erect 3—7 feetliigh, branching, str5ate,gla])rous, 

 the youoo; branches sprinkled witli hair. Leaves unequally pinnate. 

 Leaflets about G pair,entire, mucronate, a little hairy .slightly glaucous un- 

 derneath. Stipules 2 at the base of each petiole. "Flowers subulate, ve- 

 ry short, in simple axillary spikes or racemes twice as long as the leaves; 

 common peduncle 5 — 6 inches long, partial peduncle 2 lines long, a 



Calj/x cam- 



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panulute, pubescent, 5-toothcd; teeth small. 

 Ivx. brown : 



ped 



Corolla longer than the ca- 



vexilhim a little hairy on the out side; keel longer than thc^ 



hfthers oblong. Stigma cap- 



t 



vevillum, with a subulate spur on each side, near the base. Segments o< 

 the stamiuiferous tube very shorty unequaL 



itate. Pod short, a little turgid, mucronate, glabrous, seed renifornu 

 Grows, m dry poor soils. ' 



Flowers July and September. 



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TEPHROSIA. 



Cahfcis deutibus 



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Teeth of the calyx 



subulatis, subceqiiali- subulate.nearly equal. 



Stamina mona- i Stamem 



mona 



bus. 

 delphal 



compressLim, subcori- I sed, coriaceous. 



aclel- 



1 



Leaumcn 



pilous ? Pod compres- 



ace u m . 



