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XXIADELPHTA DECANDRIA. 



■petiole. Racnncs o})posite the leaves, 3— C flowered. CaJyx very vil- 

 lous, segments subulate, expanded. Corolla pale red; vexilli-m extep- 

 Daily pubescent. Pod about an inch and a half long, straight, nu cro- 

 iiate, somewhat hispid. Seeds compressed, reniforra, 4—7, spotted. 

 TJiis plant as remarked by Mr. Nuttall, differs in some slight, degret 

 im the Galega hispidula of Ivlichaux, but too slightly I think to consti- 



from 



tute a new species. 



Grows in dry soils. 



Flowers May and August 



3. Paucifolia. 



Nutt 



T. caule decum- 

 bente, villosissimp ; 

 foliis sparsis, pinnatis; 

 foliolis ciineato ovali- 

 biis, subtiis villosis ; 

 pedunculis foliis mul- 

 to longioribus, pauci- 

 floris. 



Nutt. 2. p. 119. 



Galega villosa. Mich. 2. p. GT' 



Stem decumbent, 



very 



villous 



leaves 



distant, pinnate; leaf- 



lets 

 base, 



oval, 



cuneate at 

 villous under- 



neath; peduncles much 

 longer than the leaves; 

 few flowered. 



s 



plcata. Walt. p. 188. 



Root perennial. Stem sometimes erect^ generally decumbent and proJ- 

 trate, very villous^ the pubescence generally rufous. Leaves scattered, 

 pinnate, leaflets 11^ — 15^ elliptic^ obtuse, mucronate, generally cune- 

 ate at base, very hairy, almost hispid on the under surface, sometimes 

 pubescent, sometimes nearly glabrous on the up[jer. Fitiole like the 

 stem very villous. Peduncles opposite the leaves, very long, generally 

 hearing 4 or 5 flowers, sometimes more, less villous than the stem. 

 Bracteas lanceolate, villous. Cali/x hispid, segments subulate. Corol- 

 la red, vexillum on the outer surface very hairy. Legume compressed, 

 falcate, hispid. 



I have little doubt that this plant is the real G. villosa of JMichaux 

 though not of Pursh. Sparsifolia would, I think have been a more appfO- 

 priate name, than the one which has been imposed upon it. 



Grows in dry soiK Very conuuou. 



Flowers through the 



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4. C 



HRYSOPHYLLA. Pursll. 



T. prostrata 



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pu- 



ce nt 



bescens ,* foliis pinna- ^um, , iv:;avc^ j..,...^- 

 tis, quinis, subsessiii- by fives, nearly ses 



Prostrate, pubes- 

 leaves pinnate 



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