i 



niADELPHlA DECANDRIA. 



247 



f 



5 



foliolis cuneato 

 obovatis, obtusissimis 

 supra glabris, subtiii 

 sericeis ; pedunculis 

 oppositifoliis, elonga- 



7 



sile : leaflets ciineate 



obovat 



) 



y obtuse 



I 





tis, Sll 



miiiib 



3fl 



? 



legu- 



Pursh 2. p. 4S9. 

 T. Prostrata. Nult. 



glabrous on the upper 

 surface, silken under- 

 neath ; peduncles op- 

 posite the leaves, loi 

 generally 3-flowere 

 pods nearly straight 



ft' 



p. 120. 



F 



Stem prostrate and pubescent. Leaves pinnate^ subsessile, leaflets cu- 

 iieate obovate, coriaceous^ smooth abovey sericeously villous underneath. 

 Peduncles about 3 floweredj opposite to and longer than tlie leaves. Le- 

 gume linear and nearly strai^dit. Nutt. 



Common around Savannali in dry and sandy soils. Nutt.- 



Flowers through the summer. 



MEDICAGO. Gen. Pl. 1214. 



Carina corollae a 



vexillo 

 Lecrumen 



deflectens. 



Keel of the corolla 

 bending from the vex- 



? 



sura, cochleatura. 



• LuPULINA. 



M. spicis ovalibus ^ 

 jeguminibus reniform- 

 ibus, monospermis ; 

 stipulis integerrimis ; 

 loliolis obovatis; 

 libus procumbentibus. 



compres- ilhim. Pod compres- 



sed, spiral. 



Spikes oval 



? 



pods 



I 



cau 



reniform, one seeded; 

 stipules entire; leaflets 

 obovate ; stems pro- 

 cumbent. 



490. 



WUld. Sp. pi. 1406. Walt. p. 186. Mich. 2. p. 60. Fursh. S. p 



an ?^r f^^^^^^^ prostrate and assurgent, rarely exceeding a foot in height, 



mt T "'^^" ^°^^^ ternate, nearly sessile ; Zeo/t'/s obovate, eraargi- 



Jte, denticulate near tlie summit, hairy. Sti'jmles obliquely lanceolate, 



uminate, hairy, extended at base, longer than the petiole. Flowers 



- oval or globular itxiUary heuds, cgmmon peduncle about aa inch 



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