DECANDRIA MONOGYMA. 46g 



tis, obtusis, mucronatis, I shaped at base, obtuse^ 

 glabris; stipulis subula- mucronate, glabrous; stil 

 tis, petiolo brevioribus ; pules subulate, shorter 



ribus 



a 



mmal ,* flower 



acemes 



Podaljria alba, Sp. pi. 2. p, 503, Mich. 1. p. 264. Pursh, 1. p. 308. 

 Sophora alba, Walt. p. 134. 



Soot perennial, composed of thick, fleslij fibres. Sfcm gene rail r 

 simple, 1—2 feet high ; branches near the summit flcxuous. expanding 

 glabrous. Mowers in lonj; (1-2 feetj terminal racemes ; the common 

 peduncles, like the braiiches, dark purple. Bractea a subulate leaf at 

 the base of each flower, longer than the peduncle and flower, and 

 Jailing ben>re its expansion. Calya- 4 cleft, the upper segments emar- 

 ginate. Slamem unequal, distinct, shorter than the petals. Capsul* 

 mtlated, cylindrical. Seeds very small. . ^ 



Grows in damp, strong soils. 



Flowers March — April. 



y. Bracteata. Muhl. Cat 



B. pubescens ,• ramis | Pubescent,- branches 

 divaricatis ; fohis ternatis, j divaricate; leaves ter- 

 petiolalis ; foliolis lauceo- | nate, petiolate ; leaflets 

 latls ; racemis axillaribus, } lanceolate ; racemes ax- 

 re clinatis,-bracteisuiaj us- I illary, reclined ; bracteas 

 culis, lato-subulatis, per- j large, wide subulate, per- 

 sistentibus. E. ) sistent. 



_ Sieml^Q feet high, branching from the base j branches nearly ho- 

 rizontal. Leaves large, lanceolate, rather obtuse, on petioles half an. 

 jucli long. Stipules longer than the petioles. The racemes general- 

 ly proceed from the under side of the branches, and bend to the 

 earth, so that they are frequently not seen unless the branches are 

 raised up Bracteas an inch long, and nearly as wide at base, per- 

 sistent, giving the racemes a leafy appearance. Flowers grey, lan>-er 

 than those of any other species which i have seen. "^ 



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Geoi 



gia. 



Flowers April. 





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These plants, as far as thej were known, were formerly comprised 

 by J.,mn?eus m the large and miscellaneous genus Sophora, in which 

 at first he placed nearly all the plants known to him, which, with pap- 

 lUonaceous flowers, had ten distinct stamens. As the species multi- 

 plied, and were accurately exi^mined, it was found necessary to subili^ 

 Vide tlie genus, and our plants were thrown, with a number of species 



from the Uapa of Good 



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