J&EeANDRIA MDNOGYNIA. 



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^. Marilandica. 

 ^ C. glabi iuscula ; foliis S- j Nearly glabrous ; leaves 

 jugis,oblongo-lanceolatis, [ in 8 pair, oblong lanceo- 

 rnucronatis; raceniis ax- late, mucronate ; racemes 

 illaii!)us, multifioris ; le- | axillarj, many flowered 5 



guminibiis linearibus, ar- j legumes linear, curved, 

 cuatis. 



,Sp. pi. 2, p. 524 Walt. p. 135." Mich. 1. p.26l. Pursh, 1. p. S06. 



Stem sprinkled willi hair. Leaves all nearly equal. Gland obo- 

 vate, near the base of the petiole. Racemes axillary, but, as in the three 

 preceding speciesj appearing paniculate at the summit of the stem. 

 'Anthers dark brown. 



Grows in gravelly soils, along the banks of rivers. Pursh. 



Flowers June 



August. 



Leaves in many pairs, 



linear, glabrous ; buds few 



flowered 



ti 



above 



the axils ,• 2 petals spot- 



6. CHAMiECRISrA. 



C. foliis multijugis, li- 

 nearibus. glabris ; gciiimis 

 paucifloiis (l — a), supra 

 axillaribus ; petalis duo- 

 bus maculatis j Icgumini- 

 bus villosis. E. 



Walt. p. 136." Mich, l.p.262. Pursh, 1. p. 306. 



Annual. Stem 1 — 2 feet high, ercctand procumbent, with the branches 

 divaricate, hirsute and scabrous. Leaves in 10 — 15 pair, oblique, 

 oval, but very narrow, mucronate, sliglitly serrulate, and glaucous 

 underneath, the veins pellucid ; petiole hirsute, with a pedicellate 



ted 5 legumes villous. 



Sp. pi. 2. p. 528. 



tup-shaped gland below the lowest pair of leaflets. StipuL 

 Ciliate. " ■ 



subulate, 



Peiah yellow, 2 sometimes 3 spotted at base with purple. 

 otamens 10, all fej-tile. Anthers 4 vellow, 6 purple. Lesumes linear, 



Tcry villous. . » r r 



Grows in sandy soils ; very generally diffused over the country. 

 Flowers August— September. 



AscicuLATA. Mich. 



C. glabriuscula 



foliis 



I 



multijugis ; fasciculis lat- 

 eralibus, multifloris ; pe- 



Nearly glabrous ; leaves 

 in many pairs ; fascicles 

 lateral, many flowered ; 



^a!is staminibusque con- petals and stamens of 

 coloribus ; leguminibus one colour,* legumes gla^ 

 ^abris. Mich.^i.p. ^263. broils. 



§ 



Pursh, 1. p. 306. 



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