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LEGUMINOSJE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 
Jo™* 8 of the pod large , half-rhombic, or unequal-sided rhomboidal. 
9. IK laevigatum, DC. (Smoothish Large T.) Smooth or 
nearly so throughout; stem straight ; leaflets orate , bluntish, pale be¬ 
neath ; panicles minutely rough-pubescent. — Pine woods, S. New 
Jersey and southward. — Stem tall, sometimes glaucous. Leaflets 2'- 
3 ; long. 
10. D. viridiflonim, Beck. (Velvet-leaved T.) Stem 
very downy , rough at the summit; leaflets broadly ovate , very obtuse, 
rough above, whitened with a soft velvety down underneath. — S. New 
York and southward. Aug. — Leaflets 2 1 -3' long, sometimes less 
downy. Flowers turning blue-green in withering, like the others 
after No. 5. 
11. I>. Dillenii, Darlingt. (Dillenius’s T.) Stem pubes¬ 
cent, leaflets oblong or oblong-ovate , commonly bluntish, pale beneath, 
softly and finely pubescent .— Open woodlands, common. Aug. — A 
variable species, 2°-4° high. Leaflets mostly thin, 2' -3 1 long. 
1-3. IK paniculatum, DC. (Panicled or Long-leaved T.) 
.V early smooth throughout; stem slender; leaflets narrowly oblong- 
lanceolate, tapering to a blunt point, thin ; racemes much panicled.— 
Copses, common. July. —Stems 2°-4° high: leaflets 3'-5' long, 
J' - I' wide. 
13. IK Strictum, DC. (Narrow-leaved T.) Smooth; stem 
very straight and slender, simple ; leaflets linear, blunt, strongly retic¬ 
ulated, tluckish ; panicle wand-like. — Pine woods of New Jersey. 
Aug. Stems 3° - 4° long, weak: leaflets 1' -2 r long, wide. 
Joints of the pod small , semi-orbicular or obliquely rounded. 
14. IK sessilifolium, Torr. & Gr. (Sessile-leaved T.) 
Stem straight and wand-like, rather woolly; leaves sessile; leaflets lin¬ 
ear or linear-oblong, blunt, thickish, reticulated, rough above, downy 
beneath ; branches of the panicle long. — Copses. Ohio and Michi¬ 
gan. Aug. — Pods small. 
15. IK rigidum, DC. (Rigid T.) Stem branching, some¬ 
what hoary , like the lower surface of the leaves, with a close rough- 
ish pubescence; leaflets ovate-oblong , blunt, thickish, reticulated- 
veiny, rather rough above, the lateral ones longer than the petiole . — 
Dry hill-sides, Mass, to Penn, and Michigan. °Aug. — Intermediate, 
as it were, between No. 16 and No. 11. 
16. IK cilia re, DC. (Hairy Small-leaved T.) Stem slen¬ 
der, hairy or rough-pubescent; leaves crowded, on very short hairy p&" 
i°les ; leaflets round-ovate or oval , thickish, more or less hairy on the 
margins and underneath. — Dry hills and sandy fields ; common, es¬ 
pecially southward. Aug. — Leaflets £' - 1' long, sometimes smooth- 
ish and very like No. 17, except the short petioles, which are not 
longer below than above the lateral leaflets. 
