404 D1ADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



oblong-hnear, hairy beneath ; fascicles of flowers subsessile, numer- 

 ous ; axillary ones sub-racemose ; loment ovate, reticulate, acute. 



HAB. Dry woods. Aug. 7J. ; stem 2 feet high, sleider ; leaves 2- 

 lin. broad ; Jlower violet. 



L. violacea : diffuse, much branched ; leaves on long petioles ; leaflets 

 oval-elliptic, obtuse, substrigose beneath ; racemes setaceous, lunger 

 than the petioles, sub- umbellate ; flowers by pairs, distinctly pedi- 

 cellate ; loments rhomboidal, reticulate, and smooth. 



HAB. Dry woods. Aug. 7|_ ; stems long, slender, nearly pro^umb. ; 

 Jlower violet. 



L. procumbens : slender, procumbent, every where pubescent ; leaflets 

 oval ; peduncles very long, setaceous ; racemes short ; loments sub- 

 orbicular; pubescent. 



HAB. Sandy fields and woods. Aug. Sep. 1\.- t stem 2 3 feet 

 long ; Jlower purple. 



316. HEDYSARUM. 



H. canadense : leaves ternate, oblong-lanceolate ; stipules filiform, flow- 

 ers racemed ; joints of the loment obtusely triangular, hispid. 



HAB. Woods. July, ^ ; stem 3 feet high ; leaves 3 inches long ; 

 Jlower purple ; bract, long. 



H. viridijlorum: stem erect, branched, scabrous; leaves ternate, ovate, 

 obtuse, scabrous above, villous and very soft beneath ; panicle ter- 

 minal, very long, naked ; joints of the loment triangular. 



HAB. Woods. Aug. 7|. ; stem 3 feet high, pubes. ; Jlower greenish 

 externally. 



H. rotundifolium : stem prostrate, hairy ; leaves ternate ; suborbicu- 

 lar, hairy ; stipules cordate, reflexed ; racemes axillary, paniculate : 

 joints of the loment subrhomboidal. 



HAB. Rocky woods. Aug. '2J-; stem 2 3 feet long ; leaves large 

 racem. few-flowered. 



H. paniculatum : erect, smooth ; leaves ternate, oblong-lanceolate, or 

 elliptical, smooth ; stipules subulate ; joints of the loment (4 5) 

 rhomboidal. 



HAB. Woods. Aug. 1|- ; stem 3 feet high, slender, striate ; leaves 

 long ; loment large. 



H. nudiflorum : leaves ternate, broad oval, acuminate, slightly glau- 

 cous beneath ; scape panicled, smooth, radical ; joints of the loment 

 obtusely triangular. 



HAB. Woods. Aug. %', stem 810 inches high; pet. long; 

 scape 2 3 feet long, slender. 



H. acuminatum : erect, simple, pubescent ; leaves ternate, ovate, con- 

 spicuously acuminate, a little hairy ; panicle terminal, on a very long 

 naked peduncle ; joints of the loment roundish. 



4AB. Woods. July Aug. 1|. ; stem 8 12 inches high ; pan. 12 

 feet long. 



317. PIIASEOLUS. Kidney-bean. 



P. perennis : twining, pubescent ; racemes paniculate, mostly by pairs ; 



leaflets ovate, acuminate, triply nerved ; legumes pendulous. 

 HAB. Dry woods. July, 7|. ; stem long ; panicle 6 12 inches long 



leg. broad-falcate. 



