100 DMDELPHIA. DECAKDKIA. 



and pubescent; vexilliim ovale, nearly straight; legum« 

 oblong-. Hi iir.st pubescent. 



9. * cuf?ioiug. Ciiu]e^ctnt, decumbent and pubcscentr 

 leaflets (8 to 10 pair,)oblnng-)ar,ct-olale; stipules ovate; ra- 

 cemes jixiliary, aboi** the ier.g-th of tlje leaves; le^un.es 

 large and pendulous, oval, carnose, inflated and compress- 

 ed, smooth. IIab. On the plains of the Missouri from 

 the coiiliuence of the river Platte to the Mountains; the 

 legumes are about the size of ordinary plums, and consi- 

 derably resemble, as to i'orrr, those of J. physcdts. Flowers 

 violet-purple; bractes much siiorter than the calls ; calix 

 covered with a dark pubescence, segments not subulate; 

 vexillurn ovate, I&ng and erect, fruiting racemes prostrate. 

 The plant described for the present by Mr. Pursh in 

 Suppl. 2. p. 740. v.'asa species of Sophora io which he by 

 mistake applied tiie fruit of our .?. cmviosj/.^-. 



10. ga!f^-oides. Stem partly erect; leafiets oblong-Ian' 

 ceolate (uboMt 21), somewhat pubescent beneath; pedun- 

 cles axillary, Icmj^er than the leaves; spike crowded, flo\^ 

 ers pcdiccjlutc, secund; legumes stipitate, pendulous, bi- 

 ventricostly triqiiclrous and smooth; calix pubescent, 

 segments subulate Hab. On sahne alluvial soils, from 

 ^Vhite river to tiie Mountains; common, Obs. About two 

 feet high and nearly smooth; the Xfhole- plant rather 

 strongly and sometthat disagreeably scented, flowers 



• whitish, numerous, bractes subulate, longer than the pe^ 

 dicells; fruiting raceme 8 to 10 inches long; legume 10 to 

 15 lines, conspicuously stipitate. A. raa'mosus. Vn. m 

 Suppl. 2. p. 740. 



11. * ^TaciUs. Fras. Catal. 1815. Pubescent, stem slen- 

 der and erect; leaves subsessile, leaflets oblong-linear, re- 

 mote (13 to 23,) racemes pedunculate, longer than the 

 leaves; legumes very short, cernuous, elliptic-ovate, sub- 

 triquetrous and pubescent, 1-cclled, dentures of the cahx 

 minute. Hab. Fronj White river to the Mountains, on 

 the plains of the Missouri. Flowering in .May. Nearly 

 allied to .'?. snicatiis, but pubescent. It appears to be JL 

 tenellus of Pursh and also Ervnm muUifomm, Suppl 2. p. 

 739. li. is likewise Ualea parvijlura^ Ph. 2- p. 474. as I 

 have exan.ined the specimen so marked in Herb. Lambert. 

 Obs. Stem about 2 feet high, angular, but scarcely stri- 

 ate. StljMdes ovate, acuminate. Peduncles very long.; 

 racemes loose, sub.sccund; cahx villous; legume about 

 2 lines l»)ng, niany-seeded, acuminated with the curved 

 style. Flow ers pale purple. 



This vast genus of near 180 species exists principally 

 in Siberiu; there are a frw species also in Eu.rcp'? ard tl.*" 



