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X>. glabellum DC. St. t-moothish ; Ifts. ovate, email, rough-pubescent on both 



Bides ; pod of 3 or 4 triangular, minutely hispid joints. Shades, Car. 



10 D. cuspidjttum T. & G. Smooth; Ifts. oblong-oval, or ovate, sharply acumi- 

 nate ; bracts deciduous, ovate, acuminate ; joints of the loment suboval. Woods. 

 3 5f. Stipules and bracts 9". Flowers 8", purple. 



1 1 I>. canescens DC. St. striafe, scabrous ; Ifts. ovate, rather obtuse, scabrous on 

 the upper surface, soft-villous beneath; pan. densely canescent, naked; joints of the 

 loment 4, obliquely oval, hispid. Woods. 3f. 



J2 .D. Canadense DC. St. pubescent; Ifts. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, nearly 

 smooth; stip. filiform; bracts ovate, long-acuminate; joints of the loment obtusely 

 triangular, hispid. Woods, Can. to Pa. and W. 3f. Flowers S", purple. 



1 3 D. sessilifolium T. & G. St. tomentous-pubesccnt ; Ivs. eessile ; Ifts. linear or 



linear-oblong, obtuse at each end, scabrous above, softly tomentous beneath ; stip. 

 subulate ; pod of 2 3 semiorbicular joints. Woods, W. 2 3f. Fls. small, crowded. 

 1-1 D. Dilleiiii Darl. Branching, hairy : Ifts. oblong, villous beneath ; stip. subulate : 

 rac. panicled ; joints of the loment 3, rhomboidal, reticulate, a little hairy, connected 

 by a narrow neck. Moist soils, N. and W. 2 3f. Purple. 



15 D. rigidtim DC. Scabrous, pubescent; Ifts. ovate-oblong, obtuse; petioles 

 short, hairy ; stip. ovate-acuminate, ciliate, caducous ; leg. with 24 obliquely obovate 

 joints. Hills and woods, Mass, to La. 2--3f. (D. Floridanum Chapm.) 



1 6 I>. clliare DC. Erect, slender, scabrous-pubescent ; Ivs. crowded, on short, hairy 

 petioles ; Ifts. small, ovate, ciliate on the margin ; joints of the short-stiped loment 2 

 or 3. Woods. 2f. Purple. 



17 D. Marilandicum Boott. Erect, slender, nearly smooth; Ifts. ovate, obtuse, 

 subcordate at base, the lateral ones as long as the petioles ; loment stipe as long as 

 the calyx, joints 1 or 2. Woods. 2 3f. Violet. 



1 8 I>. liiicatuiti DC. Slender, reclining ; st. finely striate with colored lines ; Ifts. 

 small, roundish oval, smoothish, green both sides ; pod quite sessile in the calyx, 

 joints about 2. Dry woods. 2 or 3f. 



19 E>. strictum DC. Slender, nearly glabrous ; Ivs! petiolatc ; Ifts. linear, elongated ; 

 pan. few-flowered ; pod hispid, incurved, of 13 Innately triangular joints, with a fili- 

 form isthmus. Pine woods, N. J. and S. 3f. 



20 D. GTRANS. Moving-plant. Lateral Ifts. very small ; pods pendulous. From Bengal. 

 Wonderful for the leaves, which in warm weather arc always in motion. 



26. LESFEDEZA. MX. Brsn CLOVER. Calyx 5-parted, bibracteo- 

 late, segments nearly equal. Keel of the corolla very obtuse, on slender 

 claws. Pod (loment) lenticular, compressed, small, unarmed, iudehisceut, 

 J -seeded, y Leaves piunately trifoliate, reticulately veined. Summer. 



Fls. all complete. Calyx villous, long. Cor. whitish with a purple spot Nos. 1, 2 



Fls. partly apctalous. Calyx short. Corolla violet. a Stems upright Nos. 3, 4 



a Stems prostrate No. fl 



1 i. capita ta MX. Bush Clover. Lfts. elliptical to linear, silky beneath ; stip. subu- 



late ; fascicles of flowers ovate, subcapitate, shorter than the leaves, axillary ; loment* 

 hairy, shorter than the villous calyx. Dry soils, Can. to Car. 2 4f. 



2 E<. liirta Ell. Stem villous : Ifts. roundish oval, pubescent beneath ; rac. capitate, 



axillary, oblong, longer than the leaves ; corolla and pod about as long as the calyx. 

 Dry woods. 2 4f. Flowers reddish- white. 



3 Ei. Steitvl Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomentous or pubescent; Ifts. oval-obovate 



or roundish, longer than the petiole ; rac. axillary, capitate or loose ; pod villous- 

 pubescent. Dry soils, Mass, to Ga. 2f. Variable. 



4 Ei. violacea Pers. Erect or diffuse, sparingly pubescent ; Ifts. oval, varying to ob- 



long and linear, obtuse, mncronate, as long as the petioles; rac. axillary, few-flow 

 ered, the apetalous ones generally below. Dry woods. Leaflets 1'. 



