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paler underneath; the sideleafets ovate, the terminal one larger, 

 broad, roundish, three inches in diameter; all ending in a long 

 point. Panicle very long, proceeding from the top of the stem 

 above the leaves. Peduncles nearly glabrous, with slender, re- 

 mote branches. Flowers purple. Loments of two or three 

 slightly connected joints. These are large, triangular, rounded 

 in front, and hollowed out at top, their two posterior angles 

 very acute, the anterior obtuse. — On the Concord turnpike, near 

 Fresh pond. — July, August. 



IIedysarum Canadense. L. Canadian Hedysarum. 



Leaves ternate, oblong-lanceolate ; stipules filiform; 

 flowers racemed; joints of the loment obtusely trian- 

 gular, hispid. Willd. 

 Syn. Desmodium Canadense. De Cand. 



A tall, handsome species, flowering in July. Stem erect, 

 striate, hairy. Leaves ternate. Leafets long and narrow, broad- 

 est at base, gradually tapering to the point, which is not very 

 acute. Racemes from the top of the stem and axils of the upper 

 leaves. Pods hairy, consisting of four or five joints, which are 

 imperfectly triangular, their sides curved, and their angles ob- 

 tuse. — Woods. — Perennial. 



Hedysarum paniculatum. L. Paniclcd Hedysarum. 

 Erect, glabrous; leaves ternate, oblong lanceolate; 

 stipules subulate: panicle terminal; joints of the lo- 

 ment rhomboidal. 

 Syn. Desmodium paniculatum. De Cand. 



Stem erect, striate, smooth. Leaves smooth; leafets linear- 

 oblong, tapering to a point, about three inches long. Joints of 

 the loment about five, imperfectly rhomboidal. — Dry woods. — 

 Sudbury. — July. 



Hedysarum cuspidatum ? Willd. Large Hedysarum. 

 Erect, smooth; leaves ternate ; leafets ovate, acumi- 

 nate; joints of the loment rhomboid-triangular. 

 Syn. Desmodium cuspidatum. Torrey? 

 Stem four or five feet high, roundish, smooth. Leaves ter- 



