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cent ; leaves ternate, mostly oval, sometimes ovate and 

 oblong ovate, obtuse, emarginate at each end, mucronate, 

 smooth above, pubescent and paler beneath ; peduncles 

 elongated, six to twelve inches long, often filiform ; flow ers 

 Scattered on pedicels 1 — 2 lines long ; calyx acuminate ; 

 legume pubescent, with a subulate point. 



Allied to G. glabella, but more slender and delicate in 

 all its parts, with smaller flowers and longer peduncles, 

 leaves proportionally broader and paler underneath. Spe- 

 cimens gathered in the upper districts of the State agree 

 better with Nuttall's description of G. mollis, if indeed 

 this be his plant, in being much more villous than the 

 plant above described. I am induced to believe that this 

 is Nuttall's G. mollis, principally from the fact that he 



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(9) Galega ambigiia. Stem decumbent, pubescent^ 

 angled ; leaves five to six inches long, the petiole naked 

 about a third of its length ; leaflets four to seven pairs, 

 with a terminal one, truly cuneate, obovate or oblong, 

 truncately obtuse, younger ones rounded, emarginate, with 

 a short, rigid mucro, smooth above^ pubescent beneath, 

 very strongly veined, and somewhat ribbed beneath with 

 red veins ; Peduncles large, flattened, somewhat two 

 edged, about the length of the leaves, partial ones three 

 to four lines long ; Legume with a short, but thick, whitish 

 pubescence, mostly falcate, ten to twelve seeded. 



Hab. sandy woods. Flowers in June. 



Repeated examinations of this plant for two seasons 

 have led me to the conclusion, that It is distinct from the 

 following. It is not impossible, that in other localities, it 



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