^ 



4r 



V 



h- 



122 Curtis' s Enumeration of 



may be found to vary in the form and length of its ped- 

 uncle, but I have never found it varying from the charac- 

 ters given above. 



(10) Galega hispldula, Mx. G. gracilis, Nutt. 



Erect or decumbent ; stem nearly round, pubescent. 

 Leaves 3 — 5 inches long, subsessile, distant ; leaflets 

 6—10 pairs with an odd one, oblong elliptic, very acute 

 and mucronate, 5—10 lines long, 1—4 wide, smooth 

 above, slightly pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2—3 times 

 longer than the leaves, partial ones slender; legumes his- 

 pid, nearly straight, 8—10 seeded. 



Hab. like the preceding. Flowers in June. 



Every way more slender and less pubescent than G. 



ore hispid. The plants 



srume 



are readily distinguished at sight. 



This is doubtless the G. gracilis, Nutt. though that 

 plant is described with a peduncle about as long as the 

 leaves, the only character I can discover in Mr. Nuttall's 

 description upon which he could have separated it from 

 G. hispidula, Mx. For instead of differing " in too many 

 particulars," the descriptions may be easily reconciled. 

 The « foliolis parvulis" of Michaux' description cannot 

 apply to any other of our species. 



11) Galega paucifoHa, N. Leaflets usually 6 pairs, 

 10—15 lines long, 5—6 broad. Peduncles 2—3 times 

 longer than the leaves (" about the length of the leaves" 

 Nutt.) ; calyx larger, and with longer segments than the 

 other species ; legume nearly straight, about ten seeded. 

 Well described by Elliott. The number of its leaves 

 varies, according to its situation as to dampness, shade, 

 Ste. ; no dependence can be put on the length of the 

 peduncle in this genus. 



De Candolle has described a G. hispida from Carolina, 



• 



