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10. D. eilia're, DC. Stem ascending, slender, hairy. Leaf- 

 lots round-ovate (^1 inch long). Flowers small, in loose 

 racemes. — Dry thickets, south-western Ontario. 



%0. HEDYS'ARII.II. 



H. bOFea'le, Nutt. Leaflets 13-21, oblong or lanceolate. 

 Stipules soaly, united opposite the petiole. Calyx 5-cleft, 

 the awl-shaped lobes nearly equal. Pod of 3-4 flattened 

 roundish joints, easily separated. — Eocky banks, Atl. Prov. 

 and N. "W. prairies. 



21. LESPEWE'ZA. BusH-Clovek. 



* Flowers of two sorts ; tfie larger perfect, the smaller pistillate and 

 usually apetalous^ mingled with tlie otliers. 



1. L. viola' eea, Pers. {L. reticulata, Pers., in Macoun's 

 Catalogue.) Stems upright, branched. Leaflets varying 

 from oblong to linear, downy underneath. Flowers violet- 

 purple. — ^Dry borders of woods, western Ontario. Also at 



-Queenston Heights. 



* • All tlie flowers perfect, in close spikes or heads. 



2. L. hirtE, L. Stem erect, wand-like, tall, pubescent. 

 ■ Leaflets roundish or oval, pubescent. Spikes dense, on 



peduncles longer than the leaves. Corolla yellowish-white, with 

 a purple spot on the standard. 



3. L. capita'ta, Michx. Peduncles and petioles short. 

 Leaflets varying from oblong to linear, silky underneath. 

 Flowers in dense heads ; corolla as in No. 1. Calyx much 

 longer than the pod. — Both species are found in dry soil. 



2». iSArxiS'lA, Veut. False Indigo. 

 B. tinetO'Fia, E. Br. (Wild Indigo.) Smooth and slen- 

 der, 2-3 feet high, branching. Leaves nearly sessile. Leaf- 

 lets wedge-qbovate, turning black on drying. Flowers yel- 

 low^. — Dry soil, Lake Erie coast and Thames valley. 



23. THEE.MOP'SIS, R. Br. 

 T. rhombifo'lia, Eich. A low perennial, with short, 

 few-fiowered racemes terminating the branches. Stipules 

 as long as the petioles. Pods recurved, lO-llrseeded.— N. 

 W. prairies. 



