78 
Canadense. 
Marilandi- 
cum 
viridifliorum, 
bracteosum. 
DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. 
319. HEDYSARUM. Gen. pl. 1204. (Leguminose.) 
Caliv 5-cleft. Carina transversely obtuse. 
Loment of several articulations; joints 4-. 
seeded, compressed, and mostly hispid.— 
Nutt. 
1. H. erect, smoothish; leaves ternate, oblongo- — 
lanceolate ; stipules filiform ; flowers racemose ; 
the joints of the loment obtuse, triangular, his- 
pid.— Willd. 
About two and a half feet high. Whole plant of a greyish- 
green. Flowers purplish. In wocds and thickets, common. 
Perennial. July, August. 
2. H. erect, branched, hairy; leaves ternate, ob- 
long, villous beneath; stipules subulate; ra- 
cemes paniculate ; loments tri-articulate, joints 
rhomboid, reticulate, hairy.— Willd. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 174. f. 171. (Pursh.) 
About the size of No. 1. Flowers also purplish. In similar 
places with the preceding. Notuncommon. Perennial. July, 
August. 
3. H. erect, branched, pubescent; leaves ternate, 
ovate-oblong, scabrous underneath; stipules 
lanceolate-cuspidate; racemes paniculate, brac- 
teate ; loments rough, joints oval.— Willd. 
Icon. Pluk. alm. t. 308. f. 5. 
Three, or three and a half feet high. Flowers first purple 
or reddish, and afterwards bluish-green. In woods, and on 
the borders of neglected fields, common. Perennial. July, 
August. 
4, H. erect, glabrous; leaves ternate, oblong- 
oval, acuminate; stipules subulate; raceme ter- 
