PAPILIONATE.f:. (J7 



0XIC ' -.41-', if»..i4 pairs, narrow elipcicnl, dotted beneath. FIouttb in 

 c\ , villous, caliculate. »^'«^n<'»^ of the calyx, lanceolate, acu- 



niKja i. :.a;ry. 



iJluc. ©. .Middle Carolina and Georgia. 1-2 feet. 



GKxrs XXIII. PKTALOSTEMON. 



Calyx o-tootlied, tooth noarly equal. Petals 5, on filiform 

 claws, 4 ot'tiioiii united to the .stamen tiilw?, the 5lh fioo, with 

 an oblong-cordate limb. Stamens 5, monadclphoiis. Legume 

 indehiscent, l-seedod. Herbaceous plants glandular. Flow- 

 ers in terminal spikes or heads. 



1. P. Cakneim. Sfem gbbrous, much branched, slender. Ijcaves fasicied. 

 LeaJLets 2-3 pairs, linear, lanceolate, entire, glandular. Flowers in oblong 

 spikes. C<//.f/ J glabrous, ovate, striate, 5-cleft, slightly pubescent on the mar- 

 gin, deeply clefton the upper side. Pttnls oblong, unguiculate. 



Rose color. %■. Aug. Near Macon, on the Houston road. 1-2 {eei. 



2. P. CoKYMR'^suM. Stem erect, branchins;, glabrous. //ff7ir.< fasicied; 

 leaflets 3-4 pairs, hneareniire, glabrous, dotted underneath. Stipules 2, sub- 

 ulate. i-7'irrrs in heads. Pedttndes g\an<iu\nT. ra/y-r deeply cleft, plumose- 

 The upper petal with a long claw. Legume small, 1-seeded, oblong. 



White. %. Sept— Oct- Near Macon, on the road to Browns' Mt. 1-2 ft. 



Gexus XXIV. TRIFOLIUM. 



Calyx campanulate 5-cleft, with setaceous segments. Pe- 

 tals more or less united, vexillum, longer than the wings. Le- 

 gume men'branaceous, 1-6-seeded, generally indehiscent. 

 Leaves palmatcl y divided, or trifoliate ; leaflets 3-7. Flowers 

 in dense spikes or heads. Clover. Tree foil, 



1. T. A" ■" Sfem silky, pubescent, erect, branching. Ijeaves spatu- 



late-lanc use, ternate, miimtelv 3-toothed. Flotcers in oblong, vil- 



lous spikes, i't/uii nearly separate. Z^^wwi* 1-seeded. 



Stone Clover. Kahhit-foot. 

 Whitish, with purple spot on the wings, O' June — Aug. 8-12 in. 



2. T. Prate-vse. Stem glabrous, ascending, sometimes slightly hairy ; 

 leaflets oval tinely serrulate, or nearly entire. Flowern in ovale spikes. Ca- 

 lyx very hairy. Corolla longer than the calyx. Petals unequal. 



Bed Clover. 

 Purple. %. April— May. Rich soils. 2-3 feet. 



3. T. Refleitm. .S^«n pubescent, or ascending. Zcacf* ternate; leaflets 

 obovate. somewliat rhomboTdal, pubescent, upper ones acute, lower emargi- 

 nate. FUncrrx in pomewhat umbellate dense heads. Calyx hirsute, deeply 

 parted, wiili subulate teeth. Vadium broad-ovate, twice as long as the 

 caJyi. Lfsrnme 3-3-«eeded. Buffalo Clover. 



Vexilluiii red, wings and keel, white. O- April — June 12-18 inches. 



4. T. Repent. 5fem glabrous creeping diffuse, sometimes sprinkled with 

 a few hairs. /v<rtCf« ternate, nearly glabrous; leaflets ovate-oblong, emar- 

 ginate, denticulate. FUncer» in umbellate, globose, heads, on long axillary 

 peduncles at first erect, afterwards reflected. Calyx nearly glabrous, with 

 uaaniBll teeth. i>irMm# 4-sceded, cylindrical. JVhUe Clover. 



White. %. April — Nov. Waste places, common. 6-12 inches. 



5. T. CAROLiMA.Hrx. Stem small, procumbent, hairy. leaves ternate, 

 ob-cordaie, pubescent, toothed, crlaucous beneath. Flowers in small umbels, 

 at firatarect, afterM-ari^ " 'Vcied. Calyx persistent, unequally S-cleft. Vex- 



