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** Spicis cylindri- 
cis, melilotoidea. ( Poi- 
kadenia.) 
: 3. VlRGATA. Nutt. 
P. caule virgato, 
subpubescente ; foliis 
sirnplicibus, distanti- 
bus, lineari-Ianceola- 
tis ; spicis axillaribus, 
foliis brevioribus. 
Nutt. 2. p. 104. 
Spikes cylindri- 
cal, resembling Meli- 
lotus. 
Stem virgate, some- 
what pubescent;leaves 
simple, distant, lin- 
ear lanceolate; spikes 
axillary, shorter than 
the leaves. 
, Stem about 2 feet high, sparingly branched. Radical leaves oblong, 
ovate ; leaves of the stem on petioles nearly an inch long, very narrow, 
glabrous, 3 — 5 inches long, scarcely more than two or three lines wide. 
Flowers in compact cylindrical spikes, the naked base of the common pe- 
duncle scarcely longer than the petiole. Braeteas ovate, acuminate, de- 
ciduous, and like the calyx dotted with glands. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 
violet coloured, a little larger than the calyx. 'Legume 1 -seeded. 
Discovered by Dr. Baldwin near St. Mary’s, Georgia, and sent to me 
under the name of P. Angustifolia. 
Flowers. 
4. Melilotoides. Mich. 
P. parce pubescens; 
foliis ternatis, folio- 
lis oblongo-lanceolatis; 
spicis oblongis ; brac- 
teis lato-cordatis, lon- 
gissime acuminatis ; 
leguminibus rotunda- 
tis, nervoso-rugosissi- 
mis. 
Sparingly pubes- 
cent ; leaves ternate, 
leaflets oblong, lan- 
ceolate ; spikes ob- 
long ; braeteas broad, 
cordate, conspicuous- 
ly acuminate ; pods 
round, nervose, very 
rugose. 
Mich. 2. p. 58. Pursh 2. p. 475. 
Trifolium psoralioides. Walt. p. 184. 
Root perennial ? Stem herbaceous, diffuse, branching, pubescent, near- 
ly 2 feet high. Leaves ternate, pubescent, rounded at base and punctur- 
ed with glandular dots. Spikes axillary and terminal, on peduncles 
