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D1ADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
much longer than the leaves. Bracteas nearly round, abruptly acumi- 
nate, tinged with purple, dotted with glands, covering two flowers, deci- 
duous. Calyx hairy, 5-cleft, dotted with glands, purplish, with green 
spots. Corolla purple, the carina very small. Stamens diadelphous. 
Legume oval, rugose, mucronate. Seed 1, glabrous. 
Grows in dry soils moderately rich. 
Flowers May — June. 
5. Eglandulosa. E. 
P. pubescens, e- 
glandulosa ; foliis ter- 
natis, oblongo lanceo- 
latis ; spicis oblongis ; 
bracteis lato-lanceo- 
latis, longe acumina- 
tis calycibusque vil- 
losis. E. 
Pubescent, without 
glands; leaves ternate, 
oblong lanceolate ; 
spikes oblong ; brac- 
teas broad, lanceolate, 
conspicuously acumi- 
nate and with the ca- 
lyx villous. 
Melilotus psoraloides. Nutt. 2. p. 104? 
This plant is very similar to the preceding species, with which I sus- 
pect it has always been confounded. It is however more pubescent, its 
bracteas not so remarkably acuminate, and its calyx, particularly along the 
margins, much more villous. It is probably the plant described by Mr. 
Nuttall, but its affinity to the preceding species, in habit and in every 
character except the glands, induces me to retain- it in this genus. The 
plants of this section will however, probably constitute ,a new genus, as 
they appear to be very closely allied among themselves, and almost equal- 
ly connected with this genus and the Melilotus. 
Grows in dry, moderately fertile soils. 
Flowers May — June. 
6. Multijuga. E. 
P. caule ramoso ; 
foliis pinnatis, multiju- 
gis(9 — 10); foliolis ob- 
longo lanceolatis, ob- 
tusis, pubescentibus ; 
spicis oblongis ; brac- 
teis parvulis, membra- 
Stem branching j 
leaves pinnate, leaflets 
numerous, (9 — 10 
pair) oblong-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, pubes- 
cent ; spikes oblong ; 
bracteas small, mem- 
