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long as the, corolla. Corolla white, vexillum purple at base. Lomentum 
in this and the preceding species, inclosed in the calyx. 
1 have separated this species from the frutescens, as it appears to differ 
permanently in the size and form of the leaf, and in the comparative 
length of the racemes and corolla, it differs also with us in its habitat. 
This is found very abundantly in the low country, where I have never 
seen the former unless when cultivated in my garden. 
Grows in dry sandy soils. 
Flowers September. 
6. Hirta. 
L. erecta, ramosa, 
villosissima; foliis sub- 
sessilibus; foliolis ro- 
tundato-ovalibus; spi- 
els axillaribus, longe- 
pedunculatis ; coroiiis 
calyce subaequalibus ; 
lomento ealyeem sub- 
aequante. 
Erect, branching, 
very villous ; leaves 
nearly sessile; leaflets 
oval, -nearly round ; 
spikes axillary, on long 
peduncles ; corolla the 
iength of the calyx; 
pod as long as the ca- 
lyx. 
L. Polystachya. Mich. 2. p. 71* Pursh 2. p. 480. 
Hedysarum hirtum. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1193. Walt. p. 185. 
Root perennial, Stem erect, branching, 3 — 4 feet high, with the whole 
plant pubescent, and very hairy when young. Leaves ternate, nearly 
round, and as in all the species of this genus, very entire, slightly mucro- 
nate, covered on both sides with a silky pubescence, 3 — 5 lines long. 
Flowers crowded, in simple racemes, on peduncles longer than the leaves. 
Calyx very hairy, deeply 5-cleft, segments subulate, equal. Corolla near- 
ly white. Petals ail equal, scarcely as long as the calyx, the vexillum 
spotted in the centre with red. Lomentum hairy, 1 -seeded. 
Grows in dry and moderately fertile soils. 
Flowers September. 
7. Procumbens. 
L. procumbens, gra- 
cilis, pubescens; foliis 
ovalibus ; pedunculis 
longissimis, setaceis, 
Procumbent, slen- 
der, pubescent; Heaves 
oval ; peduncles very 
long, setaceous; flow- 
