208 
BIADELFHIA DECANDRIA. 
spidfloris; lomentis or ers in spikes; pods or-* 
biculatis,pubescentibus bicular, pubescent. 
Mich. 2. p. 70. Pursh 2. p. 481. Nutt. 2. p. 118. 
Stem prostrate, branching, with the branches assurgent. Leaves ter- 
nate, leaflets oval, nearly round, emarginate, mucronate, very pubescent 
and slightly glaucous underneath. Flowers few near the summit of long 
axillary peduncles. Corolla purple, longer than the calyx Lomentum 
when mature nearly round, and very pubescent particularly along the mar- 
gin. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers August to October. ^ 
In the L. Polystachia and Frutescens, the calyx is deeply and equally 
5-parted, in this and some other species it appears to be 4-parted, with the 
upper segment 2-cleft. 
8. P rostrata. 
L. prostrata, sub- 
glabra ; foliis ellipti- 
ds obovaiisque ; pe- 
dunculis foliis super- 
antibus, spicifloris; lo- 
mentis orbiculatis, 
parce pilosis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1200. Pursh 2. p. 
Prostrate, nearly 
glabrous ; leaves el- 
liptic and obovate; pe- 
duncles longer than 
the leaves; flowers in 
spikes ; pods orbicu- 
lar, a little hairy. 
481. Nutt. 2. p. 108. 
Plant in habit and appearance very similar to the preceding species. 
Stem very slender, woody and glabrous. Leaves on very short petioles, 
a little hairy on the under surface and sometimes distinctly obovate. Pe~ 
duncles scarcely more than an inch long, very slender. Flowers very nu- 
merous and rather smaller than those of L. Procumbens. Lomentum 
Small, slightly sprinkled with hairs. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers August to October. 
** Legume many seeded, generally 
articulated. 
HEDYSARUM. Gen. Pe. 1204. 
Calyx 5-fidus. Co - Calyx 5 cleft. Keel 
rolke carina trans- of the Corolla traps- 
