212 BIADELPH1A DECANDRlA. 
6. Obtusum. 
H. foliis ternatis, 
ovatis, obtusis, basi 
subcordatis ; stipulis 
subulatis; panicula ter- 
minali ; articulis lo- 
menti semiorbiculatis, 
reticulatis, hispidis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1190. Pursh 2. p. 
Stem erect, branching, a little h 
small, scarcely an inch long, ovate ai 
led with a few hairs, particularly ale 
rally subcordate. Panicle terminal, 
generally 3-jointed. Joints hispid, r 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers September. 
Leaves ternate, o- 
vate, obtuse, slightly 
cordate at base ; sti- 
pules subulate ; pani- 
cle terminal ; joints of 
the pod semiorbieular, 
reticulate, hispid. 
482. 
airy towards the summit. Leaves 
id obtuse, nearly glabrous but sprink- 
ng the veins, the lateral leaves gene- 
erect. Corolla purple. Lomentum 
tearly round. 
7. ClLIARE. 
H. foliis ternatis, 
ovatis, subtus pubes- 
centibus, margine ci- 
liatis ; panicula termi- 
nali ; lomenti articu- 
lis semiorbiculatis, his- 
pidis. 
Leaves ternate, o- 
vate, pubescent under- 
neath, fringed along 
the margin ; panicle 
terminal; joints of the 
pod semiorbieular, his- 
pid. 
Sp. pi. 3, p. 119 6. Pursh 2. p. 482. Nutt. 2. p. 109. 
Stem erect, about 2 feet high, streaked, pubescent. Leaves ovate, some- 
times a little rhomboidal, pubescent underneath, a little scabrous on the 
upper surface, on a common peduncle rarely half an inch long. Panicle 
terminal, composed of many simple racemes, nearly covered with small 
flowers. Corolla purple. Calyx 4-cleft. Lomentum 2 — 3 jointed. Joints 
nearly round, reticulate* 
Var. Gblongifolium. 
In the dry lands about Beaufort, I have always found this plant accom- 
panied with a variety or perhaps species, resembling it entirely in habit, 
size, in the clustered panicle of small flowers, but differing in its leaves, 
which are larger and proportionally more long, more glabrous, slightly 
glaucous underneath, and growing on petioles an inch long. 
Grows in dry sandy lands. Common about Beaufort. 
Flowers September and October. 
