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DIADELPHTA DECAMDKIA. 
mis. Stamina in pha- 
langes duas sequales 
divisa. 
i 1 . VlSCIDULA. 
2E. cauSe prostrate, 
gracili, viseido-pu- 
bescente;foiiolis 7 — 9, 
obovatis ; pedunculis 
subbifloris ; lomento 
pubescente, profunda 
incisura articulato. 
cate, 1 seeded. • Sta- 
mens divided into two 
equal phalanxes. 
Stem prostrate, slen- 
der, viscidly pubes- 
cent; leaflets 7 — 9 ob- 
ovate; peduncles gen- 
erally 2 flowered ; pod 
pubescent, with the 
joints deeply notched. 
Mich. 2 p. 7 4. Pursh. 2 p- 485. Nutt. 2 p. 111. 
Root perennial. Stem about 3 feet long, branching. Leaves obovate, 
very obtuse, oblique, finely reticulate. Stipules small, ovate and acu- 
minate. Racemes axillary, 2 — 3 flowered, longer than the leaves. Calyx 
almost equally 5 cleft, with 2 persistent bracteas at the base. Corolla yel-i 
low. Lomentum composed of two very distinct rounded joints, hispkly 
conspicuously mucronate. 
Grows in sandy soils in the southern parts of Georgia. 
Flowers. 
■■ 2. Hispid a. 
JE. caule erecto,pe- 
tiolis-que tuberculato- 
liispido; foliis multiju- 
gis; foliolis linearibus, 
obtusis ; stipulis mem- 
branaceis,semisagitta- 
tis ; racemis simplici- 
bus,pauciflo;'is; lomen- 
tis hispidis. 
Stem erect and with 
the petioles hispid and 
tubercied ; leaves in 
many pair, leaflets lin- 
ear, obtuse ; stipules 
membranaceous, se- 
misagittate ; racemes 
simple, few flowered ; 
pods hispid. 
Willd. Sp. PI. 3p. 1163. Pursh. 2 p. 485. Nutt. 2 p. 111. 
Annual. Stem 2 — 3 feet high, hispid. Leaflets oval, very nume- 
rous. Racemes simple, few flowered, generally bearing a leaf. Calyx 2 lip- 
ped, deeply divided, the upper lip bifid, the lower trifid, with the interme- 
diate segment very small. Corolla much larger than the Calyx ? yellowy 
