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DIADELPH1A BECANDRIA. 
minibus incano-villo- | very villous, assurgent, 
sissimis,assurgentibus, | oblong, 
oblongis. Mich. | 
Nutt. 2. p. 97- 
Astragalus villosus. Mich. 2. p. 66 Pursh 2. p. 473. 
Annual ? Plant small, procumbent, altogether villous. Leaves une- 
qually pinnate ; leaflets numerous, (about 10 besides the terminal one,) 
elliptic and sometimes nearly round. Flowers clustered at the summit of 
the peduncles, which in my specimens are much longer than the leaves. 
Teeth of the calyx long and acute. Corolla yellow. Legumen inflated, 
and with the calyx covered with long hoary pubescence. Seeds few, 
small. 
Grows in dry sandy lands. Occurs occasionally near Savannah. 
Flowers April — May. 
ASTRAGALUS. Gen. Pl. 1208. 
Carina obtusa. Le- 
gumen biloculare aut 
subbiloculare, sutura 
inferiore jntroflexa. 
1. Carolinianus. 
A. caulescens, e- 
rectus ; foliolis (41) 
Oblongis, subtus pu- 
bescentibus; spicis pe- 
dunculatis ; bracteis 
lanceolatis, pedunculi 
longitudine ; legumin- 
ibus ovatis, tumidis, 
rostratis. 
Keel obtuse. Pod 
somewhat 2-celled by 
the internal extension 
of the inferior suture. 
Caulescent, erect ; 
leaflets (41) oblong, 
pubescent underneath; 
spikes pedunculate ; 
bracteas lanceolate, as 
long as the peduncles; 
pods ovate, tumid, 
beaked. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1273. Walt. p. 183. Mich. 2. p. 66. Pursh 2. p. 472. 
Root perennial. Stem glabrous. Leaves unequally pinnate, leaflets ve- 
ry numerous, when young elliptic, when old ovate lanceolate, obtuse, gla- 
brous on the upper surface, very hairy underneath. Flowers numerous, 
in compact axillary spikes, on long peduncles. Calyx very hairy, tube 
truncated, teeth subulate, small. Corolla pale yellow, much longer than 
calyx. 
Grows among the mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers, June, and July. Pursh, 
