DIADELPHIA DECAKDRU, 
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2 Canadensis. 
A. caulescens, dif- 
fusus ; folioiis (21) u- 
trinque glabris ; legu- 
minibus subcylindri- 
cis, mucronatis. 
Caulescent, diffuse; 
leaflets (21,) glabrous 
on both surfaces; pods 
somewhat cylindric, 
mucronate. 
Sp. PL 3. p. 1274. Walt, p. 183. Pursh 2. p. 472, 
Stem prostrate terete. Root creeping* Leaves glabrous on botlFsides, 
somewhat glaucous underneath. Calyx smooth j green. Corolla, yellow. 
Legume cylindrical, depressed, mucronate. Linnaeus, 
In my specimens the leaves are hairy underneath, and the plant heaps 
a strong resemblance to the preceding species. It seems to differ by the v 
smaller number of its leaflets and flowers. 
Grows in the mountains of Carolina, 
Flowers July, August, Pursh. 
K 3. Glaber. 
A. caulescens, gla- 
ber ; folioiis plurimis, 
par' villi. s , ovalibus,s ub- 
ciliatis; spicis longe 
pedunculatis, pauciflo- 
dis- 
tantibus, teretib.us, in- 
curvis, 
Mich, 2. p. 66. Puryh 2. p. 472. 
Stem about 2 feet high, glabrous. . Leaves very numerous, much smal- 
ler than in either of the preceding species, obtuse, sometimes emarginate, 
hairy along the edges, peduncles as long as the leaves, bearing a few flowers 
(3 — 6) near the summit. Calyx a little hairy, the teeth broad and shorts 
Corolla white, much larger than the calyx. 
Grows in the high pine barrens in Scriven County, Georgia. 
Flowers Apt il. 
Caulescent, gla- 
brous ; leaflets nume- 
rous, small, oval, slight- 
ly fringed; spikes few 
flowered, on long pe- 
ns ; leguminibus dis- duncles; pods distant, 
terete, incurved. 
. 4. Qbcordatus. E, 
A? glaber; folioiis 
parvulis, plurimis (15 
Glabrous ; leaflets 
small, numerous (15 
