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{ tiioso ; racemis cau- 
inis pendulis, corolla- 
tis sterilibus; pedun- 
cidis radicalisms ape- 
talis, fructiferis. Will. 
hairy; racemes of the 
stem pendulous, bear- 
ing petals, sterile; pe- 
duncles from the root, 
without petals, bear- 
ing fruit. 
Journal Nat. Sci. Philada. 1. p. 373. Nutt. 2. p. 113. 
Glycine Monoica. Sp. pi. 3. p. 1055. Mich. 2. p. 64. Pursh 2. 
p. 485. 
Anon. Carolin. Walt. p. 188. 
Root perennial, creeping. Stem voluble, climbing over shrubs, angu- 
lar, retrorsely hairy. Leaves ternate, ovate lanceolate, thin, hairy, sca 1 - 
brous on the upper surface ; common petiole 3 — 4 inches long. Stipules 
ovate, subulate, hairy. Flowers in clustered pendulous racemes, general- 
ly sterile. Calyx tubular, a little gibbous at base, hairy, 4-toothed, teeth 
acuminate. Corolla white, tinged with violet, segments of the stamini- 
ferous tube alternately long and short. Anthers oblong. Germ sheath- 
ed at base. Legume smooth, 3 — 4 seeded. 
Besides the flowers that we have described, this plant appears to pro- 
duce near the surface of the earth racemes, of which the flowers are on- 
ly furnished with a calyx, and the rudiments of a style. From these pro- 
ceed a one seeded, ovate, torulose pod, which sinks into the earth and 
there ripens. I have known the plant cultivated for these subterraneous 
pods, which were used as a vegetable for the table. 
Grows in rich light lands. 
Flowers through the summer. 
2. Sarmentosa. 
A. foliis ternatis o- 
vatis, glabris ; ra- 
cemis filiformibuSjSub- 
trifloris ; floribus ap- 
etalis ; leguminibus 
oblongis, dispermis. 
Willd. 
Nutt. 2. p. 114. 
Glycine Sarmentosa. Sp. pi. 3. 
Leaves ternate, o- 
vate, glabrous ; ra- 
cemes filiform, gene- 
rally three flowered ; 
flowers apetalous ; 
pods oblong, two seed- 
ed. 
p. 1055. Pursh 2. p. 485. 
Stem voluble. Leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, acute, 1 \ inches long. 
Summits of the branches filiform, hanging down ? bearing flowers, Ca 
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