240 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
4. Elliotti. Nutt. 
G. foliis pinnatis, 
foliolis ellipticis,emar- 
ginatis, supra glabris, 
subtus pubescent ib us ; 
racemis eIongatis,pau- 
cifloris. 
Nutt. 2. p. 117- 
Leaves pinnate* 
leaflets elliptic, emar* 
ginate, glabrous on 
the upper surface, pu- 
bescent underneath ; 
racemes long, few 
flowered. 
Root perennial. Stem voluble, climbing over small shrubs. Leaves 
unequally pinnate ; leaflets about 7, lucid yet sometimes a little scabrous 
on the upper surface ; common petiole 2 — 3 inches long. Flowers near- 
ly sessile, somewhat clustered at the summit of the peduncle. Peduncles 
generally shorter than the leaves, sometimes longer. Bracteas subulate. 
Calyx a little hairy, 4-cleft, the lower segment the longest. Corolla 
twice as long as the calyx, white tinged with wli£tL cfc Legume 
compressed, villous, falcate, hooked at the point. Seeds 3 — 5, reniform, 
smooth, speckled. * 
This plant was sent many years ago to Dr. Muhlenberg as the G. Pin- 
nata, and was published under that name in his catalogue. Mr. Nuttall 
finding the name pre-occupied, has published it under the present. 
Grows about three miles from Beaufort along the mail road. 
Flowers May — July. 
CLITORIA. 
Calyx tubulosus, 
eampanulatusve, 5- 
dentatus. Corolla re- 
supinata, vexiilo max- 
imo, patente, alas ob- 
umbrante. Legumen 
line are, acuminatum, 
polyspermum. 
1. VlRGINIANA. 
C. foliis ternatis, o- 
vatis ; calyce bracteis 
Gen. Pl. 1183. 
Calyx tubular,cam- 
panulate, 5 toothed. 
Corolla resupine, with 
the vexiilum large, ex- 
panding, covering the 
wings. Pod linear, 
acuminate, many seed- 
ed. 
Leaves ternate, o- 
vate ; calyx scarcely 
