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DIADELPHTA DECANDRIA. 
petiole. Racemes opposite the leaves, 3 — 6 flowered. Calyx very viF 
lous, segments subulate, expanded. Corolla* pale red; vexillum exter- 
nally pubescent. Pod about an inch and a half long, straight, mi cro- 
nate, somewhat hispid. Seeds compressed, reniform, 4 — 7, spotted. 
This plant as remarked by Mr. Nuttall, differs in some slight gree 
from the Galega hispidula of Michaux, but too slightly I think to consti- 
tute a new species. 
Grows in dry soils. 
Flowers May and August. 
3. Paucifolia. Nutt. 
T. caule deciirn- 
bente, villosissiino ; 
foiiis sparsis, pinnatis; 
foliolis cuneato ovali- 
bus, subtus villosis ; 
peduncnlis foiiis u; al- 
to longioribus, pauci- 
floris. 
Nutt. 2. p. 119. 
Galega villosa. Mich. 67* 
Spicata. \Ya!k u< p. 188. 
Root perennial. Stem sometimes erect, generally decumbent and pros- 
trate, very villous, the pubescence generally rufous. Leaves scattered, 
pinnate, leaflets 11—15, elliptic, obtuse, imicronate, generally cune- 
ate at base, very hairy, almost hispid on the under surface, sometimes 
pubescent, sometimes nearly glabrous on the upper. Petiole like the 
stem very villous. Peduncles opposite the leaves, very long, generally 
bearing 4 or 5 flowers, sometimes more, less villous than the stem. 
Bracteas lanceolate, villous. Calyx hispid, segments subulate. Corol- 
la red, vexillum on the outer surface very hairy. Legume compressed, 
falcate, hispid. 
I have little doubt that this plant is the real G. villosa of Michaux 
though not of Piirsh. Sparsifolia would, I think have been a more appro- 
priate name, than the one which has been imposed upon it. 
Grows in dry soils. Very common. 
Flowers through the summer. 
Stem decumbent, 
very villous ; leaves 
distant, pinnate; leaf- 
lets oval, cuneate at 
base, villous under- 
neath; peduncles much 
longer than the leaves; 
few flowered. 
4. Chrysophyll.v. 
T. prostrata, pu 
bescens ; foiiis pinna- 
tis, quinis, subsessiii- 
Pursh. 
Prostrate, pubes- 
cent ; leaves pinnate, 
by fives, nearly ses- 
