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D1ADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
and a half long. Bracteas small, ovate, acuminate, at the base of each 
partial peduncle. Calyx hairy, border 5-cleft, the lower segments longer 
than the rest. Corolla yellow, the vexillum twice as long as the wings, 
and keel. Pod coriaceous, spirally twisted, 1 -seeded. Seed reniform 
glabrous. 
Grows in dry sandy soils. An exotic now completely naturalized. 
Flowers April and June. 
2. Intertexta. 
M. pedunculis sub- 
bifloris ; leguminibus 
cochleatis, ovalibus; 
aculeis pubescentibus, 
setaceis, distichis, ad- 
pressis ; stipulis cilia- 
to-dentatis ; foliolis 
obovatis, dentatis. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 1411. Walt. p. 186. 
Pedunclessomewhat 
2 flowered; pods spi- 
ral, oval; prickles pu- 
bescent, setaceous, 
distichous, appressed; 
stipules fringed, tooth- 
ed ; leaflets obovate 
toothed. 
Pursh. 2. p. 490. 
This species with the M. Sativa, and M. Nigra — spring up occasion- 
ally in our enclosures, but neither of them appear to be naturalized in 
this country. 
