BIAD1LFHIA DECANDRIA. Astragalus, 
leguminibus utrinque acutis pilosis. Willd.sp.pl. 3» 
p. 12 97. 
Icon. FI. dan. 51. Pall, astrag. t. 32. 
In Labrador. Colmaster. If . July, Aug. y. s. . in Herb . 
Dickson. Flowers pale purple. 
5. A. caulescens, procumbens j foliolis ovatis pubescentibus, 
spicis peduncularis, leguminibus secundis rectis utrin- 
que acuminatis pendulis. — -Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 67 . 
In the north of Canada. Michaux. Labrador. CoU 
master. If- • July, Aug. v. s. Flowers dark purple. 
6. A. caulescens, glaber j foliolis linearibus alternis, spicis. 
peduncularis folio longioribus, bracteis minutis, legu- 
minibus subteretibus rostratis. 
On the banks of the Missouri. M. Lewis. If . Aug. 
v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers small, yellowish-white. 
7. A, subacaulis, pilosissimus j foliolis ovalibus supra gla- 
bris, pedunculis folia subaequantibus, spicis pauciflo- 
ris, leguminibus incano-villosissimis assurgentibus ob- 
longis. — Mich.fi. amer . 2, p. 6 J. 
In sandy pine-woods of Georgia. If . July, Aug. v. s . 
in Herb. Enslen. 
* 7 * 
secundus. 
tenellus, 
filio sus. 
57 1. OXYTROPIS. Decand. astrag . p 24 . 
1 . O. acaulis ; foliolis obovato-lanceolatis sericeo-argenteis, argentata . 
scapis folia aequantibus, floribus capitatis, bracteis lan- 
ceolatis longitudine calycis sericei. — Pers. syn . 2 . 
p. 331 . 
Astragalus argentatus. Wilid. sp. pl. 3. p. 1310 . 
Icon. Pali, astrag. t. 48 . 
On the banks of Clarck’s river. M. Lewis. If . July. 
v. s. in Herb. Lewis. 
572 . APIOS. 
Glycine. Gen.pl. 1182 . 
1 . A. volubilis, glabra ; radice tuberosa, foliis impari-pin- tuberosa . 
natis : foliolis 5 — 7. ovato-lanceolatis superne angus- 
tatis, spicis confertis folio brevioribus. 
Glycine Apios. Wilid. sp.pl. 3. p. IO67. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 1 198. Schkuhr handb. 198. Rob. ic. 3 \J 
In hedges and on mountain meadows : Pensylvania to 
Carolina. If. July. v. v. Flowers dark brown, 
sweet-scented 5 roots eatable, growing sometimes to 
an enormously large size. 
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