DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Trifolium. 
479 
T. strepens. Crantz.Jl. austr. 411. n. 8. 
Icon. FI. dan. 558. 
In meadows : Pensylvania to Virginia. ©. June— Aug. 
v. v. Flowers small, yellow. 
9. T. procumbens j caule piloso j foliolis obovatis sube- procumbens. 
marginatis glabris, stipulis brevibus lanceolatis acutis, 
spicis ovalibus imbricatis, vexillis deflexis persistenti- 
bus sulcatis. — Wilid. sp. pl. 3. p. 1383. 
Icon. FL dan. 796 . 
On dry gravelly soil : Pensylvania to Virginia. 0. June 
— Aug. v . v. Flowers yellow, resembling those of 
the foregoing species. 
57/. LUPXNASTER. Moench. meth. suppl. p. 50. 
Pentaphyllon. Pers. syn. 2. p. 352. 
1. L. foliolis novenis oblanceolatis, petiolis longissimis, sti- macrocepha - 
pulis cuneatis inciso-3-dentatis, calycinis dentibus fili- lus . 
formibus plumosis. 
At the head- waters of the Missouri. M. Lewis. 11 . 
April, May. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers yellowish- 
white, with a pale purple carina, very handsome and 
showy : the flower-heads sometimes grow to an ex- 
tremely large size. 
Caules plures, simplices, angulosi, pilosi. Folia petiolata, 
suprema opposita, novena. Foliola inaequalia, cuneato- 
lanceolata, inaequaliter mucronato-denticulata, supra 
glabra, subtus pilosa, lineato-venosa, uncialia. Pe- 
tioli inferiores longi, suhteretes. Stipulce inferiores pe» 
tiolo adnatae, superiores liberae, cuneato-oblongae, 
apice inciso-3-den tatae, margine serrulatae, consistentia 
et pubescentia foliorum. Capitulum speciosum, dimi- 
diatum. Flores lutescentes, carina purpurascente. Cat. 
campanulatus, subaequaliter 5-dentatus, villosissimus : 
dentibus subulatis piloso- plumosis corollam subae- 
quantibus. Corollce : Vexillum magnum, oblongo-ian- 
ceolatum, acutum, caeteras partes fructificationis in- 
volvens. Alce carinae adnatae, lineares. Carina un- 
cinata, integra, vexillo vix breviore. Filamenta 10. 
diadelpha : 1. liberum, reliqua superne libera, inferne 
monadelpha, carina adnata. Germen oblongum, gla- 
brum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma simple*, hirsutum. 
Legumen 3-4-spermum, inflatum, calyce longius. 
