480 
BIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Glycine. 
comosa. 
concavis, pedunculis radical ibus floribus apetalis fruc- 
tiferis.— Willd, sp.pl: 3. p. 1055. 
G. bracteata. Sp. p/. p. 754. 
On the banks of rivulets in stony and shady places : New 
York to Carolina. 0, July— Sept, v. v. The 
flowers on the stem resemble those of Vicia Cracca , 
they are pale blue, and seldom produce ripe fruit $ the 
long radical tendrils have exceeding small flowers 
which produce a pod, generally with only one seed, 
which drops into the ground before maturity. 
3. G. caule volubili, foliis ternatis ovato-lanceolatis acutis 
hirsutis, racemis lateralibus pendulis confertifloris, flo- 
ribus omnibus fructiferis.— IViild. sp. pl. 3. p. 1058. 
In hedges near rivers and ditches : New York to Virgi- 
nia. % . July — Sept. v. v. Flowers blue, of the 
size and shape of the preceding species, to which it 
has a strong resemblance, but differs in being a peren- 
nial and robust plant, besides the other characters 
given. 
tomentosa. 
4. G. caule volubili anguloso, foliis ternatis ovato-oblongis 
erecta. 
acutis pubescentibus, subtus rugoso-venosis tomento- 
sis, racemis axillaribus petiolo brevioribus, legumi- 
nibus oblongis dispennis. — IViild. sp. pl. 3. p. 1001. 
Icon. DHL elth. t. 20. f. 2g. 
/3. G. tomentosior j caule erecto, foliis oblongo-ovalibus. 
Trifolium erectum. IValt.fl. car 
In sandy ground, among hedges : /3. on road sides and 
old fields : Virginia to Georgia. % . June — Aug. v. v . 
Flowers yellow. 
reniformis . 
5. G. erecta, humilis, pubescens ; foliis omnibus simplici- 
bus reniformi-rotundatis rugosis reticulatis, junioribus 
tomentosis, racemis subsessilibus paucifloris, legumi- 
bus compresso-ovatis dispennis. 
G. tomentosa y. monophylla. Mich. ft. amer. 2 . p. 03. 
Trifolium sirnplicifolium. Walt. jl. car. 184. 
In barren pine-woods : Carolina and Georgia. % . July, 
Aug. v . s. Flowers yellow. 
mollis . 
580. GALACTIA. Brown. Mich.Jt.amer.2. p. 01. 
1. G. volubilis, molliter pubescens, subcanescens 5 foliis 
ternatis ovato-oblongis obtusis glabriusculis subtus 
glaucis, racemis axillaribus simplicibus elongatis pau- 
cifloris, leguminibus villosis .—Mich. jl. amer. 2 ./>. 61 . 
