DIADELPHIA DECANJDR1A. 
59O. TEPHROSIA. Pers. syfi. 2. p. 32 9. 
1. T. erecta, candicanti- villosa ; foliolis (17 — 21) ovali- 
oblongis acuminatis, racemo terminali brevi subsessili, 
leguminibus retrofalcatis villosis, calycibus lanatis,— 
Pers. syn. 2, p. 329. 
Galega virginiana. Pluk, aim. t. 23. f 2. 
In sandy and dry woods : Canada to Florida. 1/ . June, 
July. v. v. About a foot high ; flowers very hand- 
some, rose-coloured and yellowish white. 
2. T. prostrata, pubescens ; foliis pinnatis quinis subsessili- 
bus : foliolis cunea to-obovatis obtusissimis supra gla- 
bris, subtus sericeis, pedunculis oppositifoliis elonga- 
tis sub-3-floris, leguminibus rectiusculis. 
Galega villosa. Mick. fl. amer. 2. p. 67 ? 
In Georgia. Enslen. %. July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 
Ens/en. Flowers purple. The singular circumstance 
of the nearly sessile leaves, gives it the appearance of 
a trifoliate plant, the lower pair representing stipulae. 
Though Michaux’s description answers very well in 
any other respect, I was led to doubt by his not men- 
tioning the number of leaves, which is one of the 
most striking characters. 
3. T. gracilis, humifusa, pubescens 5 foliolis (13 — 15) ob- 
longo-ellipticis truncato-obtusis mucronatis, peduncu- 
lis oppositifoliis elongatis 3- — 5-floris, leguminibus ob- 
longis falcatis hispidis. 
Galega hispidula. Mich.jl . amer. 2. p. 68. 
Galega spicata. Walt, jl car. 188. 
In pine-woods and on slate-hills : Virginia to Georgia, 
11 . July — Septi v. v. Flowers pale red. 
591. LOTUS. Gen.pl. 1212. 
i. L. foliis ternatis subsessilibus oblongis acutis sericeo-vil- 
losis, pedunculis axillaribus unifloris folio longioribus, 
flore unibracteato, Caiycinis laciniis linearibus, legu- 
mine glabro longissimo. 
On the banks of the Missouri. 0. v. s. Flowers 
yellow. 
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virginiana . 
chrysophylla . 
hispidula . 
sericeus. 
