DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Astragalus. 
leguminibus utrinque acutis pilosis. IVilld, sp. pi. 3. 
P- 1297. 
Icon. FL. dan. 51. Pall, aslrag. t. 32. 
In Labrador. Colmaster. % . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 
Dickson. Flowers pale purple. 
5. A. caulescens, procumbens foliolis ovatis pubescentibus, 
spiels pedunciilatis, leguminibus seebndis. rectis utrin- 
que acuminatis pendulis.— MicA. amer. 2. p. 67. 
In the north of Canada. Michaux. Labrador. Col- 
master. 11 . July, Aug. V. s. Flowers dark purple. 
6. A. caulescens, glaber ; foliolis linearibus alternis, spicis 
pedunculatis folio longioribus, bracteis minutis, legu- 
minibus subteretibus rostratis. 
On the banks of the Missouri. M. Lewis. % . Aug. 
V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers small, yellowish-white, 
7. A. subacaulis, pilosissimus ; foliolis ovalibus supra gla- 
bris, pedunculis folia subaequantibus, spicis pauciflo- 
ris, leguminibus incano-villosissimis assurgentibus ob- 
longis. — Wlich.jl. amer. 2. p. Q] . 
In sandy pine-woods of Georgia. 7/ . July, Aug. v. s, 
in Herb. Enslen. 
473 
secundusc 
tenellus. 
vllhsusa 
571. OXYTROPIS. Decand. asirag. p 24. 
1.0. acaulis ; foliolis obovato-lanceolatis sericeo-argenteis, argeniaia» 
scapis folia aequantibus, floribus capitatis, bracteis Ian- 
ceolatis longitudine calycis sericei. — Pers. syn. 2. 
p. 331. 
Astragalus argentatus. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 1310. 
Icon. Pall, astrag. t. 48. 
On the banks of Clarck’s river. M. Lewis, If. . July. 
V, s. in Herb. Lewis. 
572. APIOS. 
Glycine. Gen. pi. 1 1 82. 
3 , A. volubilis, glabra ^ radice tuberosa, foliis impari-pin- M tuberosa. 
natis; foliolis 5 — 7. ovato-lanceoiatis superne angus» 
tatis, spicis confertis folio brevioribus. 
Glycine Apios. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. IO67. 
Icon. Bot. mag. II98. Schkuhr handb. I98. Rob. ic.Siy. 
In hedges and on mountain meadows : Pensylvania to 
Carolina. If. July. v. v. Flowers dark brown, 
sweet-scented ; roots eatable, growing sometimes to 
an enormously large size. 
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