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DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Gl/dne, 
comosa. 
concavis, pedunculis radicalibus floribus apetalis frac« 
/ X\fens.— Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. \0b5. 
G. bracreata. Sp. pi. p. 754. 
On the banks of rivulets in stony and shady places : New 
York to Carolina. O* July— Sept, v, v. The 
flowers on the stem resemble those of Vicia Craccay 
they are pale blue, and seldom produce ripe fruit j 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.— sp. pi. 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, brit differs in being a peren- 
nial and robust plant, besides the other characters 
given. 
tomentosa. 
4. G. caule volubili anguloso, foliis ternatis ovato-oblongis 
erecla. 
acutis pubescentibus, subtus rugoso-venosis tomento- 
sis, racemis axillaribiis petiolo brevioribus, legumi- 
nibus obloiigis dispermis. — Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 106l. 
Icon. Dill. eith. t. 26. f. 2p. 
/3. G. tomentosior j caule erecto, foliis oblongo-ovalibus. 
Trifolium erectum. IValt.ji.car 
In sandy ground, among hedges ; /3. on road sides and 
Oldfields: Virginia to Georgia. I/.June— Aug. 
Flowers yellow. 
reniformis. 
5. G. erecta, humilis, pubescens j foliis omnibus simplici- 
bus reniformi-rotundatis rugosis reticulatis, junioribus 
tomentosis, racemis subsessilibus paucifloris, legumi- 
bus compresso-ovatis dispermis. 
G. tomentosa y. monophylla. Mich.fi avier. 2. p. 63. 
Trifolium simplicifolium. Walt. fi. car. 184. 
In barren pine- woods : Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . July, 
Aug. V. s. Flowers yellow. 
mollis^ 
386. GALACTIA. Drawn. Mich.fi. amer, 2. p. 6l. 
1. G. volubilis, molliter pubescens, subcanescens j foliis 
ternatis ovato oblongis obtusis glabriusculfs subtus 
glaucis, racemis axiliaribus simplicibus elongatis pau- 
cifloris, leguminibus villosis. — Mich.fi. amer. 2.p.6l^ 
