78 DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. 
319. HEDYSARUM. Gen. pi. 1204. {Legurtdnosce.) 
Calix 5-cleft. Carina transversely obtuse. 
Lament of several articulations; joints 1- 
seeded, compressed, and mostly hispid. — 
J\Tutt. 
canadense. 1 . H. ercct, smootliisli ; Icavcs ternate, oblotigo- 
lanceolate ; stipules filiform ; flowers racemose ; 
the joints of the loment ohtuse, triangular, his- 
pid.— fRMd. 
About two and a half feet high. Whole plant of a greyish- 
green. Flowers purplish. In woods and thickets, common. 
Perennial. July, August. 
Maiiiandi- £. H. crcct, branched, hairy ; leaves ternate, ob- 
long, villous beneath; stipules subulate; ra- 
cemes paniculate ; loments tri-articulate, joints 
rhomboid, reticulate, hairy. — Willd. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 174. f. 171. (Pursh.) 
About the size of No. 1. Flowers also purplish. In similar 
places with the preceding. Not uncommon. Perennial. July, 
August. 
viiidiflorum. 3 . H. erect, br-anched, pubescent ; leaves ternate, 
ovate-oblong, scabrous underneath ; stipules 
lanceolate-cuspidate; racemes paniculate, brac- 
teate; loments rough, joints oval. — Willd. 
Icon, Pluk. aim. t. 308. f, 5. 
Three, or three and a half feet high. Flowers first purple 
or reddish, and afterwards bluish-green. In woods, and on 
the borders of neglected fields, common. Perennial. July, 
August. 
bracteosum. 4. H. erect, glabrous ; leaves ternate, oblong- 
oval, acuminate ; stipules subulate ; raceme ter- 
