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I 1, G. stem weak, hairy backward; leaves ter- n^onoica, 
nate, ovate, acute, glabrous, membranaceous; 
j racemes cauline, pendulous, loose, corollate for 
I the most part sterile; bractes suborbiculate, 
Ij concave.— and Pursli. 
I G. bracteata, Sp. PL p. 754. 
ij A common plant in shady woods and thickets. Flowers 
il blue, sometimes white. Annual. July, August. 
J 
324. GALACTIA. Brown. Mich. FI. Am. 2. p. 61, 
. (^Leguminosce.') 
j Calix 4-cleft, bibracteolate. Petals all ob- 
long, the vexillum broader and incumbent. 
Anthers oblong. Stigma obsolete. Stipe 
of the germ naked. Legume terete, many- 
seeded. — tiV* utt. 
1, G. nearly smooth; leaves ternate, elliptic-ob- 
long, subcoriaceous and lucid, at either extre- 
mity, emarginate ; racemes pedunculate, a little 
shorter than the leaves ; dowers pedicellate ; 
calix and legume smooth ; stem prostrate.— 
Dolichos regolaris, Willd. 
Ervum volubile, Walt. 
A procumbent trailing plant, with flowers of purple, red 
and white mixed. Peduncles about an inch and a half, or two 
inches long. In sandy fields, and a sandy grassy lane, a little 
south of the ferry, three miles below Kaighn’s point, Jersey. 
Perennial. June, July. 
325. CLITORIA. Gen. pi. 1183. {Legumino8<e.) 
Calix campanulate (the S lower dentures 
longer and often falcate) or tubulous, 5- 
toothed. CoroZZa resupinate ; vexillum\evj 
large and spreading, overshadoAving the 
wings. Legume linear, acuminate, many- 
seeded. — JSTutt. 
