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comosa. 
iomentosa. 
erecta. 
rtnlformis 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Glycine. 
concavis, pedunculis radicalibus floribus apetalis fruc- 
tiferis.— Willd. sp.pl. 3. p. 1055. 
G. bracteata. Sp, pl. p» ^54:. 
On the banks of rivulets in stony and shady places : New 
York to Carolina. G* July— Sept, v. v. The 
flowers on the stem resemble those of Vida Cracca, 
they are pale blue, and seldom produce ripe fruit j the 
long radical tendrils have exceeding small flowears 
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. — JVilld. sp. pl. 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, butdiflers in being a peren- 
nial and robust plant, besides the other characters 
given. 
4. G. caule volubili anguloso, foliis ternatis ovato-oblongis 
acutis pubescentibus, subtus rugoso-venosis tomento- 
sis, racemis axillaribus petiolo brevioribus, legumi- 
nibus oblongis dispermis. — Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 1001. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 26. f. 2g. 
j3. G. tomentosior 3 caule erecto, foliis oblongo-ovalibus. 
Trifolium erectum. IValt. fl. car 
In sandy ground, among hedges : /3. on road sides and 
old fields ; Virginia to Georgia. I/*. June — Aug. v. v. 
Flowers yellow. 
5. G. erecta, humilis, pubescens; foliis omnibus simplici- 
bus reniformi-rotundatis rugosis reticulatis, junioribus 
tomentosis, racemis subsessilibus paucifloria, legumi- 
bus compresso- ovatis dispermis. 
G. tomentosa y. monophylla. Mich.JL amer. 2. p. 63. 
Trifolium simplicifolium. IValt.Ji. car. 184. 
In barren pine-woods : Carolina and Georgia. % . July, 
Aug. V. s. Flowers yellow. 
580. GALACTIA. Brown. Mich.Ji.amer. 2. p. 6l. 
mollis. 1. G. volubilis, molliter pubescens, subcanescens ; foliis 
ternatis ovato-oblongis obtusis glabriusculis subtus 
glaucis, racemis axillaribus simplicibus elongatis pau- 
cifloris, leguminibus villosis. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p.6\m 
