SUPPLEMENTUM. 
This highly interesting plant has some distant affinity 
with C. Jissifolia. Smith ic. ined. t. 40. 
Cleome pinnata. — C. subpnbescens, hexandra 5 foliis pinna- 
tis, foliolis lanceolatis inferne attenuatis rariter dentatis, 
superioribus confluentibus, floribus racemosis, pedicel- 
lis aggregatis. 
In Upper Louisiana. Bradbury, v, s. in Heri. Bradbury. 
About two feet high j flowers of a bright yellow 3 the 
pods are on very long pedicels. 
Polygala corymlosa. — P. caule inferne simplicissimo, sum- 
mitate ramosa corymbose multifloro, foliis linearibus. — 
Mich.fi. amer. 2. p. 54. 
P. cymosa. lFalt.fi> car. 179* 
In swamps : Carolina to Florida. % • July, Aug. v, s. 
Flowers yellow, when dried green. 
Vida stipulacca. — V. racemis subquadrifloris folio longiori- 
bus, stipulis foliiformibus basi seraisagittatis integris, 
foliolis 8 — JO. iineari-lanceolatis utrinque acutis nervo- 
sis glabris. 
In Upper Louisiana. Bradbury, 11. v. s. in Herb. 
Bradbury. 
Caulis subtetragonus, striatus, simplex, vix pedalis. Fo- 
liola 8 — 10. opposita lineari-lanceolata acuta glabra 
utrinque elevato-nervosa. Stipulce longitudine foliorum, 
basi semisagittatae, auriculis acutis. Cirrhus obsoletus, 
setaceus. Pedunculi axillares folio duplo longiores. 
Racemi plerumque 4-flori. Flores magni, purpurei. 
Legumen glabrum. 
Ervum multiflorum. ~~E. racemis pedunculatis multifloris 
folio longioribus, leguminibus lanceolatis glabris sub- 
4-spermis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis, foliolis linearibus 
obtusis, cirrhis nullis, caule paniculate. 
Astragalus tenellus. Vol. 2. p. 473. 
In Upper Louisiana. M* Lewis and Bradbury. 11 . Aug. 
V. s. in Herb. Lewis, nec non Bradbury. 
erectus, paniculato-ramosus, teres. iTamw/i juniores 
sericei. Foliola plurima, alterna linearia, obtusa, gla- 
briuscula, Cirrhi nulli. Stipulce ovatae longe acumi- 
natae. Racemi axillares, elongati, pedunculati. Brac~ 
tece minutae, ovatae, acuminatae, vix longitudine pedi- 
cellorum. Pedicelli flore breviores. Flores parvi al- 
bidi, vexillo oblongo. Calyx sericeus, corolla triplo 
brevior, dentibus subulatis. Stylus filiformis, glaber. 
739 
p. 441. 
p. aaq, 
p. 472. 
