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d i a d e l p h i a D E C A N D R I A . Pforalea.
D e s c r . Caulh glaber, ftriatus. Folia fparfa, imparí
pinnata : Folíola numerofa, fsspe 30 parium, brevif-
fime pedicellata, lineari-oblonga, integerrima, ob-
tuilufcLila cum brevi accumine, glabra, fubtus
pundlata, vix femuncialia. Spicis axillares, folitarise,
cylmdrics, vix biunciales : digitales, faepe
foliis minutis pinnatis inftruai. Calyx villis longis
hirtus, trilinearis. Corolla caerulea, bafi albida :
Vexillum ovatum, integrum ; Al^ ovatae, vexillo
paulo longiores ; Carina longitudine alarum ; Ungues
omnium petalorum filiformes, calyce paulo
breviores, fubconnatae. Filamenta connata in va-
ginam fuperne fifiam, calyce longiorem. Germen
ovatum, parum compreíTum, fuperne villis longis
barbatum. Stylus ex altero latere germinis, eredlus,
filiforrais, ftaminibus paulo longior. Legumenpir-
binato-fubrotundum,, compreifum, membranaceum,
pellucidum, diametro lineari, pilofiufculum, uniloculare.
Semen unicum, reniforme, glabrum, cinereo-
fufcum.
foltolofa. 16. P. foliis pinnatis oblongis numerofis, fpicis terminalibus
braéleatis globofo-ovatis, calycibus comprellis.
Leafy Pforalea.
Nat.
Introd. 178O3 by Benjamin Bewick, Efq.
Fl. Oclober and November. S, G .
D e s c r . Gzz/z’j-teres, glaber, glandulis ferrugineis adfperfus,
ramofus. Fiz/zafparfa, impari pinnata. Foliola
numerofa, 10-14 parium, breviffime petiolata, ob-
- ionga, acuta, glabra, bilinearia. Spices ramorum
terminales, ovato-globofæ, multifloræ, vix femun-
eiales. Bradîea fub fingulo flore, ovata, concava,
longitudine calycis. Calyx urceolatus, comprelfus,
villofiufculus, bilinearis. Corolla purpurafcens, bafi
pallida :■
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pallida: FìvzV/zzot fubrotundum, acutum; Alee ob-
longse, vexillo longiores ; Carina longitudine alarum.
Filamenta connata in vaginam fuperne fif-
fam, Germen ovatum, compreifum, pubefcens.
Stylus filiformis, ftaminibus longior. Legumen fubrotundum,
oblique acuminatum, compreifum, pubefcens,
uniloculare. Sennen unicum, compreffum.
T R I F O L I Ü M. Gen. p l 896.
Flores fubcapitati-. Legumen vix calyce longius, non
dehifcens, deciduum.
* Meliloti, leguminibus- nudis polyfpermis.
Ï. T . racemis ovatis, leguminibus feminudis mucronatis, M. ces-
caule eredfo. Syß. veget. 687. rulea.
Blue Melilot Trefoil.
Nat. of Germany.
Cult, before 1562, by William Turner, M .D . Turn.
herh. part 2. fol. 158.
Fl. Auguft and September. H .G .
2. T . leguminibus racemofis nudis monofpermis, caule M. indieredfo.
Sp. pl. 1077. - ca.
Indian Melilot Trefoil.
Afat. of India.
Cult. 1739, by Mr. Philip Miller, Rand, chel Me-
lilotus 5.
T/. June— Auguft. H .G .
3. T . leguminibus racemofis nudis difpermis lanceola- M. polotis,.
caule eredlo, Sp. pl. 1078. ' Ttca,
Polonian Melilot Trefoil.
Nat, of Poland.
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