LEGUMINOSiE. 



101 



ventricose ; segments linear-awl-shaped, equal in length to the 



172 La'thyrus. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes 



corolla. Wings small, shorter than the tube of the calyx. shortest. Style flattened, dilated at the apex, villous or pubes- 

 Stamens monadelphous. Legume roundish, 1-2-seeded. Leaves cent in front. Legume many-seeded. Usually climbing ten- 



usually impari-pinnate, and flowers red. 



163 Flemi'ngia. 



Calyx acutely 5-cleft ; lower segment 



drilled herbs, with purple, white, or yellow flowers. 



173 O'ciiRus. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, 2 upper segments 

 conniving. Vexillum furnished with a tooth on each side. Style 



longest. Vexillum striated. Legume sessile, oval, turgid, 2- 

 valved, 1 -celled, 2-seeded. Herbs or subshrubs, with simple or flattened, villous above. Legume few-seeded, winged on the 



seminiferous suture. An herb, with bifoliate tendrilled leaves, 



trifoliate leaves, and red or purple flowers. 



SuBTRiBE in. AiHA^GEiE. FloTvcTs disposed in racemes (f, 

 45. h.) or spikes. Legumes rather terete (f. 45. rf.). 



164 Aliia^gi. 



Calyx 5-toothed. Petals equal in length. 



and solitary white flowers. 



174 O^ROBUs. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, 2 superior lobes 

 shortest. Style slender, linear, villous at the apex. Legume 



cylindrical, many-seeded. Erect herbs, w^ith the leaves having 

 Vexilhim obovate, comph'cate. Keel straight, obtuse. Style ^^^ ^^ ^^^y p^j^^s ^f leaflets, and with the common petiole end- 

 filiform, acute. Legume stipitate, terete, few-seeded, not arti- j^^g j^ ^ i^.j^ti^^ Flowers of various hues, 

 culated. Subshrubs or herbs, with simple leaves, and red 175 Platy^stylis. Calyx campanulate, S-cleft, 2 superior 

 iiowers. lobes shortest. Style broad-spatulate, villous at the apex. Le- 

 165 Alysica'rpus. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft (f. 45. a,). ^^^^ oblong, many-seeded. Erect herbs, with abruptly-pin- 

 Legume many-jointed, terete (f. 45. d.) or somewhat com- ^^^^ few-paired leaves, ending in a simple tendril at the apex. 



pressed. Herbs, with simple leaves, and yellow or purple Flowers bluish-purple, 

 petals, which are hardly longer than the calyx. 



166 Cremontie'ra. Calyx campanulate, subtruncate, hardly 



Tribe V. 



Phaseole^e. Corolla papilionaceous (f. 47. c, f. 48. 6.). Sta- 



5-toothed. Corolla 3 times longer than the calyx. Legume ^^^^^^ monadelphous (f. 47. g.\ but usually diadelphous (f. 48. 

 many-jomted, somewhat compressed. Shrubs, with snnple ^^.^^ ^;^^^ .^^ 9 j^i^.d together, and 1 free. Legume many^ 



leaves, and small purple flowers. 



§ 2, SARcoLOBiE. Embryo with thick fleshy cotyledons (J. 21. 6.). 



Tribe IV. 



seeded (f. 49. e.), dehiscent^ with a cellular transverse membrane 

 between each seedy usually subdivided, but not articulated. Radicle 

 bent in above the flssure of the lobes of the cotyledons (f. 21. c.fj). 

 Cotyledons not changing by germination (f. 21. c), but grow into 



ViciE^. Corolla papilionaceous (f. 46. d.). Stamens dia- thick leaves^ and when above the earth they are usually exserted 

 delphous (f. 46. g.), that is, 9 joined together, and \ free. Co- beyond the spermaderm. Primordial leaves opposite, the rest 

 tyledons thick, mealy, not changing even in germination, when with the leaflets usually pinnately, rarely palmately disposed. 



above the earth, but remaining inclosed in the spermaderm. 



176 A^BRUS. Calyx obsoletely 5-lobed, upper lobe broadest. 



Radicle curved inwards (f. 21./.). The leaves of all are Vexillum acute. Stamens 9 joined, the 10th wanting. Stigma 



abruptly pinnate (except in Cicer), and the common petiole obtuse^ Legume compressed, 4-6-seeded. Seeds intercepted 



either terminates in a bristle or tendril, and it is not articidated by cellular substance. Twining shrubs, with abruptly-pinnate 

 above the stem. 



167 CicER. Calyx 5-lobed, with the tube rather gibbous at 177 Swee^tia. Calyx 4-cleft ; lobes lanceolate, acuminated, 



the base, 2 or 4 of the upper lobes lying over the vexillum. Vexillum wedge-shaped. Keel bluntly 2-edged. Stamens dia- 



Legume turgid, few-seeded. Tendrilled herbs, with white delphous. Legume linear, compressed, many-seeded. Twin- 



leaves. 



flowers, and impari-pinnate or abruptly-pinnate leaves. 



ing slender herbs, suffruticose at the base, with trifoliate leaves, 



168 Fa'ba. Character the same as that of Vicia, but the and purple flowers. 



legume is large and coriaceous, containing large flat seeds, and 



178 Macra'nthus. Calyx tubular, 4-cIeft ; lobes acute, 2 



the leaves are almost without tendrils, and the stem is erect, lateral ones shortest. Vexillum emarginate, concave. Stamens 



(f. 46. a.) 



diadelphous. Style pilose. Stigma obtuse. Legume straight, 

 nearly terete, thick, many-seeded. A twining herb, with tri- 

 (f, 46./.). foliate leaves, and white flowers. 



Flowers white or red. 



169 VlciA. Calyx tubular, 5-cleft 

 2 superior teeth shortest. Style villou 

 Legume many-seeded (f. 46. h.). Usually climbing herbs, with 179 Rothia. Calyx 5-cleft, 2 superior segments coadunate 



). and arched. Vexillum deflexed. Keel 2-edged. Stamens mo- 

 nadelphous, with the sheath cleft behind. Legume Unear-ensi- 



170 E'rvum. Calyx 5-clefl:, with linear acute segments, form, many-seeded. A prostrate herb, with trifoliate leaves, 

 about equal in length to the corolla. Stigma smooth. Legume and sulphur-coloured flowers. 



180 Tera'mnus. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip longest and bifid, 

 lower one S-parted. Keel small. Stamens monadelphous, 5 



the leaves generally ending in 

 Flowers white, purple, or yellow. 



oblong, 2-4-seeded. Tendrilled herbs, with small white flowers. 



171 PisUM. 



fgments 



shortest. Style compressed, keeled, villous above. Legume alternate ones sterile. Stigma sessile, capitate. Legume linear, 



rather compressed. Seeds globose, 

 with white or purple flowers. 



tendrilled 



compressed, 2-valved, many-seeded. Twining subshrubs, with 

 trifoliate leaves, and axillary racemes of small reddish flowers. 



