100 ORDER 43. LEGUMINOS^E. 



2 P. GiLLEsii. From S. Am. Thornless ; Ifts. very small ; fls. 2', ybr., the pet. subequal, 



subsessile. glandular-ciliate at apex. [one spotted. From Madagascar. lOf. 



3 I*. REGIA, has crimson flowers 3' broad, the petals long-clawed, crenate-edged, upper 



60. CALIiISTACHYS, Vent. Calyx 2-lipped. Banner erect, keel and 

 wings deflexed. Stam. 10, separate, as in Baptisia. Style incurved. Pod 

 woody before ripening, many-seeded. > From New Holland. Leaves 

 3-foliate but sessile. Flowers yellow, in a terminal cluster. 



1 C. LANCEOLATA. Hairy, half-shrubby ; leaflets lanceolate, apparently ivhorled in 3's. 



2 C OVATA. Pubescent ; leaves ovate, acute ; spike short and broad, many-flowered. 



61. SOPHORA, L. Keel obtuse, not shorter than the wings or round- 

 ish banner. Pod stipitate, many-seeded, moniliform, indehisceut. Seeds 

 globular. > 5 Leaves odd-pinnate. Panicles terminal. 



1 S. tomeutosa L. Shrub 4 6f, hoary-tomentous ; Ifts. about 15. oblong, thick ; fls. 



in long racemes, yellow, handsome ; calyx obscurely 5-toothed ; pod 6'. Coast, Fla. 



2 S. JAPONICA. Tree 30 40f, from Japan, hardy from Philadelphia south. Leaflets 



about 13. smooth ; panicles large, erect, open, white, in July and August. 



62. CHOROZEMA ILICIFOLIA. Shrub from N. Holland, 3f, bushy, 

 with thick spim-scent. holly-like, simple leaves, and a prolusion of deep orange or scarlet 

 racemes. Calyx 2-lipped. Keel shorter than the wings. Pod inflated, many-seeded. 



63. OROBUS, Tourn. BITTER VETCH. Calyx obtuse at base, deeper 

 cleft on upper side. Cor. long, keel incurved, shorter than wings or banner. 

 Sty. terete, downy above. If Lfts. 2 12, rachis ending in a short point. 



1 O. VERNUS. Lfts. (j, ovate, pointed; stip. f-sagit., entire ; fls. blue and purp. Apr. If. 



2 O. NIGER. Branched. 3f ; Ifts. 12, ovate to oblong; flowers dark purple. June Aug. 



3 O. ATROPUUPUREUS. Leaflets 6, linear ; flowers dark purple, in long 1-sided racemes. 



64. LENS ESCULENTA. LENTIL. Herb cultivated for food at the East 

 since the times of Esau, seldom seen here. Stem weak, If. Leaves of many pairs of ob- 

 long leaflets, ending in a branched tendril. Raceme of 2 or 3 pate flowers succeeded by a 

 short broad pod. Seed exactly lens-shaped, giving the name. @ 



65. CYTISU3, L. Cul. 2-lipped, with 5 teeth, keel obtuse, straightish. 

 Style incurved or at length involute. Seeds with a scale at the hilum 

 (strophiolate). ^ Leaves of a leaflets, the upper becoming simple. 



C. SCOPARIUS. Scotch Broom. Shrub with smooth angular, virgate branches ; Ifts. oblong : 

 pedicels solitary, axillary ; flowers yellow, showy ; pods hairy at edge. Europe. 



66. TRIGONELLA FGENUM-GR^ECUM. FENUGREEK. Herb from Eu- 

 rope, in gardens. Cult, for its strong-scented herbage. 2f. Lfts. 3, cuneate at base. Fls.. 

 axillary, sessile, small, white. Pods linear, long, slightly falcate at point, 2 or 3 together. 



67. CLIANTHUS, Soland. Cal. bell-form, 5-cleft. Banner lance-ovate, 

 acuminate, reflexed, keel boat-shaped, decurved, as long as the banner, 

 longer than the narrow wings. Pod oblong, inflated. 5 From New 

 Zealand. Leaves odd pinnate. Flowers large and splendid. 



1 C. PUNICEVS. Shrub smoothish, 4f; leaflets about 17, oblong, retuse, alternate; 



flowers 3' wide, crimson-red, in dense hanging racemes of superb appearance. 



2 C. DAMPIERII. Shrub hairy, 4f; leaflets about 17, oval, acute; flowers very large, 



scarlet, wiLh a black prominence at the base of the banner. Flowers freely. 



