90 ORDER 43. LEGUMLNOS^E. 



/3. sr**iHflora. Flowers many, in clusters shorter than the leaves. 



y. reticulata. Leaflets linear, rigid ; flowers in short fascicles. Erect. 



8. divf>-g-ent Leaflets ovate ; upper peduncle longer than the leaves. 

 5 L. procumbens MX. St. prostrate, diffuse, tomentous-pubescent ; Ifts. oval 01 

 obovate-elliptical, smooth above, on very short petioles ; ped. filiform, few-flowered ; 

 pod roundish. Dry soils. Leaflets 5 9". Ped. 25'. 



ft. repeng. Nearly smooth and very slender ; leaflets oval or elliptical. 



y. feayana. Decumbent ; leaflets obovate upper ped. apetalous. South. 



27 SPARTIUM, L. COMMON BROOM, (^itdpr ov, rope; formerly 

 made of the Broom.) Calyx spathe-like, split behind, teeth veiy short. 

 Keel incurved, acuminate, longer than the wings. Otherwise like Genista. 



S. SCOPARIUM. Shrub native of Spain, 6f, with rush-like erect branches often leafless. 

 Leaves simple (if any), oblong. Flowers showy, yellow or white. 



28. GENISTA, L. DYER'S BROOM. WOAD-WAXEN. (Celtic gen, Fr. 

 genet ; a small shrub.) Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the lower 

 S-toothed. Vex. oblong. Keel oblong, scarcely including the stamens 

 and style. Stigma involute. Stamens monadelphous. ^ With simple 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



G. tinctoria L. Branches round, striate, unarmed, erect ; Ivs. lanceolate, smooth 

 pod smooth. Dry hills, Mass. N. Y. If. August. Europe. 



29. CROTALARIA, L. RATTLE-POD. (KporaXov, a rattle ; from 

 the rattling of the loose seeds in the homy pod.) Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat 

 bilabiate. Vex. cordate, large. Keel acuminate. Stam. 10, monadelphous. 

 Filamentous sheath cleft on the upper side. Pod pedicellate, turgid. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or palmately compound. Flowers yellow. 



1 C. ftagittulis L. Annual, erect, branching, hairy ; Ivs. lance-oval to lance-linear ; 



stip. acuminate, decurrent; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the leaves ; cor. shorter than 

 the calyx. Sandy fields. 6 12'. Cor. small. July. 



2 C. o vails Ph. Perennial, hairy, diffuse ; Ivs. oval and elliptic ; slip, small or mi- 



nute, partly decurrent ; pedicels long, 3-6-flowered ; corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Sandy woods, S. 412'. Flowers showy. April, May. 



3 C. Piirsliii DC. Perennial: slender, assurgent, nearly smooth; Ivs. oblong-linear 



or linear, subsessile ; stip. narrowly decurrent through the whole internode ; pedicel** 

 6-7-flowered ; corolla as long as the calyx. Damp shades, S. 1 1 Jf. 



30. LUPINUS, Tourn. LUPINE. (Lat. lupus, wolfish as a weed?) 

 Cal. deeply bilabiate ; upper lip 2-cleft, lower entire or 3-toothed. "Wings 

 united at the summit. Keel falcate, acuminate. Stum, monadelphous, the 

 sheath entire. Anth. alternately oblong and globous. Pod compressed. 

 @U > Leaves palmately 5-15-foliate, rarely unifoliate. Raceme terminal. 



1 I... vHlosns Willd. Unifoliate, densely silky-tomentous ; sts. decumbent-assurgent ; 



Ivs. large, elliptic-oblong, loug-petioled ; rac. terminal, long, dense-flwd. Pine woods, 

 S. 1 2f. Flowers roseate, with a purple spot. Pods very woolly. April June. 



2 I>. diffusus N. Diffusely branched from the base; Ivs. oyal-oblong, obtuse, sofl- 



silky, on short petioles ; pods very silky. Sands, S. Blue-purple. April. 



3 li. perennfs L. Minutely pubescent, 5-7-foliate ; Ifts. oblanceolate, mucronate ; fls. 



alteim f e ; calyx without appendages, upper lip emarginate, lower entire. Sandy hills. 

 If Flowers blue, varying to white. May, June. Cultivated. 



