I i if, PULSE FAMILY. 



19. CORONILLA. (Latin, diminutive of corona, a crown.) Cult, from 

 Europe for ornament. 2/ 



C. varia, PI;HI-LK Cn:nvn,i. \. Hardy herb, spreading from underground 

 running .-hoots, smooth. '2 high, with 15-21 obovatc.-oval or oblong >mall 

 leaflets, and head-like umbels of hand.Mjinc pink-purple and white or white and 

 lilac flowers, all snnimcr. 



C. glaiica, YICLI.OW SWKI i '-s. -i.\ i ) :n C. Green-house shrubby plant, 

 with ii-'J glaucous ohovate or olicordaic lcall-t>, the terminal largest, and head- 

 like umbels of sweet-scented yellow flowers; the claws of the petals n.t 

 lengthened. 



20. ARACHIS, PEANUT, GROUND-NUT. (Meaning of name obscure.) 



A. hypogaea, the only common species, originally from South America, 

 cult. S. : til- nut-like pods familiar, the oily fleshy seeds being largely eatcu by 

 children, either raw or roasted. 



21. SESBANIA. ( Arabic name Sesban, a little altered.) Fl. late summer. 

 S. macrocarpa, wild in swamps S., is tall, smooth, with linear-oblong 



leallets, few flowers on a peduncle shorter than the leaves, the corolla yellow 

 with some reddish or purple, followed by linear narrow hanging pods 8' - 12' 



long, containing many seeds. 



S. vesicaria (or GLOXTfuiuw FLORIDANUM), in low grounds S., resem- 

 bles the, ])receding in foliage and small yellow flowers, but has a broadly oblong 

 turgid pod, only 1' or 2' long, pointed, raised above the calyx on a slender stalk 

 of its own, only 2-sccdod, the seeds remaining enclosed in the bladdery white 

 lining of the pod when the outer valves have fallen. 



S. grandifl6ra (or AGATI GRANDIFLORA), a shrub or tree-like plant of 

 India, run wild in Florida, occasionally cult, for ornament S., has very large 

 flowers, 3'-4' long, white or red, and slender hanging pods 1 or so long. 



22. CARAGANA, PEA-TREK. (Tartar name.) Natives of Siberia 

 and China : planted for ornament, but uncommon, scarcely hardy N. 



C. arbor6scens. SIHKUIAN 1*. Shrub or low tree, with spiny stipules, 

 4-C pairs of oval-oblong downy leaflets, a soft tip to the common petiole, and 

 solitary yellow flowers, in spring. 



C. frutescens, has roft stipules, and only 2 pairs of obovatc leaflets 

 crowded at the summit of the petiole, which is tipped with a spiny point. 



C. ChamlagU, CIIIXKSK P., a low or spreading shrub, has '2 rather dis- 

 tant pairs of smooth oval or obovate leaflets, the stipules and tip of the peiiolo 

 spiny. 



23. INDIGOFERA, INDIGO-PLANT. (Name means producer of in- 



i/ii/n.) Ours are tail perennials, sometimes with woody base, and numerous 

 small flowers in racemes, of S. State>, j,i dry soil : (1. summer. 



I. Caroliniana. Wild from North Carolina S. : smoothish, with 10-15 

 obovate or oblong pale leallets, racemes longer than the leaves, flowers soon 

 brownish, and oblong veiny pods only 'J-<eeded. 



I. tinct6ria. This and the next furni>h the indigo of commerce, were 

 cult, for that purpose S., and have run wild in waste places : woody at bae, 

 with 7-15 oval leaflets, racemes shorter than the leaves, the detlexed knobby 

 terete pud-; curved and several-seeded. 



I. Anil differs mainly in its flatfish and even pods thickened at both edges. 



24. TEPHROSIA, HOARY PEA. (From Creek word meaning hoary.) 



Native plants, of dry, sandy or barren soil, chiefly S. : tl. summer. 



* fitnn rri-i/ /('-(/// ii/i tn tlit- ti rininnl mid sessile dense raceme or jxniicli'. 



T. Virginiana. Called CATGUT, from the very tough, long and slender 

 routs; white silky-downy, with erect and simple stem l-2 high, 17-29 

 linear-oblong leaflets, pretty large, and numerous flowers yellowish-white with 

 purple, and downy pods. Common N. & S. 



