i>8 ITLSK ^AMILT. 



^ 4. Herbs, with abruptly pinnate leaves, the common petiole terminated by a tendril, 



by whit.li tliL ji/'/iii iliin'if. "/ snjijK'1-iA //.si//'. <>r in mnmj l<./i- .<//. cits the tendril 



!<> a iu< i< ////'...'/, in- li/i nr in Cic.-i', irlt'uli luif, liuttlitd lenllets, nil odd 



linjl,t <-iimiii<iiitij ///.!.< it# place : peduncles axillary : st'i/ntiis almost 

 diiidelphmts. ('<>' , ;/ iltiik, so that titty remain underground in 



f in the !' 'i. 



'i attire or sometimes //// / a/ tl apex: radicle beat on the cotyledons : 



sty/e injlcj-i:il : jjni/jlnt >>r jliiltidi. 



40. PISI'M. Lobes of the calyx leafy. Style rigid, dilated above and the margins 



ivilexed and joined together so that it becomes flattened laterally, \w.< 

 down the inner edge. Pod several-seeded: seeds globose. Flowers large. 

 Leaflets only 1-3 pair~. 



41. LATH VIM'S." Lobe-, of the calyx not leafy. Style flattened above on the 



back and front, bearded dnwn one face. Pod several-seeded. Seeds some- 

 time- llatt Mi. Leaflets few or several pairs. 



42. VICIA. Style slender, bearded or hairy only at the apex or all round the upper 



part. Pod 2 - several-seeded. Seeds globular or llatti>h. Leaflets few or 

 many pairs. 



43. LENS. Lobes of the calyx slender. Style flatfish on the bark, and minutely 



l>r:iri!ed down the inner f;:ce. Pod 1-2-seeded. Seeds flattened, lenticular. 

 Flowers small. 



* Lea/!* tn toothed nil round, ami usually an odd one at the end in place of a ten- 

 dril : style incurved, naktd : radicle of the embnju nli/tnst straight. 



44. CICFIJ. Calyx o-partc-d. ]>! turgid oblong, not flattened, 2-seeded. Seeds 



large, irregularly ronmled-obovate, pointed. Peduncle mostly 1-nowered. 



B. Stamens separate to the base. (Plants not tirinhnj nor climbing.) 

 1. Leaves simple or of 3 diyitate leaflets. 



45. CHORIZKMA. Somewhat shrubby, with simple and spiny-toothed leaves, 



-i ;n-cclv any stipules, ami orange or copper-red flowers. Standard rouiiilnl 

 kidney-shaped : keel straight, much shorter than the wings. Pod ovoid, 

 turgid, several-seeded. 



46. BAI' 11 SI A. Herbs, with simple entire sessile leaves and no stipules, or mostly 



of 3 leaflets with deciduous or persistent stipules. Flowers yellow, blue, or 

 white. Standard erect, with the sides turned hark, about equalled by the 

 oblong and straightish wings and keel. Pod inflated, coriaceous, stalked in 

 the calvx, many-seeded. 



47. THERMOPS1S. ' Pod scarcely stalked, linear, flat. Otherwise as Baptisia. 



2. Leaves odd-pinnate. 



48. CLADRASTIS. Trees, with large leaflets.no obvious stipules, and hanging 



terminal panicles of white flowers. Standard turned bark: the nearly sep- 

 arate straightish keel-petals and wings obloog, obtuse. Pod short-stalked in 

 the calyx, linear, very flat, thin, marginless, 4 - C-seeded. Base of the petioles 

 hollow and covering the axillary leaf-buds of the next vear. 



49. SOPHoIJA. Trees, siirubs, or herbs, with numerous leaflets, and mostly 



white or yellow flowers in terminal raceme-, or panicles. Keel-petals and 

 wings oblong, obtuse, usually longer than the broad standard. Pod com- 

 monly stalked in the calyx, terete, several-seeded, fleshy or almost woody, 

 hardly ever opening, but constricted across into mostly 1-seeded portions. 



II. BRASILETTO FAMILY. Flowers more or less irregu- 

 lar, but not papilionaceous: when they seem to be so the petal 

 answering to the .standard will be found to be within instead of out- 

 side of the other petals. Stamens 10 or fewer, separate. The 

 leaves are sometimes twice pinnate, which is not the case in the 

 true Pulse Family. Embryo of the seed straight, the radicle not 

 turned against the edge of the cotyledons. 



1. Leaves simple and entire. Corolla appearing as if papilionaceotts. 



60. CERC1S. Trees, with rounded heart-shaped leaves, minute early deciduous 

 stipules, anil small but handsome red-purple flowers in umbel-like clusters on 

 old wood, earlier than the leaves, rather acid to the taste. Calyx short, 



