i8o LEGUMINOSAE 



(II) Nine Stamens United, One Free 



Astragalus Tragacantha. Goat's Thorn, i. May-June. D. Ls. pinnate., 

 crowded, common stalk becomes long stiff spine; Iflts. ov., I, entire, silky. Fls. f, 

 white or pale purplish red. Pod h, oblong. Asia Minor. (Fig. 14 H.) 



Calophaca wolgarica. 3. June-July. D. Branchlets reddish brown, hairy. 

 Ls. pinnate; Iflts. roundish ov., ^, entire, with minute point at tip, downy 

 below. Fls. I, yellow, in hairy racemes. Pod cyhndrical, i, hairy. South Russia. 

 (Fig. 13 D.) 



CARAGANA. Ls. pinnate, without terminal Iflt., or digitate, common stalk 

 usually spine-tipped and persistent; Iflts. entire. 



(a) Ls. with four Iflts. 



C. Chamlagii. 3. May-June. D. Ls. pinnate; Iflts. obov., i^, hairless. Fls. 

 I, reddish yellow, solitary. Pod i^, slender, hairless. China and Japan. 



(Fig. 13 E.) 

 C.frutescens. 10. May-June. D. Ls. digitate; Iflts. obov., i, notched at 

 apex. Fls. i, bright yellow. Pod cylindrical, i|, hairless. South Russia 

 to Japan. (Fig. 5 f.) 



{b) Lflts. more than four 



C. arborescens. Pea Tree. 20. May-June. D. Common 1. -stalk deciduous, 



grooved, with or without pair of stipular spines at base. Lflts. ov., i, 



hairless or nearly so. Fls. |, yellow, solitary or in few-flowered clusters. 



Pod 2, slender-stalked. Siberia. (Fig. 13 j.) 

 C.jubata. 2. April-May. D. Hairy and very spiny. Common l.-stalk 



persistent, spine-tipped. Lflts. oblong, |, hairy. Fls. i, white, solitary. 



Pod f , hairy. Siberia. 

 C. microphylla. 10. May-June. D. Common l.-stalk deciduous. Lflts. 



ov., I, rounded or notched at apex. Fls. |, yellow, solitary. Pod i. 



Siberia. 

 C. spinosa{C.ferox). 6. June-July. D. Branches long, undivided, spiny. 



Ls. sometimes digitate; lflts. ov., |. Fls. i, yellow. Pod f, hairless. 



Siberia. 



CARMICHAELIA. Lilac Broom Stems erect, green, flattened, leafless except 

 when young. Fls. small, lilac, in axillary racemes. Pod |, beaked, central part 

 falls out leaving empty frame. 



* C. australts {Notospartiumnanum). 12. July. Young stems | wide, hairless. 



New Zealand. (Fig. 37 R.) 

 C.flagelliformis. 5. July. Stems grooved. New Zealand. 



* C. odorata. 10. July. Young stems very slender, wide, | downy. New 



Zealand. 

 * Chordospartium Stevensonii. 25. May-July. E. Branchlets green, slender, 

 drooping, leafless or nearly so. Fls. |, purple, in small clusters or racemes. Pod 

 very small, i -seeded. New Zealand. 



CLIANTHUS. Glory Pea, Parrot's Bill. Climbers. 10. June. E. Ls. pinnate; 

 lflts. oblong, I, entire, blunt-ended, tapering base, downy below, stalkless or 



