142 roruLAR flora. 



* Stamens, 10, united by their filaments, either all into a closed tube (mo7iade!photis, Fig. 187), or 9 in 



a tube split down on one side, and the 10th separate or nearly so {diadtlj^hotis, Fig. 1£6). 

 Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 



Flowers white or rose-colored, in hanging racemes. Leaves odd-pinnate, {Rohinla) Locust-tree. 



Flowers yellow, in small racemes. Pod bladdery. Leaves odd-pinnate, {Colh(ta) *Bladdek-Sknna. 



Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, ( Qlisics) * Laisukmim. 



Shrubs, Avith long twining stems. Flowers blue-purple in racemes, ( Wistaria) Wistaria- 



Herbs. 



Stems not twining, climbing, nor with anj^ trace of tendrils. 



Leaves simple: stipules winging the stem below the leaf. Flowers yellow. Pod 



inflated, many-seeded, ( Crotalarin) Rattlebox. 



Leaves of 5 to 15 palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, {Li/jmius) Lltink. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, of 4 leaflets. Pod formed underground, (A'rachis) * Peanut. 



Leaves odd-pinnate, of several or many leaflets. 



Leaflets serrate. Flowers single, white. Pod inflated, 2-peeded, ( Cicer) * Chick-Pea. 

 Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 



Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, ( Te2)lirdsia) Hoaky-Pea. 



Corolla narrow. Pod inflated or turgid, often 2-celled, {Astragalus) Astragal. 



Leaves of 3 (or rarely 5) leaflets. Pods like akenes or burs. 

 Stipules cohering with the base of the leafstalk. 



Flowers in heads. Pod thin and small, in the persistent calyx, ( TrifuUum) Clover. 

 Flowers in spikes or racemes. 



Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 



Pods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous, {Melilbtus) JIelilot. 



Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways, {Medicago) IMedick. 



Leaflets. &c. sprinkled with dark dots, entire. {Psoralea) Psoralea. 



Stipules not at all united with the leafstalk. 



Pods very small and flat, closed, one-seeded, (Lesjjedeza) Bush-Clover. 



Pods separating into several-seeded flat roughish joints, {Desmbdium) Tick-Trefoil. 

 Stems climbing or disposed to climb : leaves pinnate with a tendril at the end. 



Calyx with 5 leafy lobes. Seeds globular. Leaflets few, (Pisum) * Pea. 



Calyx-lobes or teeth not leafy. 



Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy along the inner side, {Ldthyrus) Everlasting-Pea. 

 Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy round the tip, ( Vicia) Vetch. 



Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, fixed by one end, (Faba) * Hoese-Bean. 



Stems twining more or less: no tendrils to the leaves. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled into a ring or spiral. 



Leaflets 3, Avith stipels, (Phaseolus) Beax. 



Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers brown-purple. Tubers underground, (A'pios) Groundnut. 

 Keel not coiled or twisted. Leaflets 8, with stipels. 



Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, {Galdctia) Milk-Pea. 



Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and under ground, {Ampkicarpcen) Hoo-Peanut. 

 Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Flower large, purple-blue, ( CUtbria) Butterfly-Pea. 



* * Stamens 10, separate, except at the very base. Petal only one ! (Fig. 356.) Shrubs: 



leaves pinnate: flowers small, violet-purple, in a spike or raceme, (Amdrjjha) Amoepha. 



