102 PEA FAMILY (PULSE FAMILY) 



Guilandina Crista. Flowers dull yellow, about ^^ in. 

 across, in racemes or panicles. Shrub, spreading or climbing, 

 prickle-armed. Leaves 1-2 ft. long, of many leaflets. Seed- 

 pods oval, 2-3 in. long, seeds few, large. Chiefly near the 

 coast. 



KRAMEEIA FAMILY (Krameriacme) 



Small prostrate plant. Flowers red, irregular. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Fruit hard, 1-seeded. 



KpuVMeria (Genus Krameria) 



This krameria, with silky grayish leaves, is local in 

 its distribution in Florida, but is common in a number 

 of places in the interior. The dark red flowers, about 

 half an inch across, are very irregular in form, and by 

 some botanists the genus is placed in the polygala family. 

 The unequal, petal-like sepals, which are red inside, are 

 larger than the petals. Three of the latter are on claws 

 that are united to one another and to the stamens; the 

 other two petals are smaller, sessile, roundish, and thick. 

 The woody fruit, one-third of an inch across, is remark- 

 able in being both downy and spiny. 



Krameria secundiflora. Flowers reddish, small, solitary 

 from leaf-axils. Sepals 5, petals 5, stamens 4. Stems 6-15 

 in. long, usually prostrate. Leaves narrow, sharp-pointed, 

 mostly less than 1 in. long. Fruit globose, not splitting open. 

 Sandy soil. Blooming in spring and summer. Fla. to New 

 Mexico and Kan. 



PEA FAMILY (PULSE FAMILY) (Leguminosae 



(Fahaceae) ) 



Flowers irregular, formed of 1 upper petal, the standard; 2 

 lateral petals, the goings; and 2 lower petals, somewhat united, 

 the keel. Stamens usually 10. Leaves alternate. Fruit a 

 legume. 



