FABACEiE, or LEGUlflNO&ffi. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 148. 



Tribe I. Papilionace.£. 



ANAGYRIS. 



Calvx campanulate, 5-toothed, slightly 2-lipped. Stamens 10, 

 distinct. Vexillum and wings shorter than the dipetalous long 

 carina. Legume shortly stipitate, compressed, many-seeded, 

 2-valved. irregularly interrupted by contractions. — Shrubs, with 

 ternate leaves. Stipules united into a single one opposite the 

 leaf. Flowers yellow in short race 



482. A. fcetida Linn. sp. 534. Lodd. bet. cab. t. "40. Sibth. 

 fi. grate, iv. .59. t. .365. Gmion.ft.nc. i. 4"". DC. prodr. ii. 99. 

 — Calcareous hills and rocks in the southern parts of Europe, 

 common. 



A large bush. Leaflets lanceolate-elliptical, rather blunt, with a 

 verv short mucro. Standard spotted, streaked beneath. Legumes 

 curved, variously bent, or straight, acuminate, containing from 2 to 7 

 seeds. Seeds reniform, violet. Giasone. — Seeds said to be poisonous 

 like those of Cvtisus Laburnum. 



BAPTISIA. 



Calyx half 4-5-cleft. 2-lipped. Petals 5, nearly equal; the 

 standard bent back at the sides. Stamens 10. distinct, decidu- 

 ous. Legume ventricose, pedicellate, many-seeded. — North 

 American herbaceous plants. Flowers racemose. DC. 



4S3. B. tinctoria BBr. in hort. Keic. iii. 5. Elliott, i. 467. 

 Torreyfl. i. 441. DC. prodr. ii. 100.— Podalyria tinctoria WiUd. 

 ii. 503. Bat Mag. t. 1099. Sophora tinctoria Linn. sp. pi. 

 534. — Common in open sandy woods in the Lnited States. 



Root perennial. Stem 2-3 feet high, very much branched, somewhat 

 glaucous. Leaves alternate ; common petiole scarcely a line long, 

 without stipules at the base; leaflets about } of an inch long, rounded 

 at the extremity, cuneate at the base; stipules minute, deciduous. 

 Flowers in a loose terminal spike or raceme; pedicels articulated at 

 the base. Calyx subcampanulate, 4 cleft; the upper segment broader. 

 Corolla brisht' yellow ; vexillum roundish, crenulate, reflexed on the 

 sides ; winis obovate ; keel of 2obovate petals slightly united. Stamens 

 nearlv equal, as long as the keel; filaments slender, smooth; anthers 

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