LEGUMINOS^. Hedysardm, 



between 2 bracteolcs ; legume 1 — 2-jointecl, uncinate with the short, 

 persistent style. — Lvs. fimiatcly trifoliate. 



S. ELATioR. Swartz. (Trifolium biflorum. Linn.) Pencil Flower. 



SI. pubescent on one side; Ifbs. lanceolate, smooth, acute at each end; 

 bracts lanceolate, ciliate; spikes 3 — ^■4-flowered ; lament ] -seeded (lower joint 

 abortive). — % Dry, gravelly woods. Long Isl. to Flor. and Ark. Stem mostly 

 erect, branched, If fa height, remarkable for being densely pubescent on that 

 side only which is opposite the insertion of each leaf, v/hile the other side is 

 smooth. Leaves on short stalks, leaflets 1' or more in length. Bracts fringed 

 with yellow bristles. Flowers yellow. Jl. Aug. 



21. CORONILLA. 



Lat. corona, a crown; from tlie resemblance of the inflorescence. 



Calyx bilabiate ; petals unguiculate ; loment somewhat terete, 

 jointed ; seeds mostly cylindrical. — Mostly shrubs. Lvs. unequally 

 pinnate. Fls. in simple., jmlunculate umbels. 



1. C. Emerus. Scorpion Se7ina. — 5'^. woody, angular ; ;?ei^. about 3-fiowered; 

 claws of the petals about thrice as long as the calyx.— A beautiful, free-flowering 

 shrub from France. Stem about 3f high, square, with opposite branches. Leaf- 

 lets about 7, broadly obcordate. Flowers rose-colored, collected in little tufts 

 on the ends of the subaxillary peduncles. Apr. — Jn. -j- 



2. C. VARiA. Purple Coronilla. — St. herbaceous, erect, smooth, branching; 

 lvs. sessile, smooth; Ifts. 11 — 19, all subsessile, oblong, obtuse; umbels long- 

 pedunciilate, 10 — 15-flowered ; /.';. pale pur}.ie. — An elegant European species, 

 2 — 41 high, crowned with many hemispherical umbels 1' diam. Jl. — Sept. -f , 



25. ^SCHYNOMENE. 



Gr. aia-^vvojiai, to be modest; alluding to its sensitive property. 



Calyx bilabiate, bibracteolate ; upper lip bifid, lower trifid ; vexib 

 lum roundish ; keel petals boat-shaped, distinct at base ; stamens 

 diadelphous, 5 in each set ; legume exserted, composed of several 

 truncated, separable, 1 -seeded joints. — Lvs. odd-pinnate. Slip, semi' 

 sagittate. Rac. axillary. 



JE,. HispiDA. Willd. (Hedysarum Virginicum. Linn.) 

 St. erect, scabrous-pubescent, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and 

 legumes; Ifts. very smooth and numerous (often as many as 49, Nut/.), linear, 

 obtuse ; stip. ovate, acuminate ; rac. 3 — 5-flowered ; lorncnt compressed, 6 — 9- 

 jointed. — (f) Marshes, Penn. to Flor. Stem 2— 3f high. Leaflets about f long. 

 Racemes usually bearing a leaf. Flowers yellow, reddish outside. Legume 

 2' long, sinuate on one side. Aug. 



26. HEDYSARUM. 



Gr. rjSvi, sweet, apufia, smell; some of the species are fragrant. 



Cal3'x cleft into 5, linear-subulate, subequal segments ; keel ob- 

 liquely truncate, longer than the wings ; stamens diadelphous (9 & I), 

 and with the style abruptly bent near the summit ; legume (loment) 

 of several I -seeded joints connected by their middle. — % Mostly herba- 

 ceous. Lvs. unequally pinnate. 



H. BOREALE. Nidt. Northern Hedysarum. 



St. erect ; lvs. .subsessile, of 6 — 10 pairs of oblong, smoothish leaflets ; 

 sttp. united, sheathing, with subulate points ; rac. ."^picate, on long peduncles ; 

 Jls. numerous, deflexed ; cat. teefJi short, the lowest longest ; keel longer than Toe 

 banner or win^s; joints of tlve legume 1 — 4, flat, suborbicular, rugose-reticu- 

 late. — On the precipitous "sides of AVilloughby Mt. Westmore, Vt. 500f above 

 the lake below ! N. to Hudson's Bay. Stem rigid, 1 — 2f high, very leafy. Leaf- 

 lets 5 — 8" by 2 — 4", obtuse-mucroniilate. Racemes 2 — 4' long, on rigid pedun- 

 cles 3 — 5'. Flowers large and handsome, violet-purple, Jn. Jl. 



