230 XLVll. LEGUMINOS^. Hkuysarum. 



between 2 bracteoles ; legume 1 — S-joiuted, uncinate with the short, 



persistent style. — Lvs. pinnately trifoliate. 



S. ELATiOR. Swartz. (Trifolium bifloram. Linn.) Pencil Flower. 



St. pubescent on one side; Ifts. lanceolate, smooth, acute at each end; 

 bracts lanceolate, ciliate; spikes 3— 4-flowered ; lovient 1 -seeded (lower joint 

 abortive).— 1|. Dry, gravelly woods, Long Isl. to Flor. and Ark. Stem mostly 

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

 side only which is opposite the insertion of each leaf, while the other side is 

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

 with yellow bristles. Flowers yellow. Jl. Aug. 



24. CORONILLA. 



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



Calyx bilabiate ; petals unguiculate ; loment somewhat terete, 

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

 pinnate. Fls. in simple^ pedunculate umbels. 



L C. Emerus. Scorpion Senna. — Si. woody, angular ; j3e<£. about 3-flowered; 

 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. f 



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

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



n' nculate, 10— 15-flowered ; jis. pale purple. — An elegant European species, 

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



25. iESCHYNOMfiNE. 



Ch". aia^^yvojiai, to be modest; alluding to its sensitive property. 



Calyx bilabiate, bibracteolate ; upper lip bifid, lower trifid ; vexil- 

 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. Stip. semi- 

 sagittate. Rac. axillary. 



M. 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, Nutt.), linear, 

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

 iointed.— (T) 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, ajjw/za, smell; some of the species are fragrant. 



Calyx cleft into 5, linear-subulate, subequal segments ; keel ob- 

 liquely truncate, longer than the wings ; stamens diadelphous (9 & 1), 

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

 of several 1 -seeded joints connected by their middle. — % Mostly herba- 

 ceous. Lvs. unequally pinnate. 



H. BOREALE. Nutt. Northern Hedysarum. 



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

 ^ip. united, sheathing, with subulate points ; rac. spicate, on long peduncles ; 

 fls. numerous, deflexed ; cat. teeth, short, the lowest longest ; keel longer than the 

 banner or wings ; joints of the legume 1 — 4, flat, suborbicular, rugose-reticu- 

 late.— On the precipitous sides of Willoughby 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-mucronulate. Racemes 2 — 4' long, on rigid pedun- 

 cles 3 — 5'. Flowers large and handsome, violet-pmT>le. Jn. Jl. 



