72 BOTANrCAL MAGAZINE. IVoi. xvi. 



Pod tomentose. Hairs on tlie Ptoms spreading. 

 Leaflets oLovatc or rounded, puljcscent on both 

 sides ; stipules lanceolate acuminate. Fl. Aug.-Sept. 

 Nildco ; Musashi ; Ise ; Kazusa ; Nagasaki; Tosa ; 

 Hitachi : Sliinano ; Chiknzen. 



(?^^^j?) /,. pUosa, Sieh. et Zucc. 



b. Stems erect or difFuse. Standard bright red. Calyx- 

 tet^th ratlier broad, acute, upper-teeth obtuse. Brac- 

 teolcs elliptical obtuse, striate, elose to the tube. 

 Pod puberulent. Hairs on the stems reflexed or 

 appressed. Tjeaflets obovate- oblong, obtuse or emar- 

 ginate, finely striated, nearly glabrous on both 

 sides. Sti[)ules scarious, ovate acute striated. 

 Fl. Aug.-Sept. Hidalca, Yezo ; Aomori ; Nikko ; 

 Hitachi ; Shinano ; jMusashi ; Kii; Chikuzen ; Liukiu; 

 Formosa. 



(V'^^x-y- ic) L. striata, Hook, et Am. 



Leaflets iisnally obovate, emarftinate. Hairs on tlio ptems ap- 

 pressed. Fl. Ai!g.-Oct. Tokio; Paganii ; Tosa. 



forma apprcssa. 



33. ONOBRYCHIS, GAERTN. 



Flowers rosy-red, in long pednncled axillary racemes. Calyx-teeth 



subulate. Pod pubescent, spiny, 1-seeded. Leaflets 15-17, petio- 



lulate, much veined. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, membranous. Cult. 



from Eur. Hei-bs. 



(-^*'-v^) 0. saliva, Lamk. 



34. ARACHIS, L. 



Flowers yellow, axillary, sessile. Calyx-tube filiform, stalk-like, 



upper-teeth connate, lower narrow and slender. Standard orbicular. 



Keel beaked. Stamens 8. Style long filiform ; stigma terminal. 



Ovary sessile at the bottom of the calyx-tube, 2-3-ovuled. Pod 



indehiscent, coriaceous, reticulated, subtorulose, continuous within. 



Annual. Cult from S. Am. 



(ty3f.>/-^p<j j\_ hypogaea, L. 



After the fall of llie flower, the ovary gradually raised upon a stalk, curves 

 downwards, at length thrust into the ground and ripens into the oblong pod. 

 Leaves abruptly pinnate, 2-paired. Stipules adnate to the jictiole. 



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