86 LEGL'MINOS^. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



lobes of the ranintlc subulate, varying in length ; seeds haiiv ; radical spikes 

 bractcd. — Mountains of Georgia and northward. May. — Stems 4'-G' high, 

 from a long i)iostratc base. Flowers %' long, pnrple. 



. Order 40. KRAMERIACE.^. (Kiiataxy Family.) 



Silky-pubt'sccnt herbs or slirubs, with difTuso stems, alternat(! leaves, and 

 irregular h\[X)'j;ynous purplish flowers, on axillary 2-bratte(l and jointed 

 peduncles. — Sepals 5, colored, deeiduous. Petals 5, shorter than the 

 sepals; the 3 posterior ones, long-elawed, often united; the "2 anterior 

 broad, sessile and fleshy. Stamens 4, the posterior ones distinct or miited. 

 Anthers 'i-cellcd, opening by a terminal pore. Ovary 1-cclled, 2-ovulcd. 

 Fruit l-sccdc(l, woody, indchiscent, armed with hispid prickles. Albumen 

 none, lliuliclo concealed in the cotyledons. 



1. KRAMERIA, Loefl. 

 Chamrtcrs of the order. 



1. K. lanccolata, Torr. Herbaceous; stems slender, prostrate, mcstlj 

 branching ; loaves lanceolate or linear, acute ; peduncles longer than the leaves, 

 leafy-bractcd above the middle ; claws of the posterior petals, and stamens, 

 united ; fruit g!olK)sc, downy, armed with few strong spreading spines. — Tampa 

 Bay, Soutli Floiida, and westward. — Koot long and woody. Stems 1° long. 



Order 47. LEGUMINOS^. (Pulse Family.) 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with chiefly compound alternate stipulate leaves, 

 and papilionaceous or regular perigynous or hypogynous flowers. — Sepals 

 5, more or less united. Petals 5, rarely fewer, or none. Stamens niona- 

 delphous, di:i(h']pl;oiis, or distinct. Ovary simple, free, forming a li'gumc 

 in fruit. Seeds without albumen. Leaves almost always with entire mar- 

 gins. 



Synoi>sis. 



Suborder T. P.VPIUONACE^. Corolla of 5 (rarely fewer) irreg- 

 ular petals, Insi^rted into the base of the caly.x, rarely perigynous, iud)ri- 

 cated in the bud, mostly papilionaceous; viz. one upper and exterior, 

 termed the vcxUlum or standard ; two lateral, called wingx ; and two lower 

 and interior, oHcner united by their contiguous margins, forming together 

 the keel. Stamens 10 (rarely •>), separate, monadelphous, or diadelphous 

 (n & 1, or .") & .')). Legume 1-celled (sometimes partly 2-ccIled by the in- 

 troversion of 1 lie sutures), or several-celled by transverse partitions. Style 

 simple. Colyh'doiis thick. 



Tbibr T. IjOTV./K. Torolla pnpllionnrpons. PtnmenR 10 (cxropt No. 8). Lopiimo con- 

 limioiiR (lint jdiiitcil). Cot>lcdoufl kufy iu gvrmiuutiuu. — iSlvuui (uxiupt No. 12) not 

 twining Dur rlliiibiiig. 



