148 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



der, 6' long, curved. (C. obtusifolia, L.) — Kiver-bauks, S. Va. to Fla., west 

 to S. Ind., Mo., and Ark. 



C. occidentAlis, L. Annual; leafets A -^ pairs, ovate-lanceolate, acute ; 

 an ovate ^land at the base of the petiole ; pods long-linear (5' long) with a 

 tumid border, glabrous. — Va., S. Ind., and southward. (Adv. from Trop. Amer. ) 



* * Leaflets small , somewhat sensitive to the touch; stipules str iate, per si stent ; a 

 cup-shaped gland beneath the lowest pair of leaflets ; anthers all perfect 

 flowers in small clusters above the axils; pods flat ; root annual. 



3. C. Chamseerista, L. (Partridge Pea.) Stems spreading (1° long) ^ 

 leaflets 10-15 pairs, linear-oblong, oblique at the base ; flowers (large) on slen- 

 der pedicels, 2 or 3 of the showy yellow petals often with a purple spot at base; 

 anthers 10, elongated, unequal (4 of them yellow, the others purple) ; style slen- 

 der. — Sandy fields ; common, especially southward. 



4. C. nictitans, L. (Wild Sensitive-Plant.) Leaflets 10-20 pairs, 

 oblong-linear ;y7owT?\s [verij small) on very short pedicels ; anthers 5, nearly equal; 

 style short. — Sandy fields, N. Eng. to Fla., west to Ind., Kan., and La. 



42. HOFFMANSEGGIA, Cav. 



Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, nearly equal, oblong or oval. Stamens 10, dis- 

 tinct, slightly declined; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Pod flat, oblong, 

 often falcate, few -several-seeded. — Low perennial herbs, or woody at base, 

 punctate with black glands, with bipinnate leaves, and naked racemes of yel- 

 low flowers opposite the leaves or terminal. (Named for Count von Hofl'mon- 

 segg, a German botanist.) 



1 . H. Jamesii, Torr. & Gray. Herbaceous, finely pubescent ; pinnae 2 

 or 3 pairs with an odd one, the small oblong leaflets 5-9 pairs ; pods broad, 

 falcate, 1' long, 2-3-seeded. — Central Kan. to Tex., Ariz., and Mex. 



43. GYMNdCLADUS, Lam. Kentucky Coffee-tree. 



Flowers dioecious or polygamous, regular. Calyx elongated-tubular below 

 5-cleft. Petals 5, oblong, equal, inserted on the summit of the calyx-tube. 

 Stamens 10, distinct, short, inserted with the petals. Pod oblong, flattened, 

 hard, pulpy inside, several-seeded. Seeds flattish. — A large tall tree, with 

 rough bark, stout branchlets, not thorny, and large unequally twice-pinnate 

 leaves ; the leaflets standing vertically. — Flowers whitish, in terminal racemes 

 (Name from yv/xuSs, naked, and K\d5oi\ a branch, alluding to the stout branches 

 destitute of spray.) 



1. G. Canadensis, Lam. Leaves 2-3° long, with several large partial 

 leafstalks bearing 7-13 ovate stalked leaflets, the lowest pair with single leaf- 

 lets; stipules wanting; pod 6-10' long, 2' broad; the seeds over |' across.— 

 Rich woods, western N. Y. and Penn. to Minn., E. Neb., and Ark. 



44. GLEDITSCHIA, L. Honey-Locust. 



Flowers polygamous. Calyx short, 3 - 5-cleft, the lobes spreading. Petals 

 as many as the sepals and equalling them, the 2 lower sometimes united. Sta- 

 mens 3 - 10, distinct, inserted with the petals on the base of the calyx. Pod flat, 



