LEGUMINOS.E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 109 
cleft on the upper side : 5 of the anthers smaller and roundish. 
Pod inflated, oblong, many-seeded.—Herbs in the U. S., with 
simple leaves. Flowers racemed, yellow. (Name from tpirdkov, 
a rattle; the loose seeds rattling in the coriaceous inflated pods.) 
1. C. sagittalis, L. Annual, hairy, low; leaves oval or ob¬ 
long-lanceolate, scarcely petioled; stipules united and decurrent on 
the stem, so as to be inversely arrow-shaped; peduncles few-flower¬ 
ed ; corolla not longer than the calyx. —Sandy soil, Massachusetts to 
Penn. July. — Plant 4'-6' high. 
25. LUPIMIIS, Tourn. Lupine. 
Calyx deeply 2-lipped. Sides of the standard reflexed: keel 
scythe-shaped, pointed. Sheath of the monadelphous stamens 
entire : anthers alternately oblong and roundish. Pod coriaceous, 
oblong, flattened, often knotty by constrictions between the seeds. 
Cotyledons thick and fleshy. Herbs, with palmately 3-7- (1- 
15 -) foholate leaves, and showy flowers in terminal racemes or 
sptkes (Name from Lupus, a wolf, because these plants were 
thought to devour the fertility of the soil.) 
erect n' ^ L ™) Somewhat hairy; stem 
l on ( leaflets 7-11, narrowly obovate-oblong; flowers in a 
n and loose terminal raceme; pods linear-oblong, very hairy. - 
Sandy soil, common. — Flowers showy, purplish-blue, rarely pale or 
oth ' f ' , V > Rra S - Euro P ean Lupines are common in gardens, and 
"‘ “ s lr ° m ° re g on have recently been introduced, especially L. poly 
Tribe V. SOPHOREiE. The Sophora Teibe. 
26 . BAPTisiA, Vent. False Indigo. 
Calyx 4-5-toothed. Standard not longer than the wings: 
keel-petals somewhat united. Stamens distinct. Pod stalked in 
the persistent calyx, roundish or oblong, inflated, pointed, manv- 
seeded. — Perennial herbs, with palmately 3-foliolate (rarely sim- 
P e) leaves, which generally blacken in drying, and racemed flow¬ 
ers. (Named from /Sarmfcc, to dye, from the economical use of 
some species, which yield a sort of indigo.) 
* tmctoria, R. Brown. (Yellow-flowered Wild In- 
°'J , fem ° oth » rather glaucous; leaves almost sessile; leaflets 
to we ge-obovate; stipules and bracts minute and deciduous; 
C€mes J c w-floicered terminating the numerous branches; pods oval- 
