LEGUMINOSiE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 
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Stamens distinct. Corolla truly papil- 
Tribe 5. SOPHORE^. 
ionaceous. 
26. Baptisia. Pod turgid. Herbs : leaves mostly palmate. 
27. Cercis. Pod flat, wing-margined on one side. Trees : leaves 
simple. 
II. Corolla not really papilionaceous. Radicle straight. 
Tribe 6 Cassiea:.— Stamens distinct, some of them often im¬ 
perfect. Corolla open, irregular, or almost regular. 
28. Cassia. Flowers perfect: anthers opening by pores. 
29. Gymnocladus. Flowers dioecious. Petals equal. Thornless. 
30. Gleditschia. Flowers polygamous. Petals unequal. Trees 
thorny. 
Tribe I. \ICliLE. The Vetch or Pea Tribe. 
1. VI CIA, Tourn. Vetch. Tare. 
Calyx 5-cleft or 5-toothed, the 2 upper teeth often shorter. 
Style thread-shaped, hairy all round the apex or down the outer 
side (next the keel). Pod 2- several -seeded. Stipules usually 
half arrow-shaped. (The old Latin name.) 
* -Annual : flowers 1-2 in the axils , nearly sessile. 
. V. saliva, L. (Common Vetch or Tare.) Somewhat 
oblonTr 'r tem Ple , ! J eafle ' S iD 5 - 7 P aira - trying from obovate- 
oblong to hnear, notched and mucronate at the apex; calyx-teeth 
equal, pod linear, several-seeded. — Cultivated fields and waste 
places; introduced; both the common form and the Var. angustifo- 
putplT' th 0n§er and “ arr0W leaflet3 ' Corolla rather large, violet- 
» * Annual: peduncles elongated. (Species of Ervum, L.) 
J- V ; L ( Smooth Tare.) Peduncles l - 2- 
iT D oi ea „ 3 4 ," 6 ,r rs> lincar -° blon g. obtuse; calyx-teeth un- 
New v t 7 ° S ' 4 ' Seeded ’ S7n0oth - ~ Naturalized around 
flowers " lnS ‘ Smficant P ,ant > 6 '" 12 ' Wgb. with small whitish 
* V Wrsftta, Koch. (Hairv Tare.) Peduncles 3-&-flow- 
ererf; leaflet 6 _ 8 pairSi truncate . ca |_ yz . tceth equaI; porfs oW 
■e-seeded, hairy. (Ervum hirsutum, L.) — Massachusetts to Penn.; 
towem d _ASlender Stragsling P lant .with small purplish-blue 
* * . Perennial •• peduncles elongated; calyx-teeth very unequal. 
( Indigenous .) 
leaflets 20 ^ (Tufted Vetch.) Downy-pubescent ; 
’ ol ^ on lanceolate, strongly mucrtmate ; peduncles dense- 
J many-flowered; calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. — Border of 
