310 PAPILIONACEAE. (Vor. II. 
28, GLYCYRRHIZA L,. Sp. Pl. 741. 1753. 
Perennial herbs, with thick sweet roots, odd-pinnate leaves, and spicate or capitate flow- 
ers. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Standard narrowly ovate or oblong, short-clawed; wings 
oblong, acutish; keel acute or obtuse, shorter than the wings. Stamens mainly diadelphous; 
anthers alternately smaller and larger. Pod sessile, covered with prickles or glands, nearly 
indehiscent, continuous between the seeds. [Greek, sweet-root.] 
About 15 species, natives of the north temperate zone, southern South America and Australia. 
The following is the only known North American species. 
1. Glycyrrhiza lepiddta Pursh. Wild yy, \ 
Liquorice. (Fig. 2163.) 
Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh, F1. Am. Sept. 480. 1814. ; eH SS 
Erect, branching, 1°-3° high, the foliage with SY) 
minute scales ordots. Stipules lanceolate or ovate- \ ES }; 
lanceolate, acute, 2’//-3’’ long, deciduous; leaves pet- ¥ S iS] 
5 SS } 
ioled; leaflets 11-19, lanceolate, or oblong, acute or \ = Zak 
obtuse and mucronate at the apex, rounded or nar- he WE. hy 
rowed at the base, entire, very short-stalked, 10’/— NS \ CZ 
18/7 long, 3/’-6/’ wide; peduncles axillary, much <i, Ny 
shorter than the leaves; spikes dense, many-flow- 
ered, 1/-2/ long, about 9’ thick; flowers yellowish- f, Ly \ R 
white, 6” long; calyx-teeth slender, longer than \ Noe 
the tube; pod about 6” long, few-seeded, oblong, RG ‘ 
densely covered with hooked prickles. 4 YAN \ yc i 
Fort Erie, Ontario; Manitoba, Minnesota, north to | \ SAG 
Hudson Bay, west to Washington, south to Iowa, Mis- =F \| SAG 
souri, Chihuahua and California. May-Aug. a 
29. CORONILLA L. Sp. Pl. 742. 1753. 
Herbs, with odd-pinnate leaves, and purple purplish or yellow flowers, in peduncled 
heads orumbels. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, the 2 upper more or less united. Petals clawed; 
standard nearly orbicular; wings oblong or obliquely obovate; keel incurved, beaked. 
Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1); anthers all alike. Pod terete, angled or compressed, 
curved or straight, jointed. [Diminutive of corona, crown.] 
About 25 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa. 
1. Coronilla varia L. Coronilla. 
Axseed. Axwort. (Fig. 2164.) 
Coronilla varia I,. Sp. Pl. 743. 1753- 
Perennial, straggling or ascending, glabrous, 
branching, 1°-2° long. Leavessessile; leaflets 
II-25, oblong or obovate, obtuse and mucronate 
at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 
6//-9/’ long, 114’’-3’’ wide; peduncles longer 
than the leaves; flowers 4/’-6’ long, pinkish- 
white (standard pink, wings white or purple- 
tipped), in dense umbels; pedicels 1//-2// 
long; pod coriaceous, linear, 4-angled, the 
joints 3’’-4’’ long. 
Roadsides and waste places, Connecticut, south- 
ern New York and New Jersey. Adventive or 
naturalized from Europe. June-Aug. 
