298 Oedeb 46.— LEGUMINOSjE. 



d 2. Vicib-k.— Erect. Tendrils obsolete. Seeds with the linear hilum at end Faba. 13 



— Climbing.— Leaflets serrate. Pods 2-seeded Cickh. 13 



— Leaflets entire. — Style grooved outside, hairy inside Pisum. 14 



— Style flattened, hairy most inside.. ..Latuyrcs, 15 



— Style filiform, hairy most outside Vicia. 16 



« 3. Hedysaricc. 



— Fls. yellow. — Leaves .palmately 4-foliate. Stam. monadelph Zornia. IT 



— Leaves pinnate, 7 to 49-foliate. Stam. diadelphous.. .jEscuynomkne. 13 



— Leaves pinnately 8-foliate. Pod slender at base Stylosanthes. 19 



— Leaves pinnately 4-foliatc. Pod gibbous at base Aeachis. 20 



— Fls. cyanic. — Lvs. pinnate, 5 to 21 -foliate. — Umbels pedunculate Cokonilla. 21 



— Racemes pedunculate Hedysaedm. 23 



— Lvs. pinnately S-foliate, — stipellate. Pod 3 to 7-jointed DEsMomot. 23 



— exstipellate. Pod 1-jointed Lespedeza. 24 



f 4. Lote^e. 



— Leaves simple, with yellow flowers. — Keel oblong, straight Genista. 25 



— Keel falcate, acuminato Crotalari a. 26 



—Leaves palmately 5 to 15-foliate (rarely simple). (Genus30, or) Li'pixus. 2T 



— Leaves palmately 3-foliate. — Tree with yellow flowe s Laburnum. 23 



— Herbs with straight, small pods Trifot.itjm. 29 



— Herbs with curved or spiral pods Mrdicaoo. SO 



— Lvs. pinnately fol.— Pod few-seeded. Fls. (scarlet. G-en. 49) vvh. or yel.MEHLOTirs. 31 



— Pod 1-sceded. — Fls. yellow. — Lvs. resinous-dotted (Gen. 4T) 



— Fls. cyanic. — Lvs. dark-dotted Psoralea. 33 



—Lvs. not dotted (in Gen. 31) 



— Lvs. pinnate, with no odd leaflet, 15 to 25 pairs. — Pod I— 2-seeded Glotiimum. 33 



— Pod Oo-seede 1 Seshania. 34 



— Lvs. odd-pinnate,— dotted with dark glands.— Shrub. Fls. spicate Amorpiia. 35 



—Herb 10-androus.... Dalea. 35 



" — Herb 5-androus Petalostemom. 37 



— dotless. — Legumo 2-celled lengthwise, turgid Astragalus. 8S 



— Legumo half 2-celled lengthwise Piiaca. 39 



— Leg. 1-celled. — Herbs. Style hairy outside. Tephrosia. 40 



— Herbs. Style glabrous INDIGOFERA. 41 



— Shrubs or trees. Cyanic RouiNlA. 43 



— Trees with fls. yellow Colutea. 43 



g. 6. Phaseole^e. 



— Lvs. pinnate, 5 to 15-foliatc. — Vine shrubby. Keel falcate "Wistaria. 44 



— Herbs. Keel (straight, Gen. 49) spiral \pios. 45 



— Lvs. pinnately 3 (rarely l)-foliate. — Fls. yellow. Legumes 5-seeded Vigna. 46 



— Fls. yellow. Legumes 1 to 2-seeded. EhyscoSi A. 4T 

 — Fls. cyanic. ( ? ) 



* Keel with stamens and style spirally twisted Piiaseolfs. 43 



• Keel 6traightish. — Fls. scarlet. Erect herbs or trees Erytiirina. 49 



— Fls. purplish. — Calyx ebracteolate AmphicarPjBA. 50 



— Calyx bibracteolate, — 4-cleft Galactia. 51 



— 4-tonthed Dolichos. 53 



— 5-eleft, long. . . . Clitoria. 53 

 — 5-cleft, short. Centrosema. 54 



1. MIMO'SA, L. Sensitive Plant. (Gr. tiifMog, a buffoon ; the 



leaves seem sporting with the hand that touches them.) Flowers? t> ? . 



£ Calyx valvate, 5-tootbed ; corolla 0, or 5-toothed, stamens 4 to 15 ; 



legume separated into 1 -seeded joints; $ like the perfect, but without 



ovaries or fruit. — 2| Herbs and shrubs, natives of tropical America, &c. 



1 M. strigillosa Torr & Gr. Nearly unarmed, prostrate, diffuse, strigous; slip. 



ovate; petioles and peduncles very long; lvs. bipinnate, pinnae 4 to G pairs; Ifts. 



10 to 15 pairs, oblong-linear; heads oblong; leg. broad, 1 to 3-jointed. — Banks of 



the Miss. (Hale) to B. Fla. Sts. several feet in length, reddish and in appearance 



smooth. Lfts. 3 to 4" by 1", crowded. Ped. and lvs. 6 to 8' long. Hds. roso- 



color, with innumerable spreading stamens. Pods crowded, very hispid. JL, Aug. 



2 M. pudica L. St. prickly, more or less hispid ; lvs. digitate-pinnate, pinnaa 



4, of many (20 or more) pairs of linear lfts. — Native of Brazil. St. shrubby, about 



