Sio Order 4=6.— LEGUMINOS^E. 



calyx. — Plant 2 to 4f high, found in dry woods, Can. and U. S., erect, branching 

 and very hairy. Lvs. less numerous than in the last, on very Bhort stalks con- 

 sisting of 3, oval leaflets hairy beneath. Ped. hairy, becoming longer than the 

 raceme. Pis. reddish-white, crowded. Aug., Sept. 

 3 L. Steuvi Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomentous or pubescent; Ifls. cval-obovate 

 or roundish, longer than the petiole ; rac. axillary, capitate or loose, equaling or 

 exceeding the leaves ; leg. villous-pubescent, ovate-acuminate ; apetalous fls. 

 few. — Dry soils, Mass. to Ga. and Tex. Sts. assurgent, 2 to 3f high. Lvs. always 

 hairy beneath, generally so above. Aug. to Sept. — Quito variable, approaching 

 the next species. 

 4L. violacea Pers. Erect or diffuse, sparingly pubescent ; lfts. oval, varying to 

 oblong and linear, obtuse, mucronale, as long as, or a little longer than the petioles ; 

 rac. axillary, few-flowered, the apetalous ones generally below and subsessile ; 

 leg. roundish-ovaie, being much longer than tho calyx. — Dry woods, Can and TJ. 

 S. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Cor. 3 to 4" long. Pods about 2" long. J]., Aug. — 

 Varies gradually into tho following diverse extremes. 



a. Lfts. large (9 to 12" by Gto 8"), not longer than the petioles ; fls. few, mostly 

 complete, and near the upper part of the branches ; rt. strong, creeping ; sts. 

 clustered, slender, diffuse or erect. 

 /?. sessiuflora T. & G. Lfts. small (3 to G to 8" by 1 to 2"), oblong to linear, 

 longer than tho petioles ; fls. mostly apetalous, numerous, in axillary glc~ 

 merulcs ; st. erect branched. (L. sessilifiora Ph.) 

 y. reticulata. Lfts. all linear (10 to 18" by 2 to 3"), rigid, on short, erect 

 petioles ; fls. fascicled, on short stalks. — Erect, slender ; branches short or 

 none. (L. reticulata Pers.) 

 6. divergens T. & G. Lfts. ovate, the upper peduncles filiform, much longer 

 than the leaves and mostly unfruitful. (L. divergens Ph.) 

 5 L. repens Torr. & Gr. St. prostrate, diffuse, sparingly pubescent; lfts. oval 

 or obovate-ellipticaL smooth above, on very short petioles ; ped. axillary, filiform, 

 simple, few-flowered, lower ones bearing apetalous flowers; leg. suborbicular, 

 subpubescent. — Dry soils, Can. and U. S. Sts. very slender, numerous. Lfts. 

 5 to 9" by 3 to 5", obtuse. Ped. 2 to 5' long. Aug., Sept. (IT. repens L.) 

 P. procuiibens. Tomentous-pubescent, varying to pubescent, but tho lvs. 



always smooth above. (L. procumbens Mx.) 

 y. feayana. Smoothish ; sts. decumbent and assurgent; lfts. obovate, twico 

 longer than the petioles ; upper ped. elongated and bearing apetalous fls. — 

 Savannah. (Feay.) Appears intermediate between Nos. 3 and 5. 



25. GENISTA, L. Dyer's Broom. Woad-waxen. (Celtic, gen, 

 Fr., genet ; a small shrub.) Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the 

 lewer 3-toothed ; vexillum oblong; keel oblong, scarcely including the 

 stamens and style ; stigma involute ; stamens monadelphous. — Shrubby 

 plants, with simple lvs. and yellow fls. 



G. tinctoria L. Branches round, striate, unarmed, erect; lvs. lanceolate, smooth; 

 leg. smooth. — 2/. A naturalized species, in dry, hilly grounds, Mass. Sts. or 

 branches numerous, ascending or erect, If high, from long, woody, creeping roots. 

 Lvs. sessile, alternate. Fls. bright-yellow, axillary, sessile or nearly so, solitary. 

 The whole plant dyes yellow, and, with Woad, green. Aug. § Eur. 



26. CROTALA'RIA, L. Rattle Pod. ( Gr. uporaXov, a rattle ; 

 from the rattling of the loose seeds in the horny pod.) Calyx 5-cleft, 

 somewhat bilabiate ; vexillum cordate, large ; keel acuminate ; stamens 

 10, monadelphous; filamentous sheath cleft on the upper side; legume 

 pedicellate, turgid. — Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or palmately com- 

 pound. Fls. yellow. 



1 C. sagittalis L. Annual, erect, branching, hairy; lvs. simple, lance-oval to lance- 

 linear ; stp. opposite, acuminate, decurrent ; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the lvs. ; 

 cor. shorter than the cal. — About a foot high, with a hairy aspect, in woods and 

 sandy fields, N. H. to Ark. St herbaceous, rigid. Lvs. alternate, en '.ire, nearly 



