106 PULSE FAMILY. 



19. COBONILLA. (Latin, diminutive of corona, a crown.) Cult, from 

 Europe for ornament. 11 



C. V^ia, Purple Coronilla. Hardy herb, spreading from underground 

 running shoots, smooth, 2° high, with 15-21 obovatc-oval or oblong small 

 leaflets, and head-like umbels of handsome pink-purple and white or white and 

 lilac flowers, all summer. 



C. glatlCE, Yellow Sweet-scented C. Green-house shrubby plant, 

 with .5-9 glaucous obovate or obcordate leaflets, the terminal largest, and head- 

 like umbels of sweet-scented yellow flowers ; the claws of the petals not 

 lengthened. 



20. ARACHIS, PEANUT, GROUND-NUT. (Meaning of name obscure.) 

 A. hypogsea, the only common species, originally from South America, 



cult. S. : the nut-like pods familiar, the oily fleshy seeds being largely eaten by 

 children, either raw or roasted. ® 



21. SESBANIA. (Arabic name Sesban, a little altered. ) Fl. late summer. 

 S. macroc^rpa, wild in swamps S., is tall, smooth, with linear-oblong 



leaflets, few flowers on a peduncle shorter than the leaves, the corolla yellow 

 with some reddish or purple, followed by linear narrow hanging pods 8' - 12' 

 long, containing many seeds. ® 



S. vesickria (or Glott^dium FloridXnum), in low grounds S., resem- 

 bles the preceding in foliage and small yellow flowers, but has a broadly oblong 

 turgid pod, only 1' or 2' long, pointed, raised above the calyx on a slender stalk 

 of its own, only 2-seeded, the seeds remaining enclosed in the bladdery white 

 lining of the pod when the outer valves have fallen. ® 



S. grandi£l6ra (or AgXti grandiflora), a shrub or tree-like plant of 

 India, run wild in Florida, occasionally cult, for ornament S., has very large 

 flowers, 3' -4' long, white or red, and slender hanging pods 1° or so long. 



22. CARAGANA, PEA-TREE. (Tartar name.) Natives of Siberia 

 and China : planted for ornament, but uncommon, scarcely hardy N. 



C. arbor^SCens. Siberian P. Shrub or low tree, with spiny stipules, 

 4-6 pairs of oval-oblong downy leaflets, a soft tip to the common petiole, and 

 solitary yellow flowers, in spring. 



C. frutdscens, has soft stipules, and only 2 pairs of obovate leaflets 

 crowded at the summit of the petiole, which is tipped with a spiny point. 



C. Charal^gU, Chinese P., a low or spreading shrub, has 2 rather dis- 

 tant pairs of smooth oval or obovate leaflets, the stipules and tip of the petiole 

 spiny. 



23. INDIGOPERA, INDIGO-PLANT. (Name means producer of in- 

 digo. ) Ours are tall perennials, sometimes with woody base, and numerous 

 small flowers in racemes, of S. States, in dry soil : fl. summer. 



I. Carolini^na. Wild from North Carolina S. : smoothish, with 10- 15 

 obovate or oblong pale leaflets, racemes longer than the leaves, flowers soon 

 brownish, and oblong veiny pods only 2-seeded. 



I. tinctdria. This and the next furnish the indigo of commerce, were 

 cult, for that purpose S., and have run wild in waste places : woody at base, 

 with 7-15 oval leaflets, racemes shorter than the leaves, the deflexed knobby 

 terete, pods curved and several-seeded. 



I. Anil differs mainly in its flattish and even pods thickened at both edges. 



24. TEPHROSIA, HOARY PEA. (From Greek word meaning Aoary.) 

 Native plants, of dry, sandy or barren soil, chiefly S. : fl. summer. 



* Stem very leafy itp to the terminal and sessile dense raceme or panicle. 

 T. Virgini^na. Called Catgut, from the very tough, long and slender 

 roots; white silky-downy, with erect and simple stem l°-2° high, 17-29 

 linear-oblong leaflets, pretty large and numerous flowers yellowish-white with 

 purple, and downy pods. Common N. & S. 



