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between 2 bracteoles; legume 1—2-jointed, uncinate with the short, 
persistent style—Lws. pinnately trifolvate. 
S. evatior. Swartz. (Trifolium biflorum. Linn.) Pencil Flower, 
St. pubescent on one side; //ts. lanceolate, smooth, acute at each end; 
bracts lanceolate, ciliate; spikes 3—4-flowered ; loment 1-seeded (lower joint 
abortive).—2 Dry, gravelly woods, Long Isl. to Flor. and Ark. Stem mostly 
erect, branched, 1f in height, remarkable for being densely pubescent on that 
side only which is opposite the insertion of each leaf, while the other side is 
smooth. Leaves on short stalks, leaflets 1’ or more in length. Bracts fringed 
with yellow bristles. Flowers yellow. Jl. Aug. 
24. CORONILLA. 
Lat. corona, a crown; from the resemblance of the inflorescence. 
Calyx bilabiate; petals unguiculate; loment somewhat terete, 
jointed ; seeds mostly cylindrical.— Mostly shrubs. Lvs. unequally 
pinnate. Fils. in simple, pedunculate wmbels. 
1. C. Emérus. Scorpion Senna.—St. woody, angular ; ped. about 3-flowered ; 
claws of the petals about thrice as long as the calyx.—A beautiful, free-flowerin 
shrub from France. Stem about 3f high, square, with opposite branches. Leaf- 
lets about 7, broadly obcordate. Flowers rose-colored, collected in little tufts 
on the ends of the subaxillary peduncles. Apr.—Jn. fF 
2. C. varia. Purple Coronilla.—St. herbaceous, erect, smooth, branching ; 
lus. sessile, smooth; /fts. 11—19, all subsessile, oblong, obtuse; umbels long- 
pedunculate, 10—15-flowered ; /ls. pale purple-—An elegant European species, 
2—4f high, crowned with many hemispherical umbels 1’ diam. Jl.—Sept. ft , 
2%. HASCHYNOMENE. 
Gr. ac Xvvopat, to be modest; alluding to its sensitive property. 
Calyx bilabiate, bibracteolate ; upper lip bifid, lower trifid ; vexil- 
lum roundish; keel petals boat-shaped, distinct at base; stamens 
diadelphous, 5 in each set; legume exserted, composed of several 
truncated, separable, 1-seeded joints Lvs. odd-pinnate. Stup. sema- 
sagittate. Rac. axillary. 
fE. uispipa. Willd. (Hedysarum Virginicum. Linn.) 
St. erect, scabrous-pubescent, as well as the petioles, peduncles, and 
legumes ; /fts. very smooth and numerous (often as many as 49, Nutt.), linear, 
obtuse ; stzp. ovate, acuminate; rac. 3—5-flowered ; loment compressed, 6—9- 
jointed—qd) Marshes, Penn. to Flor. Stem 2—3fhigh. Leaflets about #’ long. 
Racemes usually bearing a leaf. Flowers yellow, reddish outside. Legume 
2’ long, sinuate on one side. Aug. 
26. HEDYSARUM. 
G7. névs, sweet, aowpa, smell; some of the species are fragrant. 
Calyx cleft into 5, linear-subulate, subequal segments; keel ob- 
liquely truncate, longer than the wings ; stamens diadelphous (9 & 1), 
and with the style abruptly bent near the summit; legume (loment) 
of several |-seeded joints connected by their middle-—% Mostly herba- 
ceous. Lvs. unequally pinnate. 
H. BoreALe. Nutt. Northern Hedysarum. 
St. erect; lvs. subsessile, of 6—10 pairs of oblong, smoothish leaflets ; 
styp. united, sheathing, with subulate points; rac. spicate, on long peduncles; 
fs. humerous, deflexed ; cal. tect, short, the lowest longest; keel longer than the 
anner or wings; joints of the legume 1—4, flat, suborbicular, rugose-reticu- 
late.-—On the precipitous sides of Willoughby Mt. Westmore, Vt. 500f above 
the lake below! N. to Hudson’s Bay. Stem rigid, 1—2f high, very leafy. Leaf- 
lets 5—8” by 2—4”, obtuse-mucronulate. Racemes 2—4’ Jong, on rigid pedun- 
cles 3—5’. Flowers large and handsome, violet-purple. Jn. Jl. 
