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they are to be found in all parts of the world except 
two islands, including St. Helena. 
In this group are included, next to the Crucifers 
and Grasses, more useful plants than any other group 
in the whole botanical world. Thus, the pulse which 
is so common a food in some parts of the world is 
derived from plants of this order. So are the various 
cultivated forms of Pea, Bean, Lentil, etc. Fodder 
is afforded by Lucerne, Clover, Tare, Sainfoin, etc., 
and Gorse is utilised in the young juicy state in the 
same way, and from Broom a tea with medicinal 
properties used to be brewed and the seeds used for 
coffee. This and Dyer’s Greenweed yielded a dye 
also formerly, as indigo is produced by a foreign plant. 
Many of the foreign Leguminosz also afford woods, 
such as Logwood, Acacia, and Rosewood. Such 
products as Gum Arabic, Balsam (Tolu), Liquorice, 
Catechu, Tamarind are yielded by other exotic 
species. 
Perfumes are furnished by the Tonka Bean and 
Peruvian Balsam, whilst Melilot has a smell like new 
-mown hay, and most of the British plants, of which 
more than seventy are known, are fragrant, e.g. 
Clover. 
It must not be forgotten also that the Sweet Pea 
and the Everlasting Pea, which are such favourites 
in the garden, are also members of this wide and 
interesting group. 
A peculiarity of this order which makes them of 
such value as food-yielding plants is the fact that the 
