IG. LEGUMTNOS^E. 



45 



Stipules smaller than leaflets. 

 Style bearded on the outer side, or 



downy all round Vieiv 7 



Style flattened from front to back, 



downy on the inner side Lathyetjs 8 



Stipules larger than leaflets, toothed 

 near base; style compressed later- 

 ally at summit, beardecl on the inner 



ed?e PiSt'M 



C. Leaves digitate; stamens united Lri'iNUS 9 



Subfamily 2. — C.esalpinie.e. 



Flowers slij^htly irregular; sepals and petals 5, the 

 upper petal placed inside the others in bud. 



Stamens 10, all free 



C.ESALPINIA 



Subfamily 3. — Mimose.i;. 



Flowers regular; sepals and petals 4-5; stamens usually 

 numerous. 



Stamens united in a tube 



r. 



L. 



Ulex, 



1. Ulex europeeus, L. 



Furze. Erect, villous shrub, 

 with many rigid, dark-green, 

 ribbed branches, the short ones 

 ending in stiff spines ; leaves 

 small, stiff, linear-lanceolate, 

 channeled above, ending in a 

 short spine; flowers fragrant, 

 bright-yellow, usually .solitary, 

 f)n short axillary peduncles ; calyx 

 villous with brown, spreading 

 hairs, the upper lip with 2 small 

 teeth, the lower with 3; pod 

 swollen, oblong, densely villous, 

 black when ripe, a little longer 

 than the calyx, with 2-6 carun- 

 culate seeds. 



Planted as a hedge, and spon- 

 taneous in many places.— Most 

 of the year. — Sandy and stony 

 places in western Europe. 



Alisizzia 9 



Ulex europseus. 



2. Spartitjm, L. 



1. Spartium junceum, L. Spanish Broom. Tall 

 shrub, with slender, cylindrical, ru.shlike branches, green, 

 finely striate and glabrous ; leaves few, oblong-lanceolate, 

 entire, glabrous above, appressed-downy below ; flowers 



