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at the septa into 1 -seeded pieces (Ornithopus, Coronilla, 

 Hippocrepis, Desmodium, Hedysarum, &c). This last form 

 is called a Lomentum. 



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Fig. 25. Colutea arborescens, L. A, shoot with flowers and inflated 

 pods. B, pistil. C, transverse section of pod (E and P). 



In Medicago (Lucerne, &c.) we find the pod curved 

 round like a sickle, or twisted up into a helix or spiral, 

 and dehiscing only slightly or not at all; and in this genus 



