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shrub; Planta Genista originated the distinctive name of the 

 Plantagenet family,} 



3. Sarothamnus (Broom). Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip with 2, 

 the lower with 3 teeth ; standard broadly ovate ; style thickened 

 upwards ; legume flat, many-seeded. (Name, the Greek name of 

 the plant.) 



4. Oxoxis (Rest-harrow). Calyx 5-cleft, its segments very 

 narrow ; keel beaked ; style threadlike ; legume swollen, few- 

 seeded. (Name from the Greek, onos, an ass, by which animal the 

 plant is eaten.) 



5. Medicago (Medick). Legume sickle-shaped, or spirally 

 twisted. (Name of Greek origin, and denoting that some plant of 

 the family was introduced from Media.) 



6. Melilotus (Melilot). Calyx with 5 nearly equal teeth; 

 petals distinct, soon falling off ; legume of few seeds longer than the 

 calyx. (Name from Mel, honey, and lotus, the plant so called.) 



7. Trigonella (Fenugreek). Calyx with 5 nearly equal teeth ; 

 petals distinct ; keel obtuse ; legume straight or nearly so, many- 

 seeded. (Name in Greek denoting three-angled, from the form of 

 the corolla.) 



8. Trifolium (Trefoil). Calyx with 5 unequal teeth ; petals 

 combined by their claws, and persistent ; legume of few seeds, con- 

 cealed in the calyx. (Name from tria, three, and folium, a leaf, 

 each leaf being composed of 3 leaflets.) 



9. Lotus (Bird's-foot Trefoil). Calyx with 5 nearly eq lal teeth ; 

 keel beaked; legume cylindrical, many-seeded, and imperfectly 

 many-celled. (Name from the Greek, lotos.) 



10. Anthyllis (Lady's Fingers). Stamens all united by their 

 filaments ; calyx inflated, 5-toothed ; legume enclosed in the calyx. 

 (Name from the Greek, anthos, a flower, and ioidos, down, from the 

 downy calyx.) 



11. Oxytropis. Stamens in two sets, 9 and 1 ; keel of the corolla 

 pointed ; legume more or less perfectly 2-celled. (Name from the 

 Greek, oxys, sharp, and tropis, a keel.) 



12. Astragalus (Milk Vetch). Stamens in 2 sets, 9 and 1 ; keei 

 of the corolla blunt ; legume more or less perfectly 2-celled. (Name 

 from the Greek, astragalos, a pastern bone, from the knotted form 

 oi the root of the plant to which the name was originally given.) 



13. Vicia (Vetch). Calyx 5-cleft ; style thread-like, or angular, 

 with a small ring of down near the extremity, or a tuft on the 

 under side, or glabrous. 



14. Lathyrus (Vetchling). Calyx 5-cleft ; style flattened on the 

 uoper side, downy beneath the stigma. (Name from the Greek, 

 lathyros, a plant so called.) 



