O'MMON CANADIAN WILIt 1>LA\TS. 



'5. L. OChroleu'CUS, Hook. (PALK K.) Stem slrnder. 

 r> s, smooth ;iinl glaucous. Stipules Im/t' heart-shaped) / /</>. 

 Corolla yellowish-white. Chiefly northward. 



4. L. palus'tris, L. (MARSH E.) Stem slender, wing- 

 margined. Leaflets 4-8, lanceolate, linear, or narrowly oblong, 

 sharply mucronate. Stipules small, half arrow-shaped. Corolla 

 bine-purple. Moist places Var. myrtifolius has oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaflets, and pale-purple flowers. Upper stipules much 

 larger than the lower ones. 



A'PIOS, Boerhaave. GROUND-NUT. WILD BEAN. 



A. tubero'sa, M ranch. Flowers brown-purple. A common 

 twining plant in low grounds. 



13. AMPHICARPJE'A, Ell. Hoo PEA-NUT. 



A. monoi'ca, Nutt. Flowers white or purplish. Moist 

 thickets and river-banks. 



13. BAPTIS'IA, Vent. FALSE INDIGO. 



B. tincto'ria, K. Br. (WILD INDIGO.) Smooth and slender, 

 2-3 feet high, branching. Leaves nearly sessile. Leaflets wedge- 

 obovate, turning black on drying. Flowers yellow. Dry soil. 

 Lake Erie coast. 



14. GLEDIT'SCIIIA, L. HoNEY-LoCUST. 



L G. triacan'thos, L. Thorns stout, often triple or com 

 pound. Pods linear, often more than a foot long, with pulp 

 between the flat seeds. Common in cultivation, and established 

 on Point Pelee. 



ORDER XXXII. ROSA'CEJE. (llosK FAMILY.) 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees, with alternate stipulate leaves, and 

 regular flowers. The petals (mostly />) and stamens (mostly more 

 than 10) inserted on the edge of a disk which lines the calyx- 

 tube. (See Part L, sections 48 to 57, for typical flowers.) 



Synopsis of the <;<-in-r:. 



SUBORDER AMYGDALE^I. 



1. Pru'nus. Calyx 5-eleft, five f rm thr ..vary .Ir.-iduou^. Fruit a drupe. 



