266 DICOTYLEDONS. LEGUMINOS^. 



* Shrubby. 



l.S.salicifolia,]eaves ovato-lanceolate serrated glabrous, racemes 

 terminal compound, p. 152. Woods. 



** Herbaceous. 



2. S. Filipendula, leaves interruptedly pinnate, all the leaflets 

 uniform deeply cut or serrated paniculato-cymose. p. 152. 

 Pastures. 



3. S. Unnaria, leaves interruptedly pinnate serrated downy be- 

 neath, terminal leaflet largest and lobed, flowers in compound 

 (and as it were proliferous) cymes, p. 152. Meadows. 



ORDER XLVII. LEGUMINOS^. Juss. 



Ca/.inferior, 5-cleftor 5-toothed. Cor. of 5 petals, papilionaceous. 

 Stam. 10, monadelphous, diadelphous or distinct. Ovary one, 

 1-celled. Style and Stigma 1 . Legumen 2-valved, dehiscent, 

 or indehiscent. Placenta marginal. Seeds with or without Q/- 

 lumen, furnished with a micropyle. Radicle recurved on the 

 cotyledons, which are large and thick. 



Herbs or Shrubs. Leaves alternate, compound, furnished with 

 general and partial stipules ; jointed. 



* Stam. all connected or monadelphous, the tube often cleft above. 



1. GENISTA. 



CaL 2-lipped, upper one with 2, lower one with 3 teeth. Standard 

 bent backwards from the rest of the flower. (Genista and 

 Spartium, Sm.) 



* Branches unarmed. 



1. G. scoparia, leaves ternate and solitary oblong, flowers axillary 

 shortly pedicellate, legumes hairy at the margin, branches an- 

 gular, p. 211. 



2. G. tincloria, leaves lanceolate glabrous, branches rounded stri- 

 ated erect, flowers racemose, legumes glabrous, p. 212. 



** Branches spinose. 



3. G. anglica, leaves ovato-lanceolate glabrous, spines simple 

 none on the flowering branches, flowers axillary subracemose^ 

 legumes glabrous, p. '212. 



2. ULEX. 



CaL of 2 leaves, with a small scale at the base on each side. Le- 

 gume turgid, scarcely longer than the cal. 



1. U. europceus, cal. teeth obsolete connivent, bracteas ovate lax> 

 branchlets erect, p. 212. 



2. U. nanus, " teeth of the cal. lanceolate spreading, braeteas 

 minute close-pressed, branches reclining," Sm. p. 212, 



