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D. strlctum, DC. Slender stems smootli below, above and the narrow 

 panicle rough-glandular'; leaflets linear, blunt, reticulated, very smooth, 

 l'-2' long. N. J. to Fla. and La. 



++ ++ Bracts, before flowering, coiispicnous ; common petiole very short; 

 joints of pod rutimUisfi. 



D. Canadense, DC. Stem hairy, 3°-6° high, leafy up to the panicle ; 

 leallcts liuice-oblnng, blunt, i!'-:i'long; racemes dense, the pink-purple 

 flowers larger than in any other, i.'-^' long. Chiefly N. and W. 



D. sessilif61ium, Torr. & Gray. Stem pubescent, 2°-4'^ high ; the 

 long panicle naked ; common petiole hardly any ; leaflets linear or 

 linear-oblong, blunt, reticulated, rough above, downy beneath ; flowers 

 small. Chiefly westward. 

 ^- -t- -1- Stems (iscendiny or spreadiiKj. l--.3° long ; stipules and bracts 



awl-shaped and deriduous ; panicle naked, loose ; flowers small ; pod of 



2 or -J small, ocal, or roundish joints. 



D. rigidum, DC. Stems hoary, witli a rough jmbesrence ; leafli'ts 

 ovate-oblong, blunt, thickish, roughish, and reticulated, l'-2.i' long, the 

 lateral longer than the connnon petiole. Mass., S. and W. 



D. Marildndicum, Boott. Smooth or nearly so, slender; leaflets 

 ovate or roundish, thin, the lateral ones about the length of the slender 

 petiole ; otherwise like the precednig, and of like range. 



■f- •*- H- -t- Stems reclining or prostrate ; racemes few-flowered. 

 D. lineatum, DC. Smoothish ; stem striate-angled ; stipules awl- 

 shaped, deciduous ; leaflets orbicular, 1' or less in length, much longer 

 than the common petiole ; flowers and 2 or ;] rounded joints of the pod 

 small. Md, to Fla. and La. 



§ 2. Exotic conservatory species. 



D. gyrans, DC. Tklegraph Plant. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, termi- 

 nal very large, lateral very small. Cult, from India for curious move- 

 ments of leaflets. (Lessons, Fig. 491.) 



31. ERYTHRINA. (Greek: rcf?, the usual color of the flowers.; 



E. herbacea, Linn. Stems herbaceous, 2°-4° high from a thick, 

 woody base, somewhat leafy, the leaflets broadly triangular-ovate ; others 

 nearly leafless, terminating in a long, erect raceme of narrow, scarlet 

 flowers ; standard (2' long) straight, folded, lanceolate ; keel small ; seeds 

 scarlet ; flowers spring. Sandy soil near the coast S. 



£. Crista-gdili, Linn. Tree-like ; leaflets oval or oblong ; loose racemes 

 of large crimson flowers ; keel large ; standard broad, spreading ; wings 

 rudimentary. Cult, in conservatories, from Brazil. 



32. GLYCINE. (Greek: sveet.) ® 



G. hispiJa, Maxim, (or So.ia ufspiDA). Sov Bkax. Plant strong 

 and erect, 2°-4"-' tall, loosely hairy ; leaflets large and thin, broaiUy ovate 

 and nearly or (piite obtuse, the lateral ones lop-sidad and short stipitate, 

 the terminal long sti])itate, the connnon petiole (5'-l2' long ; pods flat and 

 villous, 2'-4' long, containing from 2-4 roundish or oblong small Beans, 

 and splitting open when ripe. Comiuir into prominence as a forage plant, 

 the Beans also edible. Japan and China; but unknown wild, and sup- 

 posed to be derived from Glycine Soja. 



33. ARACHIS, PEANUT, GOOBKIJ. (.Meaning of name obscure.) 

 A. hypogoea, Linn. The only common s|)ccies, from South America. 



cult. S. ; the nut-like pods familiar, the oily, fleshy seeds being roasted 

 and much eaten. 



