90 ORDER 43. LEGUMINOSJE. 



ft. *e**ili1lo>-a. Flowers many, in clusters shorter than the leaves. 



y. reticulhta. Leaflets linear, rigid ; flowers in short fascicles. Erect. 



8. dtvtrg-ens. Leaflets ovate ; upper peduncle longer than the leaves. 

 5 It* procumbens MX. St. prostrate, diffuse, tomentous-pubescent ; Ifts. oval at 

 obovate-elliptical, smooth above, on very short petioles ; ped. filiform, few-flowered ; 

 pod roundish. Dry soils. Leaflets 5 9". Ted. 25'. 



/3. rtpenM. Nearly smooth and very slender; leaflets oval or elliptical. 



V- Feayana. Decumbent ; leaflets obovatc upper pcd. apctalous. South. 



27 SPARTIUM, L. COMMON BROOM, (Sxdprov, a rope; formerly 



made of the Broom.) Calyx spathe-likc, split behind, teeth veiy short. 



Keel incurved, acuminate, longer than the wings. Otherwise like Genista. 



S. SCOPARIUM. Shrub native of Spain, Cf, with rush-like erect branches often leafless. 



Leaves simple (if any), oblong. Flowers showy, yellow or white. 



28. GENISTA, L. DYER'S BROOM. WOAD-WAXEN. (Celtic gen, Fr. 

 genet ; a small shrub.) Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the lower 

 3-toothed. Vex. oblong. Keel oblong, scarcely including the stamens 

 and style. Stigma involute. Stamens monadelphous. 5 With simple 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



G. tiiictorla L. Branches round, striate, unarmed, erect; Ivs. lanceolate, smooth 

 pod smooth. Dry hills, Mass. N. Y. If. August. Europe. 



29. CROTALARIA, L. RATTLE-POD. (Kporalov, a rattle ; from 

 the rattling of the loose seeds in the horny pod.) Calyx 5-cleft, somewhat 

 bilabiate. Vex. cordate, large. Keel acuminate. Stain. 10, monadelphous. 

 Filamentous sheath cleft on the upper side. Pod pedicellate, turgid. 

 Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or palmately compound. Flowers yellow. 



1 C. sagittalta L. Annual, erect, branching, hairy ; Ivs. lance-oval to lance-linear ; 



stip. acuminate, decurreut; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the leaves; cor. shorter than 

 the calyx. Sandy fields. C 12'. Cor. small. July. 



2 C. ovctlis Ph. Perennial, hairy, diffuse; Ivs. oval and elliptic; stip. small or mi- 



nute, partly decurrent ; pedicels long, 3-G-flowercd ; corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Sandy woods, S. 412'. Flowers showy. April, May. 



8 C. Purshii DC. Perennial; slender, assurgent, nearly smooth; Ivs. oblong-linear 

 or linear, subsessile ; stip. narrowly decurrent through the whole internode ; pediceiw 

 5-7-flowered ; corolla as long as the calyx. Damp shades, S. 1 l^f. 



30. LUPINUS, Tourn. LUPINE. (Lat. lupus, wolfish as a weed?) 

 Cal. deeply bilabiate ; upper lip 2-cleft, lower entire or 3-toothed. Wings 

 united at the summit. Keel falcate, acuminate. Stain, monadelphous, the 

 sheath entire. Anth. alternately oblong and globous. Pod compressed. 

 (T)y b Leaves palmately 5-15-foliate, rarely unifoliate. Raceme terminal. 



1 Li. villosus Willcl. Unifoliate, densely silky-tumentourt ; sts. decumbent-assurgeut ; 



Ivs. large, elliptic-oblong, long-pet ioled ; me. terminal, long, densu-flwd. Pine woods, 

 8. 1 2f. Flowers roseate, with a purple spot. Pods very woolly. April June. 



2 L. diftti.su* N. Diffusely branched from the base : Ivs. oyal-oblong, obtuse, soft- 



silky, on short petioles ; pods very silky. Sands, S. Blue-purple. April. 



3 1. perennis L. Minutely pubescent* 5-7-foliate ; Ifts. oblanceolate. mucronate : (Is. 



alterm-.*e: calvx without appendages, upper lipeniarginat,e. lower entiie Sandy hills. 

 Jl. Flowers blue, varying: t) \vhtte. May, June. Cultivated. 



