Order 47.— ROSEWORTS. 



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6 L. mari'timus. Beach Tea. Stipules large, half-hastate. Shores. 



7 L. veno'sus. Stipules small, half-sagittate. Purple. Shady banks. 



13. VIC'IA. Vetch. 

 Style filiform, bent, bearded all around at the upper end beneath the 

 stigma. Pods 2-oo - seeded. Seeds round. Leaflets ending in a tendril. 



* Peduncle 1-2 flowered, shorter (in flower) than the leaves Nos. 1, 2. 



* Peduncle 4-8-flowered. Stipules deeply toothed. Leaflets 10-14 No. 3. 



* Peduncle 3-20-flowered. Stipules entire, small. Flowers bluish. ...Nos. 4, 5, 6. 



1 v. sati'va. Yetch., Tares. Leaflets 10-14, notched at end. Flowers purple, large. 



2 V. tetrasper'ma. Four-seeded V. Leaflets 8-12, obtuse. Fl^. whitish. Pod 4-seeded. 



3 V. America'na. Leaflets very obtuse. Flowers purplish, 8 or 9" long. 



4 V. Carolinia'na. Leaflets 12-16, linear-oblong, obtuse. Flowers small, scattered. 



5 V. Cracca. Downy. Leaflets 20-24, acute, mucronate. Flowers small, close. 



6 V. hirsu'ta. Hairy. Leaflets 12-16, truncate. Pods hairy, 2-seeded. 



Order XL VII. ROSACEA. Roseworts. 



Trees, shnibs^ or herls with stipules mostly, and alternate leaves ; with 

 fiowers regular, commonly showy, perfect, and polyandrous; with 

 5 sepals united at base, often supported by as many hractlets outside ; 

 5 petals (rarely 0), which are perigynous as well as the stameiis ; 

 1-00 pistils, which are distinct, or sometimes united and adhering to tho 

 calyx tube ; fruit various ; seeds with no albumen. 



