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PAPILIONACEAE. 

 28. GLYCYRRHIZA I,. Sp. PI. 741. 1753. 



[Voi,. II. 



Perennial herbs, with thick sweet roots, odd-pinnate leaves, and spicate or capitate flow- 

 ers. Calyx-teeth nearly equal. Standard narrowly ovate or oblong, short-clawed; wings 

 oblong, acutish; keel acute or obtuse, shorter than the wings. Stamens mainly diadelphous; 

 anthers alternately smaller and larger. Pod sessile, covered with prickles or glands, nearly 

 indehiscent, continuous between the seeds. [Greek, sweet-root.] 



About 15 species, natives of the north temperate zone, southern South America and Australia. 

 The following is the only known North American species. 



i. Glycyrrhiza lepiddta Pursh. Wild 

 lyiquorice. (Fig. 2163.) 



Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 480. 1814. 



Erect, branching, i-3 high, the foliage with 

 minute scales or dots. Stipules lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, 2"-3" long, deciduous; leaves pet- 

 ioled; leaflets 11-19, lanceolate, or oblong, acute or 

 obtuse and mucronate at the apex, rounded or nar- 

 rowed at the base, entire, very short-stalked, 10"- 

 18" long, $"-(>" wide; peduncles axillary, much 

 shorter than the leaves; spikes dense, many-flow- 

 ered, i'-2' long, about 9" thick; flowers yellowish- 

 white, 6" long; calyx-teeth slender, longer than 

 the tube; pod 'about 6" long, few-seeded, oblong, 

 densely covered with hooked prickles. 



Fort Erie, Ontario; Manitoba, Minnesota, north to 

 Hudson Bay, west to Washington, south to Iowa, Mis- 

 souri, Chihuahua and California. May-Aug. 



29. CORONILLA L. Sp. PI. 742. 1753. 



Herbs, with odd-pinnate leaves, and purple purplish or yellow flowers, in peduncled 

 heads or umbels. Calyx-teeth nearly equal, the 2 upper more or less united. Petals clawed; 

 standard nearly orbicular; wings oblong or obliquely obovate; keel incurved, beaked. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 and i); anthers all alike. Pod terete, angled or compressed, 

 curved or straight, jointed. [Diminutive of corona, crown.] 



About 25 species, natives of Europe, Asia and northern Africa, 



i. Coronilla varia It. Coronilla. 

 Axseed. Ax wort. (Fig. 2164.) 



Coronilla varia I,. Sp. PI. 743. 1753. 



Perennial, straggling or ascending, glabrous, 

 branching, i-2 long. Leaves sessile; leaflets 

 11-25, oblong or obovate, obtuse and mucronate 

 at the apex, narrowed or rounded at the base, 

 6 // ~9 // long, iX // ~3 // wide; peduncles longer 

 than the leaves; flowers 4 // -6 // long, pinkish- 

 white (standard pink, wings white or purple- 

 tipped), in dense umbels; pedicels i // -2 // 

 long; pod coriaceous, linear, 4-angled, the 

 joints 3 // -4 // long. 



Roadsides and waste places, Connecticut, south- 

 ern New York and New Jersey. Adventive or 

 naturalized from Europe. June-Aug. 



