142 POPULAR FLORA. 



* Stamens, 10, united bj' their filaments, cither nil into a closed tube {monndelphmts, Fig. 187), or 9 in 



a tube split down on one side, i,ind the 10th separate or nearly so {diadt/jjlwus, Fig. 166). 

 Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 



Flowers white or rose-colored, in hanging racemes. Leaves odd-pinnate, [Rohinia) Locust-tree. 



Flowers yellow, in small racemes. Pod bladdery. Leaves odd-pinnate, (ColiUea) *BLADUKK-SEJ^^•A. 



Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, ( Cylims) * Laijuijkum. 



Shrubs, with long twining stems. Flowers blue-purple in racemes, ( Wistaria) Wistaria. 



Herbs. 



Stems not twining, climbing, nor with any trace of tendrils. 



Leaves simple : stipules winging the stem below the leaf. Flowers yellow. Pod 



inflated, many-seeded, ( CrvlaUiria) Rattlebox. 



Leaves of 5 to 15 palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, (Lup'mus) Lupine. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, of 4 leaflets. Pod formed underground, {A'rathis) * Peanut. 



Leaves odd-pinnate, of several or many leaflets. 



Leaflets serrate. Flowers single, white. Pod inflated, 2-seeded, ( Cicei^) * Chick-Pea. 

 Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 



Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, ( Tephrbsia) Hoary-Pea. 



Corolla narrow. Pod inflated or turgid, often "i-celled, (Astragalus) Astragal. 



Leaves of 3 (or rarely 5) leaflets. Pods like akenes or burs. 

 Stipules cohering with the base of the leafstalk. 



Flowers in heads. Pod thin and small, in the persistent calyx, ( Trifblium) Clover. 

 Flowers in spikes or racemes. 



Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 



Pods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous, (Melilbtus) JIelilot. 



Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways, {Medicar/o) Medick. 



Leaflets, &c. sprinkled with dark dots, entire. {Psordlea) Psohalea. 



Stipules not at all united with the leafstalk. 



Pods very small and flat, closed, one-seeded, (Lespedeza) Bush-Clovek. 



Pods separating into several-seeded flat roughish joints, [Desmbdium) Tick-Trefoil. 

 Stems climbing or disposed to climb : leaves pinnate with a tendril at the end. 



Calyx with 5 leafy lobes. Seeds globular. Leaflets few, (Pisum) * Pea. 



Calyx-lobes or teeth not leaf}'. 



Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy along the inner side, {Ldthyrus) Everlasting-Pea. 

 Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy round the tip, ( Vicia) Vetch. 



Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, fixed by one end, (Faba) * Horse-Bean. 



Stems twining more or less: no tendrils to the leaves. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled into a ring or spiral. 



Leaflets 3, with stipels, (Phascolus) Bean. 



Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers brown-purple. Tubers underground, (A'pios) Groundnut. 

 Keel not coiled or twisted. Leaflets 3, with stipels. 



Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, {Galdctia) Milk-Pea. 



Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and under ground, {AmpMcarpaa) Hog-Peanut. 

 Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Flower large, purple-blue, {CUtbria) Butterfly-Pea. 



* * Stamens 10, separate, except at the very base. Petal only one! (Fig. 356.) Shrubs: 



leaves pinnate: flowers small, violet-purple, in a spike or raceme, (Amdrjjha) Amorpha. 



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