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KEY AND FLORA 



C. Stone deeply furrowed and pitted ; fruit downy when ripe. Branches 

 not spiny. (Peaches and almonds.) 



8. P. persica Stokes. PEACH. A tree with a rounded top; bark 

 nearly smooth. Leaves lanceolate, taper-pointed, finely serrate, smooth 

 on both sides ; petioles usually bearing 2 or 4 crescent-shaped or cup- 

 shaped glands. Flowers pink, scaly-bracted. Fruit ovoid, with a 

 seam along one side. Often escaped from cultivation.* 



47. LEGUMINOSJE. PULSE FAMILY 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves alternate, usually com- 

 pound (either pinnately or palmately), with stipules, the 

 leaflets mostly entire. Calyx of 5 sepals, which are more or 

 less united, often somewhat zygomorphic. Corolla of 5 petals, 



FIG. 20. Pulse Family 



A, actinomorphic corolla (Acacia cinerascens) ; B, zygomorphic corolla 

 (Cassia marilandica) . (After Schnizlein) 



often papilionaceous (Fig. 21) or somewhat actinomorphic, in 

 No. XVI much reduced. Stamens diadelphous (Fig. 22), mon- 

 adelphous, or distinct. Ovary simple, superior. Fruit usually 

 a 1-celled pod (Fig. 22). Seeds one or several, without endo- 

 sperm. A large and very important family, containing about 

 8000 species. 



