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p. nensUlttora. Flowers many, in clusters shorter than the leaves. 



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



5. ftirerg-rn*. Leaflets ovate ; upper peduncle longer than the leaves. 

 S lit procumbens Ms. St. prostrate, diffuse, tomentous-pubescent; Ifta. ovul 01 

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

 pod roundih. Dry soils. Leaflets 59". Ted. 2 V. 



ft. repent. Nearly smooth and very slender ; leaflets oval or elliptical. 



y. /-'rat/ana. Decumbent ; leaflets obovate upper ped. apetalous. South. 



27 SPARTIUM, L. COMMON BROOM (Sitdprov, a ro t e; former! v 

 'kddc of the Broom.) Calyx spathe-like, split behind, teeth very short. 

 i\r-el incurvec., acuminate, longer than the wings. Otherwise like Genista. 



S. SOOPARIUM. Shrub native of Spain, 6f, with rush-like erect branches often Icaflena 

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



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

 yenel ; 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. ^ With simple 

 leaves and yellow flowers. 



G. tinctoria L. Branches round, Btriate, unarmed, erect; IVB. lanceolate, smooth 

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



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

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

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

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

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



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



stip. acuminate, decurrent; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the leave*; cor. shorter than 

 the calyx. Sandy fields. 612'. Cor. small. July. 



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



nute, partly decurrent; pedicels long, 3-C-flowered; corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Sandy woods, S. 4 12'. Flowers showy. April, May. 



3 C. Purshil DC. Perennial : slender, assurgent, nearly smooth ; Ivs. oblong-linear 



or linear, snbsessile ; stip. narrowly decurrent through the whole inteniode ; pedicels 

 B-7-flowered ; corolla as long as the calyx. Damp shades, S. 1 Iff. 



30. LUPINUS, Toum. 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. Stam. monadelphous, the 

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

 0y 5 Leaves palmately 5-15-foliate, rarely unifoliate. Raceme terminal. 



1 L. vIIloBns Willd. Unifoliate, densely silky-teonentous ; sts. decumbeut-assurgent ; 



Ivs. large, elliptic-oblon?, loug-petioled ; rac. terminal, long, dense-fiwd. Pine wood*, 

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



2 I*. difTutms N. Diffusely branched from the base; Ivs. oyal-oblong. obtuse, soft- 



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



3 Li. pereiinis L. Minutely pubesceiit, 5-7-foliate ; Ifts. oblanceolate. mucronatc : (Is. 



Utenu.'p: calvx without appendages, upper lip> emaririnHt* lower entire Sandy hills. 

 U. Flowers blue, varying f> white. May, June. Cultivated. 



