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NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



("Composed of five irregular III. Now pull off calyx ; notice sep t als 

 III. CALYX] sepals green, cup-shaped, form a cup to hold flower, 

 sharply toothed. 



IV. Co- | Composed of five irregular 

 ROLLA 1 petals butterfly-shaped. 



IV. Pull off petals carefully; lay on 

 desk; standard two wings and keel. 

 Let class notice resemblance to butterfly. 

 Think of similar flowers. 



V. STA- 

 MENS 



Ten : nine united by fila- 

 ments, one alone, inserted 

 on corolla. 



V. Notice arrangement of stamens 

 unlike any other flower. 



VI. PISTIL 



Ovary a legume or pod, 



arranged like a pea pod. 

 Style long and slender. 

 Stigma round and sticky. 



VI. Ovary is a legume, like pea. Tell 

 class, when seeds are ripe, pod bursts 

 with loud report and seeds are scattered 

 everywhere. 



This plant belongs to 



I. Class. 



Dicotyledons having net- veined 

 leaves and flowers in fives. 



II. Order. 



Legume having seeds in a leg- 

 ume; butterfly-shaped flowers. 

 Nine long, connected stamens. 



Many useful plants in this order: 



Food plants Beans, peas, peanuts, 

 lentils, clover. 



Drug plants Licorice, logwood, senna, 

 indigo, gum arabic. 



Timber plants Locust, honey locust, 

 rosewood. 



