60 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. 



a terminal raceme or panicle, on a scape which rises from 

 the root. Leaflets broadly ovate. 



2. D. aeumina'tum, DC. Stem pubescent. Leaves all 

 crowded at the summit of the stem, from which the raceme 

 or panicle arises. Leaflets conspicuously pointed. Rich 

 woods. 



3. D. paueiflo'rum, DC. Leaves scattered along the low 

 ascending stems ; leaflets rhombic-ovate, rather blunt. 

 Racemes few-flowered, terminal. Rich woods, western 

 Ontario. 



* * Pod raised on a stalk hardly surpassing the calyx, the latter deeply 

 cleft. Stipules ovate, taper-pointed. 



4. D. rotundifo'lium, DC. Stem prostrate, soft-hairy. 

 Leaflets orbicular. Flowers purple. Pods indented on both 

 edges. Dry sandy woods, western Ontario. Also at Queens- 

 ton Heights. 



* * * Pod hardly, if at all, stalked. 



5. D. CUSpida'tum, Torr. and Gray. Stem tall, erect, 

 rery smooth. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, very 

 large, green on both sides. Flowers and bracts large. Pod 

 4-6-jointed. Thickets. 



6. D. Illinoen'se, Gray, has been found in the Thames 

 valley. Leaflets obtuse and roughish, grayish beneath, with 

 prominent veins. Pod about an inch long, 3-5-jointed, 

 indented on both margins. Otherwise nearly like the last. 



7. D. panicula'tum, DC. Stem slender, nearly smooth, 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, tapering to a blunt point. 

 Flowers medium-sized. Pod 3-5-jointed, the joints trian- 

 gular. Racemes panicled. Rich woods. 



8. D. Dille'nii, Darlingt. Distinguished from the last by 

 the pubescent stem and finely pubescent leaflets, the latter 

 oblong or oblong-ovate. Dry and open thickets. 



9. D. Canadense, DC. Stem erect, hairy, tall, furrowed. 

 Leaflets oblong-lanceolate (1J-3 inches long), with many 

 straightish veins. Flowers large, about Jinch long, in dense 

 racemes. Joints of the pod roundish. Dry woods. 



