ORDER 46. LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



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p Lvs. pinn'ly 3-t'ol., stipollate. Pod 8-7-jointed. Tick Trefoil. DESMO'DIUM. 

 p Lvs. pinn'ly 3-fol. Stipela none. Pod 1-jointed. Bmh Trefoil. LESPEDE'ZA. 7 



Leaves palmately 4-foliate. Stamens all united. ZOB'NIA. 



Leaves pinnate, 7-49- foliate. Stamens 9 united. JSSCHYNOM'ENE. 



Leaves pinnately 3-foliate. Pod slender at base. STYLOSAN'THES. 



Leaves pinnately 4-foliate. ]jod gibbous at base. Peanut. AR'ACHIS. 



r Leaflets serrate. Pods 2-seeded. Chick Pea. CICEK. 



r Leaflets entire. Style grooved outside, hairy inside. Pea. Pisuit. 8 



i Leaflets entire. Style flattened, hairy most inside. Sweet Pea. LATH'YRTTS. 12 

 r Leaflets entire. Style filiform, hairy most outside. Fetch. VIC'IA. 13 



Pod legume flat and thin, short-stiped. Lvs. pinnate. Tree. S.W. CLADAS'TRIS. 



Pod inflated, stipitate (stalked at base). Lvs. 1-S-foliate. BAPTIS'IA. 9 



Fls. perfect, purple, papilionaceous. Tree. Lvs. simple. Judos-tree. CERCIS. 

 Fls. perfect, yellow. Lvs. equally pinnate. Senna. CASSIA. 10 



Fls. imperfect, green. Sta. 5. Trees thorny. Honey Locust. GLEDITS'CHIA. 

 Fls. imp., greenish. St. 10. Trees unarmed. Ky. Coffee-tree. GTMXOC'LADUS. 



P ds flat, jointed between the seeds. Shrubby. Sensitive Plant. MIMO'SA. 



Pods prickly, 4-sided, 4-valved. Sensitive Brier. SCHBAN'KIA. 



Pods smooth, turgid, filled with pulp. Tree. S. Sponge-tree. VACHEI/LIA. 



Pods smooth, flat, dry. Petals distinct. Stam. 5-10. Herbs. DESMAN'THUS. 



Pods smooth, flat, dry. Petals united. Stam. 8-200. S. Julibrassin. ACA'CIA. 



1. PHASE'OLUS. Bean, &c. 



Calyx 5-toothed or cleft, the 2 

 upper teeth half united. Keel in- 

 cluding the stamens and style, and 

 with them spirally coiled or twisted. 

 Legume straight or curved, many- 

 seeded. Seeds oblong, kidney- 

 shaped. Herbs twining or trailing. 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliate, stipellate. 

 June- Oct. 



Native species, growing in fields and Fig , 446 . Section of flower of the 3^ 



woods .... a showing the spirally coiled stamens n<l styles 



* F.xotic species, growing only by culti- the simple ovary, Ac. 



vation .. . .b 



a Flowers racemed. Pods curved 1 



a Flowers 1 or few in ahead. P^ds straight. ..-4 

 b Stems climbing. . . .5-7 

 b Stems erect, bushy 8 



