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rorCLAK FLORA. 



(CfltlKKn) *LABUl{.Nf.M. 



( Wistdrid) ■\Vl.STAniA. 



* Stamens 10, united by tliuir filaments, cither nil into a closed tube (moDriile/phoiis, Fig. 187), org 

 in a tube split down on one side, and the tenth separ-ito or nearly so (iliadelphous, Fig. 186). 



Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 



Flowers white or rose-coloured, in hanging r.icemes. Leaves odd-pinnate, (Rohinia) LorirsT-TREE. 

 Flowers yellow, in small racemes. I'od bladdery. Leaves odd-pinnate, 



(Coliitcii) *Kr,Ar)r)En-SHNNA. 

 Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, 

 Shrubs, with long twining steins. Flowers blue purjile in racemes. 

 Herbs. 



Stems not twining, climbing, nor with any trace of tendrils. 



Leaves sinijde : stijjules winging the stem below tlu; b'af. Flowers yellow. Pod 



inflated, many-seeded, (CriAdfiiviii) Katti.eBOX. 



Leaves of 5 to 15 palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, {Lnpitius) Ll'PINE. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, of 4 leaflets. Pod formed underground, {Ararhis) *Peani;t. 



Leaves oibl-pinnate, of several or many leaflets. 



Leaflets serrate. Flowers single, white. I'od inflated, 2-9eeded, (Cicer) *Chick-Pea. 

 Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 



Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, (Tf /i/,7'd<'(() IToauy-Pea. 



Corolla narrow. Po<l inflated or turgid, often 2-celled, (Antrd^ alun) AstUAUAL. 

 Leaves of 3 (or rarely 5) leaflets. Pods like akenes or burs. 

 • Stii)ules cohering witli the base of the leafstalk. 



Flowers in heads. Pod thin and small, in the persistent calyx, (TrijoHum) Clover. 

 Flowers in sjjikes or racemes. 



Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 

 J'ods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous. 

 Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways. 

 Leaflets, kc. sjirinkled with <lark dots, entire, ^ 

 Stipules not at all united with tlie leafstalk. 



Pods very small and flat, closed, i-seeded, (Lespediza) Br.sH-CLOVER. 



Pods separating into several-seeded flat roughish joints, 



{Drsmo'linni) TicK-TuEFOin. 

 Stems climbing or disposed to climl) : leaves pinnate with a tendril at the end. 



Calyx with 5 leafy lobes. Seeds globular. Leaflets few, (Pisuin) *Pea. 



Calyx-lobes or teeth not leafy. 



Tendril consi)icuous. Style hairy along the inner side, {Ldthiirut;) Eveiu.asting-Pea. 



(^fc/i/^flltt) IMemi.ot. 



(Medicd'/i,) MedU'K. 



(Psord/ca) Psoualka. 



Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy round the tip. 



Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, fixed by one end, 

 Stems twining more or less : no tendrils to the leaves. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled into a ring or spiral. 



Leaflets 3, with stipels, 



Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers brown-purple. Tubers underground. 

 Keel not coiled or twisted. Leaflets 3, with stii)els. 



Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, 



Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and underground, (Amphictirpcea) Hog-Peani:t. 



Calyx tubular, s-toothed. Flower large, purple-blue, (C/itovia) Butterfly-Pea. 



* * Stamens 10, separate, except at the very base. Petal only r, (Fig. 356.) Shrubs : 



leaves pinnate : flowers small, violet-purple, in a spike or raceme, (Amorphn) Amorpha. 



{Virdt) Vetch. 

 (Fuha) *Hok«e-Bean. 



{PhnseohiK) BEAN. 

 (Apiis) GUOL'NDNIT, 



(Galdrtia) Milk-Pea. 



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