rOPrLAR FLOF{A. 



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* * * Stamens 10, separate (Fi<,'. 355). Petals 5, peu-like. Pod inflated, (Raptiskt) FALSK-lNDifio. 



II. BRASILETTO Subfamily. Corolla sometimes papilionaceous or nearly so, but then wiili 

 tlie standard within tlie otlier petals, i^enerally more or less irregular ; the petals overlapping ono 

 another in tlie buil. Stamens 10 or fewer, sei)arati'. 



Trees, with simi)le rouiid-hfart-sliai)ed leaves, but appearing rather later than the papilio- 

 naceous purple-red flowers, (t'cirin) Ukd-Hud. 



Herbs, with abruptly pinnate le.ives and yellow flowers, not i)apilioiiaceous, {('dtt.tia) Sknna. 



Trees, witli tlie leaves, or some of them, more than onee compound. I'Mowors dio'cious 

 or poly,:.'anious, not at all papilionaceous. 

 Stamens 10, and petals 5, on tlie top of the funnel-shaped tube of the calyx. Pods 



broad and hard. Leaves very l.iru'e. twice-pinnate, {(iiiiinii'trhdltix) Kk.vtI'ckv ('hffKK-TRKR. 

 Stamens and petals 3 to 5, mi the bottom of an open calyx, i'ods long and flat, liaving 

 u sweet ju;ce or pul)) inside. li-'aves, some of tiieiii once pinnate, others twice 

 jiinnate. Tree with compound thorns, (t/fedUschid) HONEY-LocusT. 



III. MIIMOSA SiBi AMii.v. Flowers very small, in beads or spikes, regular : ])etals edge to edge 

 in tlie bud, and sometimes united below. L-aves generally twice or thrice innnate. 



Stamens very many and long, yellow or yellowish. (Cult, in greenhouses : some species 



are wild far soutli). *A{'.\rrA. 



Stamens 5, Petals separate, wliitish. Pod smooth, ( nesDnhiflnni) DKSMANTlirs. 



Stamens 4 or 5. Petals united into a cup, rose-colour. Pod bristly, flat, breakin.: up into 



juiiits. Leaves closing suddenly when touched, ( ]Iii)i<jx(i) '*SKNsr!ivi;-lM,A\T. 



Stamens 10 or 12. I'etals united into a cup, rose-colour. I'od narrow, rongli-p!ii.kIy. 



Leaves rather sensitive. S., (Srhri'mk-ia) SENsiTivK-Dnriit. 



► Locust-tree. Bohinia. 



Flowers showy, in hanging axillary racemes. Sraniens diadelplious. Pod flat, sever.il-sei ded. 

 Leaves odd-pinnate. Trees, wild in the Souihern. cult, in tln' Ndithein States. FI. in early summer. 



1. Common Locust-TUKK. Tree with a pair of spines for stipules ; fluwers white, in slender racemes, 



sweet-scented ; pod smooth. R. Pkc it<f acacia. 



2. Clammy L. Tree with clammy twi^s ; racem.'s tliick ; calyx purplish ; pod rough. /.'. riKrd.^a. 



3. Bbistly L. or PiOSE-AcAClA. Shrub, with bristly stalks and twigs ; flowers large, rose-coloured. 



Ji. liispitJa. 



Clover (or Tijkkoil). Trlfhlium. 



Flowers iiK.ny in a liead. Calyx persi.stent, its teeth very slender. Corolla withering away or]>er- 

 sistent after flowei iiiir ; the petals gmwii tugel her more or less into a tube lielnw, and the <iia<lelplious 

 stamens united with it. I'od generally shorter than the calyx, thin, only one or few-seeded. liOW 

 herbs : leaves with 3 leaflets, the s'ipules adiitriug to tlie base of the footstalk (Fig. 136). 



1. Ked Clover. Leaflets obovate or oval, with a pale spot on the ujiper side ; flowers rose-red, in 



a dense head with leaves underneath it. Fields, cultivated. 7'. pvateiixe. 



2. BrEF.M.O C. Leaflets obovate. toothed : flowers rose-coloured, pedicelled, in an unili(d-ldve long- 



stalked head. Prairies, Sic. W. and S. T. njlt'Tiim. 



3. "White C. Low, smooth, creeping ; leaflets obcordate or notched ; flowers white, in a loose umbel- 



like head, raised on a long stalk. Fields, &c., everywhere. 'J\ rvpcus. 



