1893. pase 
893.] Botanical Notes from Bainbridge. 465 
ture of i 
The ees nay, of the Leguminose is quite variable. 
lary only, owin sg wu axillary, terminal, or pseudo-axil- 
Ee not ee “ oO i sae growth. The peduncles may or 
Beals may gs of opposite bracts at their base. The 
calyx), or one ni Wo: pats AG which one is then near the 
may be grown : ae - no pair of bracts at all, or two bracts ' 
may be in a lat a a 80 BEY form only one. The flowers 
quently can be eral or ina vertical plane. The tip not inte” 
general rule ae ved to be aborted, which agrees with the 
ee usually di inflorescences composed of very irregular 
axes, and tor “ oi develop flowers terminating the main 
tothe rule, th se terminal flowers are developed contrary 
, these are not infrequently regular in form. 
The : 
reason why this should be so can of course be readily 
gular flowers out 
d chiefly the 
ty from one direction. 
Pg. ue en neglected and gradually became aborted. 
of the + ing off of tips of branches. 
_ wang . on this subject a large Mime: 
o have shed all the tips of its leaf 
ips in leguminous trees is quite 
it would be interesting to le 
nsi : 
| te the frequency with which lig 
: ed their terminal leafy buds it may 
oned w : 
hether the abortion of the terminal bu 
easure due to a gen- 
following the above 
dto have 
0 prod 
u : 
to refer * 2 pape In this connection it may 
“Me writer s e case of Apios tuberosa Moench, described by 
_ Pound pani age years ago, in which the inflorescence, 
tached rac cle, first sheds the tip of the panicle with th 
femainin emes, and then sheds the upper flowers of all the 
floral h g racemes, leaving the scars thus produced for extra- 
oney glands. 
Fig. ExpLANATION oF PiatTe XL. 
re Dature, Fi , ith the lower side turned Up 
g. 2. Same; side view of the bracts, sepals, wing, keel. Fig. 
side turned up as in nature. 
