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PULSE FAMILY. 93 
on Risse of the calyx orbicular-obovate, concave, rather longer 
an 
Seneka Snake-root. Milkwort. Mountain Flax. 
Root perennial, thick and somewhat oody, with coarse branches, Sere ey see 
from the same root, 9-15 inches high, hertidceous or oon flaccid. Leaves 1 or 2-4 
inches long: hose near the root small, ovat cale-like. Flowers pend A . 
Capit oe picalek Seeds large, pyriform, bay, th ariliva -like caruncles nearly as long = 
ds 
bs. The 
ties—as a stitwalat tie oe in OND ie i alth yes 
of agri ral int 
Orper XXV. LEGUMINO’S.. (Purse Famty.) 
Herts, bgtgt or trees with with alternate nie, stlbvalate usually compound leaves, and papilio- 
haceous or gular ostly io. ner 5, - metimes odie Ha Oy, 
Lata Ciadelfhous (9and 1 and 1), or cay a distinct. fe imple, becoming a legume in 
Seeds without albumen, attac hed to the u pper suture of the pod. 
toe vast iaiiityncimatictaaae upwards of 400 ta as important as it is compre- 
ng a ger scr p ,or products, belonging to tote Order, and not. 
here d deacribed, com be mentioned—on account of their value, beauty or ot character- 
istics—the cod (Hasmatoxyion Se cca as Braziletto, or Brazil Wood 
Neier eee ages L.)—the Rose Wood (a species of Mimosa Sissoo Wood of 
Dalbergia Roxb.)—the Red Sandal Wood p naiemsoomaae santalinus, L.)—the 
Taiaeriee plant aincasehien Lg L.)—the Tamarind tree Fare ge Indi 
the Tonka Bean (Dipterix odorata, Willd. ped Senna of the S i 
the plants yielding eae n Arabic Ab shere of Acacia), and various other gums and balsams 
—the abn Wag Laburnum (Citysus Laburnum, L. user the wonderful Sensitive plant i 
easy pudica. i, Aa , &e. The famous Chinese Si hsp en ) Soy,’’ is also ihe ee 
ini from thi e seeds of a plant lichos iter teuever thie belon to 
Order ; and the bean phat,” in soli ; of the “Cajanus 
flavus, DC.” ; os 
The numerous genera rae ie in this Or ‘der di di 1 sub-orders, tribes oe 
and sub-tribes. Those described Zz g synopsi aS 
1. TRUE PULSE FAMILY. Papmuonacera. 
Calyz of 5 sepals mone vs r less united, often ually s Corolla irregular. Papiliona-- 
i tect Senet Pao hane i if base tt te calyx, the apes: called the 
ceous, consisting of 
standard ale wing ee pose rire Bem others and enclosing them in the b The two 
cord i two lower, whi rl oeetho less 
edge: gg es fee which fray be foses the stamens and pistil. 
rare sly 8), y Oe diadelphous, sometimes monadelphous, or distinct. Ovary 1-celled. 
gd eR ostly incurved. Leaves simple or compound. 
sctaniisl anos pear Iphous. Pes onimaeinan’ mons.and 1-celled, — 
or sometimes gett engthwi Cotyledons becoming green leaves 
in germination. Not climbing po ‘twining (except: dec § me nor tendril 
Stamens monad th 3 
Stamens diade! pees #1 Hi pec fete aloes’ B 
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