CLASSES, &c. AND GENERA ARRANGED, cxxiii 



Anthyllis, Kidney-vetch. Col. swollen, permanent, enclosing the 



legume-pod. — Page 206, 

 Ono'nis, Rest-harrow. CaL- segments, five, deep. Standard (large,) 



slightly furrowed. Legume-pod swollen, somewhat rhomboid, 



stalkless. Seeds few. — Page 205. 



* * Stigma or style downy. Stamens nine united, ivith one free, (dia.- 



delphous.) 



'Orobus, Bitter-vetch. Style linear, almost cylindric. Stig. 

 downy along its upper side. — Page 206. 



La'thyrus, Vetchling. Style flattened, broader upwards. Stig. 

 downy along the broad upper half of the style. — Page 207. 



VrciA, Vetch. Style hair-tufted beneath the stigma, in front. — 

 —Page 208. 



Ervum, Tare. Stig. headed, downy all over. — Page 209. 



** "^ Legume-pod two- celled more or less completely; without the 

 former characters. 



Astra'galus, Milk-vetch. Legume-pod swollen, cells two, longitu- 

 dinal, (" cells formed by the bent in margins of the lower 

 suture.") — Page 211. 



• * * * Legume-pod scarcely more than one-seeded ; without the former 



characters. 



Trifo'LIUM, Trefoil, Clover, Melilot. Legume pod scarcely, if 

 longer than the calyx, one-seeded, seldom more, falling off, 

 (deciduous,) not opening. (The Fl. are in heads. Ls. in threes.) 

 —Page 212. 

 ***** Legume-pod jointed, excluding the former characters. 



Hedy'sarum, Sain-foin, Fr. Legume-pod of one or more com- 

 pressed, (roundish,) close, one-seeded joints. Fl.-keel very 

 blunt.— Page 211. 



Orxi'thopus, Bird' s-foot. Fl.-keel rounded. Legume-pod some- 

 what cylindric, curved, of many close joints, one-seeded. — Page 

 210. 



HiPPOCRE'Pis, Horse-shoe-vetch. Legume-pod compressed, curved 

 inwards, with many curved joints, (" so that each legume-pod 

 has several deep notches on one side.") — Page 210. 



****** Legume-pod spiral, or hooked ; (excluding the former 

 characters.) 



Medica'go, Medick. Legume-pod spiral, or hooked, compressed. 

 Pistil pressing back \he flower-standard, — Page 216. 



******* Legume-pod one- celled, many seeded, {^excluding the 

 former characters?) 



