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ilium oval, pointed, reflexed ; much larger than the alae. Fls. large, 

 show}', racemed. Pod hiaddery, or coriaceous. C. cdrneus, 3° high, 

 fls. flesh-color; Philippines. C. Dampieri, 3° high, fls. scarlet; N. 

 HoU. C. jDMrekfiMs, Pabrot's Beak ; 6° high, fls. crimson ; N. Z. 8. 

 Sesbania. 0, Qj.; ahout 12 spec. ; trop. ; both worlds. Pis. yellow ; 

 pod long, knobby. S. macrocdrpa, 8°-12'' high ; fls. racemed, dotted 

 with red and purple. Pla. to Tex. 9. Agati grandiflbra. Handsome 

 tree, 20°-30° high ; fls. 3'-4' long, white or red, 2-4 in a cluster ; pod 

 18' long. E. Ind., Australia; introduced in Fla. 10. Robinia Pseu- 

 dacdeia, Ambkican Locitst. Fls. white, fragrant, racemed. Elegant 

 tree, 40°-80° hig-h ; Penn., S. and S. W. Wood dark, valuable. R. 

 visebsa, Clammy L. ; fls. pink. Tree 40° high. Mts., N. C, Ga. 

 R. hispida, KosE-AcACiA ; fls. deep rose. Shrub 5°-8° high. S., U. S. 



11. Wistiria (Wisteria of De CandoUe ; after Caspar Wistar, or Wis- 

 ter, as tradition says his name was correctly spelt. " C'est a tort que 

 Loudon et quelques auteurs apres lui ont ecrit Wistaria." L'lUus- 

 tration horticole, vol. v.). High-climbing, hardy shrubs, with fine 

 foliage and showy fls., .racemed. Pod knobby. Pew spec. W. 

 frutescens, fls. lilac. S. States. W. sinensis, similar, but bolder and 

 climbing much higher. China. W. alba, similar, fls. white. Japan. 



12. Xpios tuherosa, Gkound Pear. Q|., twining; fls. brown-purple, 

 fragrant, racemed; subt. runners bearing small, pear-shaped, edible 

 tubers. Common, U. S. 13. Millettia. High-climbers, like Wis- 

 taria ; or trees, like Eobinia, with valuable, dark wood. Pis. racemed 

 or panicled, handsome. Trop. and S. Af., Asia, Australia. 14. Teph- 

 rosia. Lvs. gray-silky ; fls. showy, white or purple, racemed ; pod 

 linear, flat. Trees, shrubs, herbs, chiefly trop.', both worlds. T. vir- 

 ginidna, l°-2° high ; fls. white, purpled-tinged. Can. to Pla. and 

 Miss. ; T. spicdt'i^V'-'2° high ; fls. white and purple. Del., 8. and W ; 

 T. hispidula, T. chrysophijLla, low, fls. purple. S. ', all 2|. herbs. 15. 

 Indigofera, Indigo. Fls. pink, purple, or white, racemed. Pod 

 straight or curved. More than 200 spec, 0, Q|. herbs or shrubs. 

 Chiefly in Af. and Asia; several of which yield Indigo. I. tinctbrin, 

 shrub, 3°-4° high, fls. pink ; Asia ; nat. in Af. and Am. ; and I. Anil, 

 similar, 5°-6° high, fls. purple; W. Ind. ; nat. in Old World; yield 

 the Indigo of commerce. Both nat. in Pla. I. caroUnidna, Q|. herb, 

 3°-5° high, fls. brown. N. C. to Fla. I. leptosepnln, Qj., decumbent; 

 sts. 2°-3° long ; fls. pale scarlet. S. Fla., W. 16. Dalea. Fls. spicate, 

 white, yellovv, pink, purple. Pod 1-2-seeded. Q|., 0, herbs, shrubs. 

 More than 90 spec, New Mex. to Chili. D. alopecuroides, Q herb, 

 l°-2° high ; fls. violet and white. 111. to Tex., E. to Ala. Only spec. 

 E. of Miss. River. 17. Petalostemon, Prairie Clover. Petals 5; 

 4 adnate to the tube of the 5 monadelphous stamens ; the fifth petal 

 (standard) free. Fls. small, in dense lids, or spikes. Pod 1-seeded, 

 indehisc. 14 spec, chiefly Q|. herbs. N. Am. P. corymbbsum, 2° 

 high, fls. white. N. C. to Fla., W. P. violdceum, fls. violet; Mich, 

 to Minn., S. 18. Amorpha. Fls. with but 1 petal, the vexillum, 

 which is wrapped round the sta. (10, monadelph.) and the style. Fls. 

 violet, purple, blue, in clustered virgate racemes. Pod 1-2-seeded. 

 Elegant shrubs, N. Am. A. fruticbsa, Bastard Indigo. 6°-15° 

 high, fls. purple. Wis. to Fla., W. to Rooky Mts. Sev. other spec, 

 U. S. 19. Psoralea. Petals complete ; fls. blue, white, purple, 

 racemed. Pod .1-seeded. Scurfy shrubs or herbs. 100 spec, both 



