ORDER 46—LEGUMINOUS PLANTS, 187 
about 10 stamens, monadelphous, diadelphous, or distinct ; 
a single, simple pisti/, producing a legume in fruit, and with 
no albumen in the seeds. 
Fig. 443, Flower of the Pea Fig: 444. Its petals displayed; 2, the banner; «, a, the wings; 
©, c, the 2 keel petals. tg. 445. A legume (pea-pod). 
Analysis of the Genera, 
§ Flowers papilionaceous (§ 89). Upper petal (banner) covering the rest in bnd.. 
§ Flowers nearly regular, or upper petal covered by the rest in bud....t 
§ Flowers regular, in dense heads. Petals valvate in bud. Leaves bipepuate.... 
2 Stamens 10, all distinct....s5 
2 Stamens 10, all or 9 united....3 
3 Leaves cirrhous (Fig. 96), the rachis ending with a tendril. ..+ 
8 Leaves not cirrhous....4 
4 Pod a loment (§ 180), z. e., jointed between the seeds ...6 
4 Pod a legume, 1, 2, or » seeded, not in joints....5 
5 Erect (or if prostrate, with palmately 3-foliate leaves)....7 
5 Trailing or twining vines, leaves pinnately compound....9 
6 Flowers yellow....q 
6 Flowers cyanic (not yellow)....p 
7 Leaves simple, with yellow flowers....0 
7 Leaves palmately 5-15-foliate (rarely simple) . .a 
7 Leaves palmately 8-foliate....m 
7 Leaves pinnately 8-foliate....k 
7 Leaves pinnate with no odd leaflet, 15-25 pairs. ..b 
7 Leaves pinnate with an odd leaflet....8 " 
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