WINCIED BROOM. 



a, 'I 111,! siifi'diiiVix. 



\\ INGED liroom is a broom with 



wind's, or phyllodes wliicli 



are nnicli developed petioles^ 



and serve all the purposes 



of leaves in the eeonomv 



of the plant. It happens 



that several members of the 



jjea family, to whieh the 



plant before us belongs, are 



favoured by nature with the 



possession of wings. There 



is the winged i)ea {Tefra- 



(/oiiolobiif;), tlie pods of whieh 



are furnished with four wings, 



suggestive cif the windmill 



that is wanted for grinding 



the seeds. There are acacias 



nth winged stems, such as A. 



ihiht. We have in our woods the 



rimson grass vetchling [Lathi/rnx 



issolld), whieh never produces 



true leaves, but only flattened 



leaf-stalks; the yellow vetchling (La I h // ni .<; apliaca), which 



has sagittate stipules that do duty for leaves ; while in the 



3.B 



