106 PULSE FAMILY. 



19. COBONILLA. (Latin, diminutive of carom, a crown.) Cult, from 

 Europe for ornament. % 



C. v^ia, Purple Coronilla. Hardy herb, spreading from underground 

 running shoots, smooth, 2° high, with 15-21 obovate-oval or oblong small 

 leaflets, and head-like umbels of handsome pink-purple and white or white and 

 lilac flowers, all summer. 



C. glatioa, Yellow Sweet-scented C. Green-house shrubby plant, 

 with .5-9 glaucous obovate or obcordate leaflets, the terminal largest, and head- 

 like umbels of sweet-scented yellow flowers; the claws of the petals not 

 lengthened. 



20. ABACHIS, PEANUT, GROUND-NUT. (Meaning of name obscure.) 

 A. hypogsea, the only common species, originally from South America, 



cult. S. : the nut-like pods familiar, the oily fleshy seeds being largely eaten by 

 children, either raw or roasted. ® 



21. SESBANIA. (Arabic name /Sesiara, a little altered.) PI. late summer. 

 S. macroc^rpa, wild in swamps S., is tall, smooth, with linear-oblong 



leaflets, few flowers on a peduncle shorter ,than the leaves, the corolla yellow 

 with some reddish or purple, followed by linear narrow hanging pods 8' - 12' 

 long, containing many seeds. (T) 



S. vesiciria (or GLOTTfoiuM PLOEiDiNUM), in low grounds S., resem- 

 bles the preceding in foliage and small yellow flowers, but has a broadly oblong 

 turgid pod, only 1' or 2' long, pointed, raised above the calyx on a slender stalk 

 of its own, only 2-seeded, the seeds remaining enclosed in the bladdery white 

 lining of the pod when the outer valves have fallen. (T) 



S. grand.ifl6ra (or AgXti grandiflora), a shrub or tree-like plant of 

 India, run wild in Florida, occasionally cult, for ornament S., has very large 

 flowers, 3' -4' long, white or red, and slender hanging pods 1° or so long. 



22. CAEAGANA, PEA-TREE. (Tartar name.) Natives of Siberia 

 and China : planted for ornament, but uncommon, scarcely hardy N. 



C. arbor6scens. Siberian p. Shrub or low tree, with spiny stipules, 

 4-6 pairs of oval-oblong downy leaflets, a soft tip to the common petiole, and 

 solitary yellow flowers, in spring. 



C. frut^SCens, has soft stipules, and only 2 pairs of obovate leaflets 

 crowded at the summit pf the petiole, which is tipped with a spiny point. 



C. Chaml^gU, Chinese P., a low or spreading shrub, has 2 rather dis- 

 tant pairs of smooth oval or obovate leaflets, the stipules and tip of the petiole 

 spiny. 



23. INDIGOFERA, INDIGO-PLANT. (Name means producer of in- 

 digo.) Ours are tall perennials, sometimes with woody base, and numerous 

 small flowers in racemes, of S. States, in dry soil : fl. summer. 



I. Caroliui^na. Wild from North Carolina S. : smoothish, with 10-15 

 obovate or oblong pale leaflets, racemes longer than the leaves, flowers soon 

 brownish, and oblong veiny pods only 2-seeded. 



I. tinet6ria. This and the next furnish the indigo of commerce, were 

 cult, for that purpose S., and have run wild in waste places : woody at base, 

 with 7-15 oval leaflets, racemes shorter than the leaves, the deflexed knobby 

 terete, pods curved and several-seeded. 



I. Anil differs mainly in its flattish and even pods thickened at both edges. 



24. TEPHROSIA, HOARY PEA. (From Greek word meaning Aoan,;) 

 Native plants, of dry, sandy or barren soil, chiefly S. : fl. summer. 



* Stem very leafy up to the terminal and sessile dense raceme or panicle. 

 T. Virgini&,na. Called Catgut, from the very tough, long and slender 

 roots; white silky-downy, with erect and simple stem l°-2° hicfh, 17-29 

 linear-oblong leaflets, pretty large and numerous flowers yellowish'white with 

 purple, and downy pods. Common N. & S. 



