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B. strictum, DC. Slender stems smooth below, above and the narrow 

 panicle rough-glandular ; leaflets linear, blunt, reticulated, very smooth, 

 l'-2' long. N. J. to Fla. and La. 



++ ++ Bracts, before flowering, conspicuous; common petiole very shprt; 

 joints of pod roundish. 



D. Canadense, DC. Stem hairy, 3°-6° high, leafy up to the panicle ; 

 leaflets lance-oblong, blunt, 2'-3' long ; racemes dense, the pink-purple 

 flowers larger than in any other, J'-£' long. Chiefly N. and W. 



D. sessilifdlium, Torr. & Gray. Stem pubescent, 2°-4° high; the 

 long panicle naked ; common petiole hardly any ; leaflets linear or 

 linear-oblong, blunt, reticulated, rough above, downy beneath ; flowers 

 small. Chiefly westward. 



+- *- +- Stems ascending or spreading, l°-3° long ; stipules and bracts 

 awl-shaped and deciduous ; panicle naked, loose ; flowers small ; pod of 

 2 or 3 small, oval, or roundish joints. 



D. rfgidum, DC. Stems hoary, with a rough pubescence ; leaflets 

 ovate-oblong, blunt, thickish, roughish, and reticulated, l'-8J' long, the 

 lateral longer than the common petiole. Mass., S. and W. 



D. Marilandicum, Boott. Smooth or nearly so, slender; leaflets 

 ovate or roundish, thin, the lateral ones about the length of the slender 

 petiole ; otherwise like the preceding, and of like range. 



+- +- 4- -4- Stems reclining or prostrate; racemes few-flowered. 



D. lineatum, DC. Smoothish ; stem striate-angled ; stipules awl- 

 shaped, deciduous ; leaflets orbicular, 1' or less in length, much longer 

 than the common petiole ; flowers and 2 or 3 rounded joints of the pod 

 small. Md. to Fla. and La. 



§ 2. Exotic conservatory species. 



D. gyrans, DC. Telegraph Plant. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, termi- 

 nal very large, lateral very small. Cult, from India for curious move- 

 ments of leaflets. (Lessons, Fig. 491.) 



31. ERYTHRINA. (Greek : red, the usual color of the flowers.) 



E. herbacea, Linn. Stems herbaceous, 2°-4° high from a thick, 

 woody base, somewhat leafy, the leaflets broadly triangular-ovate ; others 

 nearly leafless, terminating in a long, erect raceme of narrow, scarlet 

 flowers ; standard (2' long) straight, folded, lanceolate ; keel small ; seeds 

 scarlet ; flowers spring. Sandy soil near the coast S. 



E. Crista-g&lli, Linn. Tree-like ; leaflets oval or oblong ; loose racemes 

 of large crimson flowers ; keel large ; standard broad, spreading ; wings 

 rudimentary. Cult, in conservatories, from Brazil. 



32. GLYCINE. (Greek: sweet.) ® 



0. hispid a, Maxim, (or S&ja HfspiDA). Sot Bean. Plant strong 

 and erect, 2°-4° tall, loosely hairy ; leaflets large and thin, broadly ovate 

 and nearly or quite obtuse, the lateral ones lop-sided and short stipitate, 

 the terminal long stipitate, the common petiole 6'-12' long ; pods flat and 

 villous, 2'-4' long, containing from 2-4 roundish or oblong small Beans, 

 and splitting open when ripe. Coming into prominence as a forage plant, 

 the Beans also edible. Japan and China ; but unknown wild, and sup- 

 posed to be derived from Glycine Soja. 



33. ARACHIS, PEANUT, GOOBEE. (Meaning of name obscure.) 



A. hypogcea, Linn. The only common species, from South America, 

 cult. S. ; the nut-like pods familiar, the oily, fleshy seeds being roasted 

 and much eaten. (|) 



