2i^? Ordek 46.— LEGUIIINOS^. 



ct -li. \ lOiE.E.— Kroct. Tendrils obsolete. Seeds with the linear hilum ftt end Fada, 1J 



—CJIimbing.— Leaflets flerratc. Pods 2-seedetl . Cic>:r. 7..; 



— Leaflets entire. — Style grooved outside, huiry inside Pisua. U 



— Style flattened, hairy most inside Latiivrcs. 1'» 



— Style filiform, hairy most outside Vicia. Ifi 



e :>. Uedybaric-b. 



— FIs. yellow.— Leave<t pnhnately 4.-foUato. Stain, monadclpb Zof:77(A. IT 



— Leaves pinnate, 7 to 49-foUate. Stam, diadelphous. . .^-Ksoiivkomkni'.. \< 



— Leaves pinnately 3-iuliato. Pod slender at base Stvlosantiif-s, 10 



— Leaves pinnately 4-foIiato. Pod gibbous at base Ar.vciiis. '2i> 



— Fls. cyanic— L vs. pinnate, 5 to 21-foliatc.— Umbels pedunculate Coronili-a. 21 



— Kaccmes pedunculate IlKDY3Ar.L-ii- 2'J 



— Lvs. pinnately 5-toliate,— stipellate. Pod S to T-jointed DEsMODa'>:. 2-; 



— exstipellate. Pod 1-jointed Lksi-kdeza. 21 



f 4. LOTE^. 



—leaves simple, with yellow flowers. —Keel oblong, straight G-enista. 2'- 



—Keel falcate, acuminate Cuotai.aria. 2G 



—Leaves palmately 5 to 15-foUato (rarely simple). (.Genus 3D, or> Lui'Inus. 27 



— Loaves i>almately 3-foliate.— Tree with yellow flowers LADUuxuii. 2^ 



— Herbs with straight, small pods Trifot.ittm. 2:> 



— Herbs with curved or spiral pods Mhoicaco. OJ 



—Lvs. pinnately fol. — Pod few-seeded. Fls. (scarlet, Gon. 49} vvh, or yeLMcLtLOTL'S. 31 



— Pod l-5ccded. — Fls. yellow. — Lvs. rcsi rums-dotted (Gon. 4T; 



— Fls. cyanic. — Lvs. dark-dotted P.-sorai.kv. <?^ 



— Lvs. not dotted (in Gen. 31 > 



— Lvs. pinnate, with no odd leaflet, !."» to 2.") piiirs. — Pod 1— S-seeded GL.OTiun:.M. V,:: 



— Pod CC-seeded .,. .Sivsuania. 34 



—Lvs, odd-pinnate,— dotted with dark glands.— Shrub. Fls. spicatc Amokpha. 8-'» 



'■ — Herb 10-androus Dai.ea. 3C 



' — Herb 5-androus Petalostesion. 37 



— dotlcss. — Legume 2-celled Icniithwise, turgid Astrvc; alus. 8^ 



— Legume half 2-celled lengthwise Piiaoa. C'j 



— Leg. 1-celled. — Herbs. Style hairy outside. Tephkosia. 4ii 



^Uerbs. Style glabrous. lNniGoFEi:A. 4! 



— Slirubs or trees. Cyanic Robisia. 4-i 



— Trees with fls. y<.i)lo\v Colutea. 4;i 



g. 0. PlIASEOLE/K. 



—Lvs. pinnate, 5 to lo-foliate.— Vine shrubby. Keel falcate AVistaeia. 44 



—Herbs. Keel (straight, Gen. 49) spiral Apios. 4r> 



— Lvs. pinnately 3 (rarely l)-foliate. — Fls. yellow. Legumes 5-secded Vigsa. 4'> 



— Fls. yellow. Legumes 1 to 2-seeded.l;uv:;oosiA. 47 



— Fls. cyanic. (+) 



* Keul with stamens and stylo spirally twisted Piiasi;olus. 4-; 



* Keel straigbtiah. — Fls. scarlet. Erect herbs or trees EiiYTiiniNA. 4i> 



— Fls. purplish. — Caly.v ebracteoIati.i Ampiiicaiipj^a. 5f) 



— Calyx bibracteolate, — 4-cleft Galactia. &I 



— 4-tnothed DoLicnos. ."j 



— D-cleft, long Clitoria. S-"^ 



— 5-cleft, short.CE.NTROsiiiiA. .M 



1. MIMO^SA, L. Sensitive Plant. (Gr. jUi/^o^, a bviffoon ; tLo 

 iL-aves seem sporting with the hand that touches them.) Flowers? ^ o^ . 

 'j Calyx valvate, 6-toothed ; corolhi 0, or 5-toothed, stamens 4 to 15 ; 

 lejTame separated into 1-seeded joints ; ^ like the perfect, but without 

 ovaries or fruit. — 2| Herbs and shrubs, natives of tropical America, t'cc. 

 X M. strigillosa Torr & G-r. Nearly unarmed, -pvostr&te, diffuse, strigous; slip. 

 ovate; petioles and peduncles very lou^; lvs. bipirmate, pinnaa 4 to 6 pairs; If is. 

 10 io 16 pairs, oblong-linear; heads oblong; leg. broad, 1 to 3-jointed. — Banks ot 

 the Miss. (Hale) to 3*j. Fla. Sts. several feet in length, reddish and in appearance 

 smooth. Lfts. 3 to 4" by I", crowded. Fed. and lvs. 6 to 8' long. Hds. rose- 

 color, with innumerable spreading stamens. Pods crowded, very hispid. Jl., Aug. 

 2 M. p-Cidlca L. St. prwkhjf more or less hispid : lvs. digitate-pinnate, pinnsa 

 4j of many (30 or more) pairs of linear lfts. — Native of Brazil St. shrubby, about 



