310 Order 46.— LEGUMINOS^. 



calyx. — Plant 2 to 4f high, found in dry woods, Can. and U. S., erect, branchinp 

 and very hairy. Lvs. less numerous than in the last, on very short stalks con- 

 sisting of 3, oval leaflets hairy beneath. Fed. hairy, becoming longer than the 

 r.iceme. Fls. reddish-white, crowded. Aug., Sept. 



3 L. Steuvi Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomenlous or piibesc«nl ; If is. oval-obovatf. 

 or roundish, longer than the petiole; rao. axillary, capitate or loose, equaling or 

 exceeding the leaves ; leg. villous-pubescent, ovate-acuminate ; apetaloua tls. 

 few. — Dry soils, Mass. to Ga. and Tux. Sts. assurgent, 2 to Sfhigh. Lvs. always 

 hairy beneath,. generally so above. Aug. to Sept. — Quito variable, approaching 

 the next species. 



4 L. violacea Pers. Erect or difl'iwe, sjyaringly pviiescent ; If is. oval, varying iv 

 ollong and linear, obtuse, mucronate, as long as, or a hltle longer than the petioles ; 

 rac. axiUary, few-flowered, the apetalous ones generally below and subsessile ; 

 leg. roundish-ovate, being much longer than the calyx. — Dry woods, Can and U. 

 S. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Cor. 3 to 4" long. Pods about 2" long. Jl., Aug.— 

 Varies gradually into the following diverse extremes. 



ci. Lfts. large (9 to 1 2" by 6 to 8"), not longer than the petioles ; fls. few, mostly 



complete, and near the upper part of tlie brandies; rt,. strong, creeping; sts. 



clustered, slender, diffuse or erect. 

 /3. SESSILIFLOEA T. & G. Lfts. Small (3 to G to 8" by 1 to 2"), oblong to linear, 



longer tl]an the petioles; fls. mostly apetalou.?, numerous, in axillary glo- 



merules ; st. erect branched. (L. sessiliflora Ph.) 

 y. EETiouL.iTA. Lfts. all linear (10 to 18" by 2 to 3"), rigid, on short, erect 



petioles; fls. fascicled, on short stalks. — Erect, slender; branches short or 



none. (L. reticulata Pcrs.) 

 <!. DlTEEGENS T. & G. Lfts. ovato, tho upper peduncles fili.rorm, much longer 



than the leaves and mostly unfruitfal. (L. divergens Ph.) 



5 L. repens Torr. & Or. St. prostrate, diffuse, sparingly pubescent; lfts. oval 

 or obovate-eUiptioal, smooth above, on very short petioles; ped, axillary, flllform, 

 simple, few-flowered, lower ones bearing apetalous flowers; leg. suborbicular, 

 subpubeseent. — Dry soils, Can. and U. S. Sts. very slender, numerous. Lfts. 

 5 to 9" by 3 to 5", obtuse. Ped. 2 to 5' long. Aug., Sept. (IT. repens L.) 



ft. PROOUMBENS. TomeutouB-pubescent, varying to pubescent, but tho Iv.';. 

 always smooth above. (L. procumbens Mx.) 



V. FE.iYANA. Smoothish; sts. decumbent and assurgent; lfts. obovate, twice 

 longer than the petioles; upper ped. elongated and bearing apetalous fls. — 

 Savannah. (Peay.) Appears intermediate between Nos. 3 and 5. 



25. GENISTA, L. Dyer's Broom. Woad-waxen. (Celtic, ffc?.., 

 Fr., ffcnet ; a small shrub.) Calyx with tlie upper lip 2-partecl and the 

 lower 3-tootlied ; vexilliim oblona; ; keel oblong, scarcely including the 

 stamens and stylo ; stigma involute ; stamens monadelphous. — Shrubb\ 

 plants, with simple lvs. and yellow fls. 



G. tinotoria L. Branches round, striate, unarmed, erect ; lvs. lanceolate, smooth ; 

 leg. smooth. — y A naturalized species, in dry, hQly grounds, Mass. Sts. or 

 branches numerous, ascending or erect, If high, from long, v.'oody, creeping roots. 

 Lvs. sessile, alternate. Fls. bright-yellow, axillary, sessile or nearly so, solitari. 

 The whole plant dyes yellow, and, with Woad, green. Aug. § Eur. 



26. CROTALA'RIA, L. Rattle Pod. {Gv. KporaXov, s. vatth; 

 from the rattling of the loose seeds in the horny pod.) Calyx 5-cleft, 

 Foraewhat bilabiate ; vcxillnm cordate, large ; keel acuminate ; stamens 

 10, monadelphous; filamentous sheath cleft on the upper side; legnnu: 

 pedicellate, turgid. — Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or palinately com- 

 pound. Fls. yellow. 



1 C. sagittalis L. Annual, erect, branching, hairy ; lvs. simple, lance-oval to lance- 

 Unear; sip. opposite, acuminate, decurrent ; rac. 3-flowered, opposite to the lvs.; 

 cor. shorter than the cat — About a foot high, with a hairy aspect, in woods and 

 sandy fields, N. H. to Ark. St. herbaceous, rigid. Lvs. alternate, entire, neariy 



