PEA FAMILY 



when it covers with leaf and flower neglected places; the long 

 sprays are very decorative as cut flowers. 



Yellow Melilot, Melilotus officinalis, resembles the White 

 Melilot, and appears with it. The chief difference is the color 

 of the blossom, though in some quarters officinalis blooms 

 later. 



Indian Melilot, Melilotus indica, has appeared at the Pacific 

 seaports, having been introduced in ballast. Blossoms are yellow 

 and small. 



CORONILLA 



Coronilla vhria. 



Coronilla, little crown. 



Stem. — Straggling, creeping, and climbing. 



Leaves. — Odd-pinnate; leaflets eleven to twenty-five, oblong or obo- 

 vate, obtuse and mucronate at apex. 



Flowers. — Papilionaceous, pink and white, or pale 

 purple, borne in umbels that look like little heads. 



Petals. — Clawed; standard nearly orbicular; wings 

 obliquely obovate; keel incurved, beaked. 



Stamens. — Diadelphous, nine and one; anthers all 

 alike; pod jointed 



Few perennial plants flower for so long a time 

 as this pretty legume, which displays an array of 

 pink and white balls upon the surface of a matted 

 bed of pale-green leaves. This is the only mem- 

 ber of the genus in this country; it came hither, 

 evidently, as a vagrant, for it is rarely seen except 

 on roadsides and in waste places in New England and the Middle 

 States. It is recommended for the carpeting of ledges. 



Coronilla. Cor. 

 ofiilla vdria 



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