98 PTJLSF. FAMILY. 



§ 4. IJerbs. with abruptly pmnnte leaves, the common petiole terminnted by a temlril, 

 by H'hich the plunl climbs or supports itself, or in many luw species the tendril 

 reduced iu a mere bristle or tip. or in Cicer, which lias toothed leaflets, an odd 

 leu/let cummorilt/ (■■tkes its pliite: peduueles axillary: stamens almost always 

 cli'idetphom. Culyledona veiy thick, so that they remain underground in i/ermi- 

 nntion, as in the Pea, 



« Leaflets entire or sometimes toothed at the apex: radicle bent on tJie cotyledons: 

 style inflcxed: pod flat or flatlish. 



40. PISUM. Lobes of the calyx leafy. Style rigid, dilated above and the margins 



reflexed and joined together so that it becomes flattened laterally, bearded 

 down the inner edge. Pod several-seeded: seeds globose. Flowers large. 

 Leaflets only 1-3 pairs. 



41. LAIHYRUS. Lobes of the calyx not leafy. Style flattened above on the 



bacli and front, bearded down one face. "Pod several-seeded. Seeds s,ome- 

 tinies flattish. Leaflets few or several pairs. 



42. VICIA. Style slender, bearded or hairy only at the apex or all round the upper 



part. Pod 2 - several-seeded. Seeds globular or flattish. Leaflets few or 

 manv psiirs. 



43. LKNS." Lobes of the calyx slender. Style flattish on the back, and minutely 



bearded down the inner (ace. Pod 1-2-seeded. Seeds flattened, lenticular. 

 Flowers small. 

 * • Leaflets toothed all round, and 'usually an odd one at the end in place of a ten- 

 dril ; style incurved, naked : radicle of the embryo almost straujht. 



44. CICEE. Calyx 5-parfed. Pod turgid oblong, not flattened, 2-seeded. Seeds 



large, ifregiuarly rounded-obovate, pointed. Peduncle mostly l-flowered. 



B. Stamens separate to the base. (Plants ncst twining nor climbing.) 

 § L Leaves simple or of 3 digitate leaflets. 



45. CHORIZKMA. Somewhat shrubby, with simple and spiny-toothed leaves, 



scarcely any stipules, anfl*orange or copper-red flowers. Standard rounded 

 kidney-shaped: keel straight, much shorter than the wings. Pod ovoid, 

 turgid, several-seeded. 



46. BAl^ fISIA. Herbs, with simple entire sessile leaves and no stipule*, or mostly 



of 3 leaflets with deciduous or persistent stipules. Flowers yellow, blue, or 

 white. Standard erect, witii the sides turned back, about equalled by the 

 olilong and straiglitish wings and keel. Pod inflated, coriaceous, stalked iu 

 the calyx, many-seeded. 



47. THER.VI0P61S. " Pod scarcely stalked, linear, flat. Otherwise as Baptisia. 



§ 2. Leaves odd-pinnate. 



48. CLADRASTIS. Trees, with large leaflets, no obvious stipules, and hanging 



terminal panicles of white flowei-s. Standard turned back: the ne-arly sep- 

 arate straightish keel-petals and wings oblong, obtuse. Pod short-stalked in 

 the calyx, linear, very flat,, thin, raarginless, 4 - G-seeded. Base of the petioles 

 hollow and covering the axillary leaf-buds of the next year. 



49. SOPIIORA. Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with numerous leaflets, and mostly 



white or yellow flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Keel-petals and 

 wings oblong, obtuse, usually longer than the broad standard. I'od com- 

 monly stalked in the calyx, terete, several-deeded, fleshy or almost woody, 

 hardly ever opening, but constricted across into mostly 1-seeded portions. 



11. BRASILETTO FAMILY. Flowers more or less irregu- 

 lar, but not papilionaceous : when they seetn to be so the petal 

 answering to the standard will be found to be within instead of out- 

 side of the other petals. Stamens 10 or fewer, separate. The 

 leaves are sometimes twice pinnate, which is not the case in the 

 true Pulse Family. Embryo of the seed straight, the radicle not 

 turned against the edge of the cotyledons'. 



§ 1. Leaves simple and entire. Oirolla appearing as if papilionaceous. 



50. CF;RC1S. Trees, with rounded heart-shaped leaves, minute early deciduous 



stipules, and small but handsome red-pnrple flowers in nmbel-like clusters on 

 old *ood, earlier than the leaves, rather acid to the taste. Calyx short, 



