54 COMMON CANADIAN WILD PLANTS. - 



6. BOBIN'IA, L. LOCUST-TKEE. 



1. R. Pseudaca'cia, L. (Common Locust.) Bacemes slen- 

 der, loose. Flowers white, fragrant. A large tree. 



2. R. viseo'sa, Vent. (Clammy L.) Bacemes crowded. 

 Flowers white, with a reddish tinge. BrancUets and leaf- 

 stalks clammy. Smaller than No. 1. 



1. ASTKAG'AIIJS, Tourn. Milk- Vetch. 

 Note. — All the following species except Nos. 2, 7, 8 and 

 10 belong to the North- West. ' 



*Pod completely 2-cellea, being diTidcd lengtlinise by the tntrnsion 

 of one or both sntiircs. 



(a) Fod thick and fleshy, sessile. 



1. A. eapyoear'pus, Ker. (Grottnd Plum.) a pale per- 

 ennial, with low leafy stems, and minutely pubescent. 

 Flowers violet, large, in short spike-like racemes. Leaflets 

 about 21, eUiptical-oblong. 



(b) Pod coriaceous or cartilaginous. 

 -1- Pod sessile. 



2. A. Canadensis, L. (Canadian Milk-Vetch.) Stem 

 erect, 1-4 feet high, somewhat pubescent (or glabrous). 

 Leaflets 21-27, linear-oblong, comparatively large. Flowers 

 greenish -yeUow, in long dense spikes. Pod and ovary 

 glabrous.-^ommon from Quebec to the Eocky Mountains. 



3. A. adsur'gens. Pall. Stem 4-18 inches high; ascend- 

 ing or decumbent, grayish with appressed pubescence. 

 Leaflets about 21, narrowly oblong. Flowers purplish, 

 medium-sized, in dense short spikes. Pod finely pubescent, 

 triangular-compressed, with a dorsal furrow. 



■*- H- Pod with a very short stalk. 



4. A. hypoglot'tis, L. stem slender, 6-24 inches long, 

 diffusely procumbent or ascending, sparingly pubescent. 

 Leaflets 15-21. Flowers violet, in capitate clusters. Calyx 

 copiously pubescent, Ppd sjlky-villous, with a dorsal furTQW, 



