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POPULAR FLORA. 



* Stamens, 10, united by their filaments, either all into a closed tube (monadelphons. Fig. 187), or 9 in 



a tube split down on one side, and the 10th separate or nearly so (diaddphous, Fig. 186). 

 Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 



Flowers white or rose-colored, in hanging racemes. Leaves odd-pinnate, [Robinia] Locust-thee. 



Flowers yellow, in small racemes. Pod bladdery. Leavc'i odd-pinnate, {Culitlcn) *1!laddek-Senn.v. 



Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, {Cytisus} * LAiiun^usi. 



8hrubs, with long twining stems. Flowers blue-purplo in racemes, ( IVistdiiu) Wistahia. 



Herbs. 



Stems not twining, climbing, nor with any trace of tendrils. 



Leaves simple: stipules winging the stem below the leaf. Flowers yellow. Pod 



inflated, many-seeded, ( Crotalaiia) Rattlebox. 



Leaves of B to 15 palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, (Liqiinus) Lui'iMv. • 



Leaves abruptly pinnate, of 4 leaflets. Pod formed underground, (A'rachis) * Peanut. 



Leaves odd-pinnate, of several or many leaflets. 



Leaflets serrate. Flowers single, white. Pod inflated, 2-seeded, ( Cice?-) * Chick-I'ka. 

 Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 



Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, {Tephrbsla) Hoaky-Pea. 



Corolla narrow. Pod inflated or turgid, often 2-celled, {Aslriigalus) Astragal. 



Leaves of 3 (or rarely 5) leaflets. Pods like akenes or burs. 

 Stipules cohering with the base of the leafstalk. 



Flowers in heads. Pod thin and small, in the persistent calyx, ( THfblium) Clover. 

 Flowers in spikes or racemes. 



Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 



Pods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous, (Mdilbhis) JiELiLOT. 



Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways, (Malicbgo) iMedick. 



Leaflets, &c. sprinkled with dark dots, entire. {Psoralea) P.soralea. 



Stipules not at all united with the leafstalk. 



Pods very small and flat, closed, one-seeded, (Lespedeza) Bush-Cl(>\-kh. 



Pods separating into several-seeded flat roughish joints, (Desmbdium) Tick-Trefoil. 

 Stems climbing or disposed to climb : leaves pinnate with a tendril at the end. 



Calyx with 5 leafy lobes. Seeds globular. Leaflets few, (Pisum) * Pea. 



Calyx-lobes or teeth not leafy. 



Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy along the inner side, {Ldthyrus) Everlasting-Pea. 

 Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy round the tip, ( Vicia) Vetch. 



Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, flxed by one end, {Faba) * Horse-Bean. 



Stems twining more or less: no tendrils to the leaves. 

 Keel of the corolla coiled into a ring or spiral. 



Leaflets 3, with stipels, (Phasiohs) Bean. 



Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers brown-purple. Tubers underground, {A'pios) Groundnut, 

 Keel not coiled or twisted. Leaflets 3, with stipels. 



Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, (Galdctia) JIilk-Pea. 



Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and under ground, [Amphicnrpcea] Hog-Peanut 

 Calyx tubular, 6-toothed. Flower large, purple-blue, ( Clitbria) Butterfly-Pea 



** Stamens 10, separate, except at the very base. Petal only one ! (Fig. 366.) .Shrubs: 



leaves pinnate: flowers small, violet-purple, in a spike or raceme, (Amdrpha) Amorpb*. 



