4-o Pulse (Leguminbscp). [No. 7 



(2) Genus Lespedeza, Mx. 



From the name of a Spanish governor of Florida. 



Fig. 18. — Bush-Clover. L. proaimbens, Mx. L. ripens ( L.), Bart. 



Flowers, in few-blossomed axillary clusters, of two sorts, 

 the larger with stamens and pistils but seldom bear- 

 ing seed ; the smaller with seed-bearing pistils, and 

 oftenest without petals. Corolla, violet-purple, longer 

 than the calyx ; the keel as long as the wings. Calyx, 

 five-cleft, with slender, nearly equal lobes, and with 

 two small bracts beneath. Stamens, in two sets (nine 

 united at base, and one distinct). Cluster-stems, two 

 to five inches long, very slender. August, Sep- 

 tember. 



Leaves, compound, alternate. Leaflets, three, one quarter 

 to three quarters inch long, oval to reverse egg- 

 shape, on very short stems, without stipels, smooth 

 above. 



Pod, rounded, small, flat, one-celled, one-seeded. A 



Found, common in dry sandy soil in Canada and the 

 United States. 



A slender trailing vine, herbaceous, slightly downy or 

 hairy, one to two feet long. 



(3) Genus Phaseolus, Tourn. (Kidney-Bean.) • 



Flowers, in axillary clusters. Keel, enclosing the stamens 

 and style, and either twisted into a spiral or strongly 

 incurved. Calyx, five-toothed with the two upper 

 teeth more or less united. Stamens, in two sets (nine 

 united toward the base, and one distinct). 



