310 Oedbb 46.— LEGUMINOS-aS. 



oalyx. — Plant 2 to 4f high, found in dry woods, Can. and U. S., erect, branching 

 and very hairy. Lvs. less numerous than in the last, on very short stalks COB- 

 sisting of 3, oval leaflets hairy beneath. Ped. hairy, becoming longer tlian the 

 raoeme. Hs. reddish-white, crowded. Aug., Sept. 



3 L. Steiivi Nutt. Branched and bushy, tomeniom or puiesceni ; Ifts. mal-obovaie 

 or roundish, longer than the petiole ; rac. axillary, capitate or loose, equaling or 

 exceeding the leaves ; leg. villous-pubesoent, ovate-acuminate ; apetalous fls. 

 few. — Dry soils, Mass. to Ga. and Tex. Sts. assurgent, 2 to 3f high. Lvs. always 

 hairy beneath, generally so above. Aug. to Sept. — Quite variable, approaching 

 the next species. 



4 L. violSoea Pers. Erect or diffuse, sparingly pubescent ; Ifts. oval, varying to 

 ollong and linear, obtuse, mucronaie, as long as, or a little longer than the petioles ; 

 rac. axillary, few-flowered, the apetalous ones generally below and subsessilo ; 

 leg. roundisli-ovate, being much longer than the calyx. — Dry woods. Can and TJ. 

 S. Sts. 1 to 2f high. Cor. 3 to 4" long. Pods about 2" long. Jl., Aug. — 

 Taries gradually into the following diverse extremes. 



a. Lfts. large (9 to 12" by 6 to 8"), not longer than the petioles ; fls. few, mostly 



complete, and near the upper part of the branches; rt. strong, creeping; sts. 



clustered, slender, diffuse or erect. 

 /?. SESSII.IPLOEA T. & G. Lfts. smaE (3 to 6" to 8" by 1 to 2"), oblong to linear, 



longer than the petioles ; fls. mostly apetalous, numerous, in axillary glo- 



merules ; st. erect branched. (L. sessUiflora Ph.) 

 y. EETIOULATA. Lfls. all hnear (10 to 18" by 2 to 3"), rigid, on short, erect 



petioles ; fls. fascicled, on short stalks. — Erect, slender ; branches short or 



none. (L. reticulata Pers.) 

 6. Divi^EGENS T. & G. Lfts. ovate, the upper peduncles filiform, much longer 



than the leaves and mostly unfruitful. (L. divergens Ph.) 



5 L. repeus Torr. & Gr. St. prostrate, dilTuse, sparingly pubescent; lfts. oval 

 or obovate-elliptic'al, smooth above, on very short petioles ; ped. axillary, filiform, 

 simple, few-flowered, lower ones bearing apetalous flowers; leg. suborbicular, 

 subpubeacent. — Dry soils, Can. and U. S. Sts. very slender, numerous. Lfts. 

 5 to 9" by 3 to 5", obtuse. Ped. 2 to 5' long. Aug., Sept. (H. repens L.) 



/3. PEOOUMBEHS. Tomentous-pubesoent, varying to pubescent, but the lvs. 

 always smooth above. (L. procumbens Mx.) 



y. PE AYANA. Smoothish ; sts. decumbent and assurgent ; lfl:s. obovate, twice 

 longer than the petioles ; upper ped. elongated and bearing apetalous fls. — 

 Savannah. (Feay.) Appears intermediate between Nos. 3 and 5. 



25. GENIS'TA, L. Dyer's Broom. Woad-waxen. (Celtic, pen, 

 Fr., ffenet ; a small shrub.) Calyx with the upper lip 2-parted and the 

 lower 3-toothed ; vexillum oblong ; keel oblong, scarcely including the 

 stamens and stylo ; stigma involute ; stamens monadelphous. — Shrubby 

 plants, with simple lvs. and yellow fls. 



G. tinotoria L. ^ranches round, striate, unarmed, erect ; lvs. lanceolate, smooth ; 

 leg. smooth. — if A. naturalized species, in dry, hiUy grounds!, Mass. Sts. or 

 branches numerous, ascending or erect. If high, from long, woody, creeping roots, 

 Lvs. sessile, alternate. Fls. bright-yellow, axillary, sessile or nearly so, solitary. 

 The whole plant dyes yeUow, and, with Woad, green. Aug. § Eur. 



2G. CROTALA'RIA, L. Eattle Pod. ( Gr. /cporaXov, a rattle ; 

 from the rattling of the loose seeds in the horny pod.) Calyx 5-cleft, 

 somewhat bilabiate ; voxillura cordate, large ; keel acuminate ; stamens 

 10, monadelphous; filamentous sheath cleft on the upper side; legume 

 pedicellate, turgid. — Herbs or shrubs. Lvs. simple or palmately com- 

 pound. Fls. yellow. 



1 C. sagittilis L. Annual, erect, branching, hairy; lvs. simple, lance-oval to lance- 

 linear ; sip. opposite, acuminate, decurreni ; raC. 8-flowered, opposite to the lvs. ; 

 cor. shorter than the cat — About a foot high, with a hairy aspect, in woods and 

 sandy fields, N. H. to Ark. St. herbaceous, rigid. Lvs. alternate, entire, nearly 



