142 POPULAR FLORA. 



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



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

 Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 



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



Flowers yellow, in small racemes. Pod bladdery. Leaves odd-pinnate, {Coliiiea) *BLADDER-SENNi. 



Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, {Ci/lisiis) * Lahurnuji. 



Shrubs, with long twining stems. Flowers blue-purple in racemes, ( Wistdiia) Wistaria. 



Herbs. 



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



Leaves simple: stipules winging the stem below the leaf. Flowers j'ellow. Pod 



inflated, many-seeded, ( Crotalaria) Rattlebox. 



Leaves of 5 to IB palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, (Lup'mus) Lupine. 



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, ( Cicei') * Chick-Pea. 

 Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 



Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, ( Tephrbsia) Hoary-Pea. 



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



Leaves of 3 (or rarely B) 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, ( Trifblium) Clo"\'ER. 

 Flowers in spikes or racemes. 



Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 



Pods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous, (Melilbtus) JIelilot. 



Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways, {^kdicago) Medick. 



Leaflets, &c. sprinkled with dark dots, entire. {Psoraha) Psokalea. 



Stipules not at all united Avith the leafstalk. 



Pods very small and flat, closed, one-seeded, (Lespedeza) Bush-Clovek. 



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, (Ldihyrus) Eveflasting-Pea. 

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



Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, fixed 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 8, with stipels, (Phas'eolus) Bean. 



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

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



Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, (Galaciia) Milk-Pea. 



Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and under ground, [Amphicarpaa) 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. 356. ) Shrubs : 



leaves pinnate; flowers small, violet-pnrple, in a spike or raceme, (Amdrpha) Amokpha, 



