FAM. 83. 00 



P. Xaesalpinial pulcherrima, I^uar 1 Poiutimtt. Shrub with few. scattered 

 kits and delica: the larger with 6- IN pinnae and relatively 



leaflets; flowers terminal, petals crisped . rtd, rarely yi" ■ w; stamens 



and style red. exserud. Plants from South Florida, somewhat hardy here. — 

 The species C. Japonica with Boweri in panicle-like ch; nary-yellow, 



•.ens red, is hardier. 

 4. Petioles very short, with 2-4 branches carr-. airs of leaflets; 



flowers in slender axillary racemes, bright yellow; the largest 

 of the 5 petals with a gland at its base; stamens 10. with dis- 

 tinct filaments; pods narrow torulose, - Parkinsonia 

 P. aculeata, Jerusalem Thorn.* Shrub or small tree, with pendulous, thorny 

 branches; racemes slender, solitary or fascicled. Cult. Late Spring. 



93. Fabaceae iPapilionaceae), Pea Family. 



Herbs, shrubs, vines or trees with alternate, stipulate, 

 mostly compound leaves and hypogynous or perigynous 

 flowers, solitary or in inflorescences; calyx 4 or 5 lobed, 

 sometimes 2-lipped; corolla of 5 petals viz: an upper one 

 surrounding the rest in the bud, called vexillum or stand- 

 ard, 2 lateral ones, wings, and 2 united or cohering forming 

 the keel (wings and keel are rarely wanting, as in genus 

 Amorpha); stamens 10, sometimes 9, rarely ">; filaments 

 monadelphous, diadelphous or distinct; ovary superior, 

 1-celled or 2-several celled by cross-partitions; fruit a pod, 

 legume or loment. 



1. Stamens 10. distinct, _______._-_' 



1. Stamens 10 or fewer, monadelphous or diadelphous, - - - - - 3 



2. Leaves pinnate, pods moniliform; — shrubs or trees; leaves odd-pin- 



nate with minute deciduous stipules; white, yellow or violet 

 flowers in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles, - - Sophora 



S. Japonica, Vagoda-lrte. An ornamental deciduous tree, flowers white or 



cream -colored. 

 S. tomentosa. A shrub with tomentose foliage, leaflets leathery; long racemes 



of yellow flowers. Near the coast. Summer. 

 Leaves 3-foliate or simple, pods inflated; — erect herbs with flowers in 

 -minal or lateral racemes, or axillary; calyx-lobes nearly equal 

 the upper two united. - Baptisia, \V\ld Indigo 



B. calycosa. Leaves trifoliate; flowers in racemes, yellow; calyx-lobes spatu- 



.. longer than the tube. Sandy pine-land. Spring. 

 B. lanceolata. L— ¥« trifoliate, leaflets oblanceolate; flowers axillary, yellow. 

 Dry pine-land. Spring. 



3. Leaves without tendrils, ----------i 



3. Leaves with tendrils; style round-filiform; — trailing or climbing herbs 



with even-pinnate leaves and flowers in ra id 



•Zizyphus paliuris Paliurus aculeatus and Zizyphus Spina-Chxisti . belonj 

 e Rhamnaceae, are also called Jerusalem 1 horn; they resemble each other 1 

 closely, and one of them is supposed to have furnished the thorny crown of Christ. 



