VASCULAR PLANTS. 113 



complete septum; 1 ovule becoming abortive in 

 the ripe fruit. 



U . flowers in racemes. 



ORDER XXVI. LEGUMINOS^:. 



Ovary 1, 1-locular. Fruit a legume. Leaves 

 alternate, stipulate. 



Family lxxxi. Papilionaceae- 



Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens 10. 



1. Picker ingia, Nutt. 



Petals of the carina not connate. Stamens 

 not diadelphous. Legume linear, compressed. 



\ . flowers purple; leaves palmately trif olio- 

 late, evergreen; stipules evanescent. 



2. Thermopsis, R. Brown. 



Petals of the carina partly connate. Stamens 

 not diadelphous. Legumes linear, compressed. 



71. flowers yellow; leaves palmately 3-f olio- 

 late; stipules persistent, foliaceous. 



3. Lupinus, L- 



Stamens monadelphous; anthers alternately 

 oblong and reniform. 



. 0. 2C . ^ • leaves palmate ; stipules ad- 

 nate. 



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