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Stamens 10, the filaments united into a tube at their bases. Pods 

 flattened, 3 to 4- jointed, y 2 to 1" long. March to July. In sandy 

 soil. 



Aeschynomene viscidula Michx. 



Plants with sticky, spreading stems, small pinnately com- 

 pound leaves, small yellow, pea-shaped flowers, followed by 

 flat, jointed pods that are straight on one suture and scalloped 

 on the other. Leaves alternate, about 1" long, consisting of 3 to 

 9 unequal sided, obovate leaflets each about y± (7mm) long. 

 Flowers small, yellow, in slender hairy, axillary racemes longer 

 than the subtending leaves. Stamens in 2 groups of 5 each. 

 Pods less than 1" long, separated into 2 to 3 joints, that are 

 straight on one side and rounded on the other. 



Amorpha fruticosa L. False Indigo. 



Shrub with once pinnately compound leaves and branches 

 terminating in long, slender, simple or branched, spike-like 

 racemes of very small dark purple flowers. Leaves pinnately 

 compound, alternate. Leaflets 11-25, elliptical to oblong, y 2 to 

 iy 2 " long. Calyx small, 5-toothed. Corolla, one petal, which folds 

 around the 10 stamens and style. Pods slightly over *4" long, 

 usually curved, conspicuously marked with amber-colored, raised 

 glands. Not common. Banks of streams. Genus name originates 

 in the Gr. a~, without, morphe, form, from the absence of the 

 four petals. 



GEEANI ACE AE . Geranium Family. 



Gemmum temnum (Trelease) Heller. Wild Geranium. 



Crane's Bill. 



Plants with radially spreading branches, small, white to 

 pale purple flowers less than y£ across, usually in pairs, fol- 

 lowed by conspicuous fruits that strongly resemble the beak of a 

 crane. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate. Blades rounded, 

 more than 1 vein at base, deeply 5-lobed, the lobes wedge-shaped 



