Order IV. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
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10488 Pods echinate, Fl. capitate, Stipules lane. Leaflets smooth oblong mucronate 
10489 Pods glandular echinate, Fl. racemose, Stipules withering, Leafl. oblong lane, emarg. clammy beneath 
10490 Leaflets oblong acute silky. Pods racemose oblong hispid 
10491 Pods smooth moniliform. Raceme term. Stipules lane. Leafl. obovate emarg. rough beneath 
10492 Pods hirsute, Leafl. obi. lane. Flowers racemose 
10493 Pods smooth, Stipules O, Leaflets ovate retuse clammy beneath 
10494 Pedunc. about 3-fl. Claws of cor. three times as long as calyx, Stem angular 
10495 Leaves 5-nate and 3-nate linear lanceolate fleshy blunt 
10496 Leaflets about 9, Stipules nearly round 
10497 Leaflets 7 very blunt. Stipules lanceolate 
10498 Leaflets 6-10 pair more or less obovate and retuse, Pods very long curved upwards 
10499 Leaflets 9 ellipt. : inner close to stem, Stipules opp. the leaves lanceolate 
10500 Procumbent, Leafl. 9 ovate, Stipule opp. the leaf emarg. Pods angular knotty 
10501 Leaflets 11 silky : the outer the largest 
10502 Leaflets several lanceolate smooth. Pods rounded erect 
10503 Leaflets 15 cuneate retuse. Pods rounded erect 5 together 
10504 Leaflets several obi, cuneate. Pods compressed ensiform 
10505 Leaflets 9 very blunt somewhat emarginate. Stipules round toothletted 
10506 Pods sessile solitary erect 
10507 Pods stalked clustered circular : lobed on one edge 
10508 Pods stalked clustered smooth lobed on the outer edge, Leaves and cal. hairy 
10509 Pods stalked clustered arcuate rcagh sinuated on one side 
10510 Leaves pinnated. Flowers capitate with a bractea. Pods roundish incurved 
10511 Leaves pinnated. Flowers capitate without a bractea. Pods round incurved 
10512 Leaves pinnated. Flowers capitate with a bractea. Pods compressed recurved rugose 
10513 Leaves ternate subsessile : the odd one very large 
10514 Leaves ternate or quinate : the odd one largest. Stipules large membranous 2-toothed 
10515 Leaves pinnated. Pods rugose pendulous scarcely bowed. Joints compressed roundisli 
10516 Pedunc 1-fl. Pods covered over with blunt scales 
10517 Pedunc. 2-fl. Pods bluntly aculeate outwtirdly 
10518 Pedunc. about 3-fl. Pods bearing outwardly distinct acute spines 
10519 Pedunc. about 4-fl. Pods bearing outwardly clustered acute spines 
10520 Lips of calyx entire. Racemes stalked few-flowered 
and Miscellaneous Particulars, 
end of which the roots may be taken up by trenching over the ground. The roots are either immediately sold 
to the brewers' druggists, or to common druggists, or preserved, like carrots or potatoes, in sand, till wanted 
for use. They are used in medicine and porter-brewing. 
1576. Coronilla. From corona, a crown. Its pretty flowers are disposed in little tufts like coronets. Hand- 
some free-flowering shrubs, of easy culture. C. valentina, glauca, and viminalis are valuable as flowering in 
winter, and often all the summer. C. argentea bears a profusion of flowers, which have a strong sweet scent. 
The silvery color of this plant is occasioned by its growing on a poor dry soil ; and if it is removed into better 
ground, it will take a glaucous color ; and the contrary. C. emerus is a popular shrub of much beauty. 
C. varia is a strong coarse-growing plant, and has been grown as an adjunct to clover, lucern, &c. Curtis 
says, it is bitter ; but others have found horses and cows to eat it greedily. 
1577. Hippocrejns. From /Waj, an horse, and jsgew, a shoe; in allusion to the form of its pod. Pretty 
little annual plants, with bright yellow flowers. 
1578. Ornithopus. From o^vi?, a bird, and jna, a foot. The pods are twisted and curved in such a manner 
as to resemble the claws of a small bird. Curious on account of their jointed pods, but not worth culture as 
plants of ornament. O. sativus is a most valuable agricultural plant. It was introduced for purposes of field 
culture about the year 1818, from Portugal, under the name of Serradilla. Sown upon the barren, light, 
sandy downs of Thetford, in Norfolk, it produced an abundant crop of most excellent fodder, where nothing 
else would grow. It is exceedingly like O. scorpioides, except that it arrives at the height of tvt^o feet instead 
of as many inches. 
1579. Scorpiurus. From a-Koe^TCioi, a scorpion, and agat, a tail ; on account of the twisted pod, which is very 
like the tail of some reptile. 
1580. Smithia. In memory of Sir James Edward Smith, M. D., F. R. S., knight, president of the Linnean 
Society, possessor of the Linnean herbarium, and author of various elementary and other useful botanical 
works. These are inconspicuous worthless weeds, possessing little interest beyond their irritable foliage. 
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