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CLASS XVII. ORDER 1 
obtuse, not truncate ; wings longer than the 
keel ; stamens diadelplious (3 and 1) ; fila- 
ments sub.-persistent ; legume with many 
joints; joints compressed, 1-seeded, mem.bra- 
naceous or coriaceous, scarcely dehiscent. 
Ci'cER. Calyx 5-parted, of the length of 
the corolla, 4 upper divisions resting on the 
banner; legume turgid, 2-seeded, (chick- 
pea.) Ex. 
Z CRANIA. Calyx inferior, bell-form, 2- 
lippcd ; banner cordate, revolute ; anthers 
half oblong, half globose ; loment jointed, 
hispid. <S. 
Coronil"la. Calyx 2-lipped ; petals with 
claws; loment teretish, jointed flowers in 
umbels ; seeds generally cylindric. (coro- 
nilla.) Ex. 
Sksba'nja. Calyx 5-toothed ; legume te- 
rete jo hited. Ex. 
D. Stamens united in one set. 
Amor"i'HA. Calyx somewhat bell-form, 
4 or 5-cleft ; banner ovate, concave ; wings 
and keel 0 ; legume 1 or 2-seeded, falcate, 
(false indigo.) 
Lupi'nus. Calyx 2-lipped; anthers. Sob- 
long and 5 roundish ; legume coriaceous, 
torulose. (lupine.) 
Crotala'ria. Corolla with the banner 
cordate; large keel acuminate, the mem- 
brane formed by the united filament, has a 
fissure on the back ; style curved ; legume 
pedicelled, turgid, (rattle-box.) 
Genis''ta. Calyx 3-lipped, upper lip with 
2, lower lip with 3 teeth, (dyer's broom.) 
SPAR"TiUiVi. Stigma longitudinal, pubes- 
cent above ; filaments adhering to the ova- 
ry ; calyx lengthened at the base. (Spanish 
broom.) Ex. 
U'lex. Calyx 2-leaved, 2-bracted ; sta- 
mens all united ; legume about the length 
of the calyx, spinose. (furze.) (S. 
Aka'chis. Calyx 2-lipped; corolla in- 
verted ; legume gibbous, torulose, veiny, 
coriaceous, (pea-nut.) Ex. 
Pitch"eria. Calyx tubular, somewhat 
2-lipped, 5-cleft, divisions subulate, upper 
Hp bifid, equal to the lower one ; wings 
narrow, subulate, 1-toothed ; style filifonn, 
ascending ; legume oblong, 2-seeded, scarce- 
ly exceeding the calyx. S. 
Erythri'na. Calyx 2-lipped; banner 
long, lanceolate ; legume torulose, many- 
eeeded, (coraj-tree.) S. 
CLASS XVIL SYNGENESIA. 
ORDEP I. POLYGAMIA ^QUALIS. 
A. Florets ligulate. 
Cicho'kium. Calyx calycled ; egret plu- 
mose, sessile, unequal ; receptacle some- 
what chalfy. (succory or endive.] 
LEON"TonoN. Calyx double, imbricate, 
with flexible leafets ; receptacle naked ; 
egret stiped. (dandelion.) 
Prenan"thes. Florets from 5 to 20, in 
a simple series (or in one circular row) : 
calyx calycled ; receptacle naked ; egret 
simple, sub-sessile, (white lettuce.) 
Lactu'ca. Calyx imbricate, cylindric, 
with the margin of the scales membrana- 
ceous ; receptacle naked ; egret simpife, Rti. 
ped; seed smooth, (lettuce.) 
Hiera'cium. Calyx imbricate, ovate 
egret simple, sessile ; receptacle naked, 
punctate, or sub-pilose. [From white be- 
coming yellowish.] ^hawk-weed.) 
Apar"gia. Calyx mibricate ; receptacle 
naked, punctate ; egret plumose, sessile, un- 
equal, (false hawk-weed.) 
Son"chi;s. Calyx imbricate, sw-elling a 
the base ; receptacle naked ; egret simple 
sessile, (swine thistle.) 
Kri'gia. Calyx many -leaved, simple, 
receptacle naked ; egret double, exterior 5 
to 8-leaved, interior of 5. 8, or 24 scabrous 
bristles, (dwai*!" dandelion.) 
Troxi'imon. Calyx oblong, conelike 
many-sepalled, sepals unequal, imbricate, 
receptacle naked ; egret ses.sile, pilose. S. 
Apo'gon. Calyx 8-sepalled, in a double 
series ; receptacle naked ; egi'et 0. jS^. 
Chundril"la. Receptacle naked ; egret 
pilose, stiped; calyx calycled ; florets in 
many series. S. 
Tragopo'gon. Calyx simple, many, 
leaved ; receptacle naked ; egret plumo.se 
and stiped. (goat's-beard, vegetable oyster.) 
Ex. 
B. Florets tuhulous ; flowers capitate. 
Arc'^tium. Calyx glob.^se, witli scales 
hooked at the apex ; egret ciafi-bristly ; re- 
ceptacle chaft'y. (burdock.) 
Cni'cus. Calyx swelling, imbricate, with 
pi-ickly scales ; receptacle villose ; egret ca 
ducous, plumose, (thistle.) 
Car"du'us Calyx ovate, imbricate, witk 
prickly scales ; receptacle villose; egret pi 
lose, (comb-tooth thistle.) 
Cartha'mus. Calyx ovatQ, imbricate, 
with scales, ovatish, leafy at the apex ; egret 
chalF hairy, or none ; receptacle chafl[-bristly. 
(false saffron.) Ex. 
Saussu'Rea. Involucre sub-cylindric ; 
scales imbricate, beardless ; receptacle se- 
tose or chaffy ; egret in 2 series, outer series 
short, filiform, inner one long and plumose 
anthers cordate, sub-entire ; bony akenes 
glabrous. 
Cyna'ra. Receptacle bristly ; calyx di- 
lated, imbricate, scales with fleshy bases 
emarginate and pointed ; egret plumose, 
sessile, (garden artichoke.) Ex. 
Ammo'bium. Anthers with 2 bristles at 
the base ; chaffs of the receptacle distinct 
egret with toothed edge ; sepals imbricated 
colored, i-adiated. 
Onopor^'don. Calyx ventrico.se, imbri 
cate, with spreading, spinous scales ; recep 
tacle alveolate ; egret capillary, deciduous, 
scabrous, (cotton thi.stle.) 
Lia'tris. Calyx oblong, imbricate; re 
ceptacle naked ; egret plumose, persistent 
(mostly colored) ; seed pubescent, striate. 
Verno'nia. Calyx imbricate, ovate; egret 
double, exterior short, chaffy, interior capil- 
lary ; receptacle naked ; stigma 2-clell. 
Stoke'sia. Involucre foliaceous, sub-im- 
bricate ; florets of the ray funnel-form and 
reg ular ; receptacle naked ; egrt- * 4-brialif>ii' 
