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POPULAR FLORA. 
* Stamens, 10, united by their filaments, either all into a closed tube ( monadelphous , Fig. 187), or 9 in 
a tube split down on one side, and the 10th separate or nearly so {diadelphom, Fig. 186). 
Shrubs or trees, not twining nor climbing. 
Flowers white or rose-colored, in hanging racemes. Leaves odd-pinnate, ( Robinia ) Locust-tree. 
Flowers yellow, in small racemes. Pod bladdery. Leaves odd-pinnate, ( Coliitea ) *Bladder-Senna. 
Flowers yellow, in hanging racemes. Pod narrow. Leaflets 3, ( Cytisus) * Laburnum. 
Shrubs, with long twining stems. Flowers blue-purple in racemes, ( Wistaria) Wistaria. 
Herbs. 
Stems not twining, climbing, nor with any trace of tendrils. 
Leaves simple: stipules winging the stem below the leaf. Flowers yellow. Pod 
inflated, many-seeded, ( Crotalaria) Rattlebox. 
Leaves of 5 to 15 palmate leaflets. Flowers in a long raceme, ( Lupinus) Lupine. 
Leaves abruptly pinnate, of 4 leaflets. Pod formed underground, ( A'rachis ) * Peanut. 
Leaves odd-pinnate, of several or many leaflets. 
Leaflets serrate. Flowers single, white. Pod inflated, 2-seeded, ( Cicer) * Chick-Pea. 
Leaflets entire. Flowers in a raceme or spike. 
Corolla broad. Pod flat, narrow, several-seeded, ( Tephrosia) Hoary-Pea. 
Corolla narrow. Pod inflated or turgid, often 2-celled, (Astragalus ) Astragal. 
Leaves of 3 (or rarely 5) leaflets. Pods like akenes or burs. 
Stipules cohering with the base of the leafstalk. 
Flowers in heads. Pod thin and small, in the persistent calyx, ( Trifolium) Clover. 
Flowers in spikes or racemes. 
Leaflets not dotted, but generally serrate. 
Pods wrinkled, like akenes, coriaceous, ( Melilbtus) Melilot. 
Pods curved, or else coiled up in various ways, ( Mediccigo) Medick. 
Leaflets, &c. sprinkled with dark dots, entire. (Psoralea) Psoralea. 
Stipules not at all united with the leafstalk. 
Pods very small and flat, closed, one-seeded, ( Lespedeza ) Bush-Clover. 
Pods separating into several-seeded flat roughish joints, ( Desmodium ) Tick-Trefoil. 
Stems climbing or disposed to climb : leaves pinnate with a tendril at the end. 
Calyx with 5 leafy lobes. Seeds globular. Leaflets few, ( Pisum) * Pea. 
Calyx-lobes or teeth not leafy. 
Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy along the inner side, ( Ldthyrus) Everlasting-Pea. 
Tendril conspicuous. Style hairy round the tip, ( Vida) Vetch. 
Tendril hardly any. Seed oblong, fixed by one end, (Faba) * Horse-Bean. 
Stems twining more or less: no tendrils to the leaves. 
Keel of the corolla coiled into a ring or spiral. 
Leaflets 3, with stipels, (Phaseolus ) Bean. 
Leaflets 5 or 7. Flowers brown-purple. Tubers underground, ( A'pios ) Groundnut. 
Keel not coiled or twisted. Leaflets 3, with stipels. 
Calyx 4-cleft, the lobes acute, ( Galactia) Milk-Pea. 
Calyx 4-toothed. Pods both above and under ground, (Amphicarpcea) Hog-Peanut. 
Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Flower large, purple-blue, ( Clitoria) Butterfly-Pea. 
* * Stamens 10, separate, except at the very base. Petal only one! (Fig. 356.) Shrubs: 
leaves pinnate: flowers small, violet-purple, in a spike or raceme, ( Amorpha) Amorpha. 
