01 A0ELPHf A. 12f 
Thestyfc is single, slender, a wled, and generally bent, agree¬ 
ing in length and position with the stamina, withering. 
The stigmata are generally covered with a beautiful down, 
from the part turned upwards, and placed immediate]? 
under the anthene. 
Peric arpium. A legumen, oblong, more or less compressed, 
two valves, with a straight, longitudinal suture both above 
and below, yet the upper one descends near the base, 
and the lower one ascends near the top ; and either with 
only one cell, or articulated (jointed) having two or more 
cells; opening at the upper suture; and is of various, 
shapes in different genera. 
Semina. Generally few, smooth, and are fastened alternately 
along each side of one suture only, and not alternately 
to both; they are generally kidney-shaped, sometimes 
roundish, and are marked with an embryo a little pro¬ 
minent, at the place where they were fastened in the 
pericarpium; and when the seeds begin to grow, the 
cotyledons retain the form of half the seeds. 
The receptacles proper to the seeds are very small, short, 
and thinner towards the base; and where they adhere to 
the disc, obtuse, oblong, inserted along the upper suture 
only, but placed on each side alternate, so that the seeds 
■adhere to each of the valves. 
Singular qualities of plants in this class . 
Twining plants.*-— -Phaseolus, dolichos, clitoria, glycine. 
Feathered without an odd one .— Orobus,pisum,iathyrus,vicia, 
ervum, araehis. 
* There are many other twining plants dispersed in the several classes (as 
cuta, &c.) the spirals of which turn different ways by the twisting of the stalk,* 
some according to the motion of the sun, and others contrary to his motion, which 
singularity is not understood ; and is very different from those which support them¬ 
selves by claspers, though both may be called climing plants. See cirrus , under 
Outlines of a plant. 
