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182 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Knobby, nodosum. Swollen nt certain distances. Scor«
piurus.
Beadlike, moniliforme. Divided by contractions into
small round pieces placed close together, like the beads of
a necklace. Ornithopus perpusillus, Hedysarum moniliforme.
Vertebrated, vertebratum. Jointed, the joints parting
from one another when ripe. Ornithopus scorpioides, Hedysarum
Canadense. PI. 16, fig. 6.
Carcerular, carcerulare. Dry, not opening, resembling
a carcerule. Cassia Fistula, Securidaca volubilis.
Transversely divided, phragm'igerinn. Divided into two
or more one-seeded cells by transverse partitions. Cassia
Fistula. PL 16. fig. 1.
Drupe-like, dnipaceum. Pannexterne succulent and
fleshy, panninterne woody. Detarium, GeofFrsea.
Induviated, iiiduviatum. Enveloped in a persistent calyx.
Trifolium repens.
Channelled, canaliadatum. Having two edges, that form
a groove along the placentarium-bearing suture. Pisum
Ochrus.
1[ One-celled, uniloculare. Pisum, Lathy rus, Genista.
Two-celled, hiloculare. Astragalus.
Many-celled, rmdtilocidare. Cassia Fistula. PL 16,
5[ Opening, deldscens. Opening when ripe. Genista.
Keeping closed, indehiscens. Cassia Fistula, Securidaca
volubilis. Considered as legumes by analogy. PL 16, fig. I.
One-seeded, monospermum. Medicago lupulina, Securidaca
volubilis, Pterocarpus.
Two-seeded, dispermum, Trifolium fragiferum. Vicia
hirsuta, Arachis hypogaea.
Few-seeded, oligospermum. Vicia vulgaris.
Many-seeded, polyspermum. Lathyrus, Ornithopus perjjusillus,
Genista Hispanica.
LOMENTUM.
A legume?! divided into two or more one-seeded cells hj
transverse joints. Hippocrepis. PLl6, fig. 6.
Pod.
Siliqua. Fridt dry, two-valved, bearing the seeds on the
two sides of a placentarium dilated into a Longitudinal par-
iition. Cruciferae. PL 16, fig. 8, 9 and 11.