. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 292 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY In so vast a family it will be impossible to enumerate all the forms that are well known on account of their common oc- currence or usefulness, but some of them may be mentioned. The sweet pea, wistaria, and lupine suggest the numerous herbaceous forms with showy flowers. In this family also. Fig. 283.—A leguminous plant: A, flowers anil potis; B, petals separated to show standard (a), wings (M, and keel iielals (r).—After are found the numerous sensitive plants (§ 17) character- istic of southwestern a
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. 292 A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY In so vast a family it will be impossible to enumerate all the forms that are well known on account of their common oc- currence or usefulness, but some of them may be mentioned. The sweet pea, wistaria, and lupine suggest the numerous herbaceous forms with showy flowers. In this family also. Fig. 283.—A leguminous plant: A, flowers anil potis; B, petals separated to show standard (a), wings (M, and keel iielals (r).—After are found the numerous sensitive plants (§ 17) character- istic of southwestern arid regions (fig. 2S4). Among the trees the following may be mentioned: common locust, prized for both its showy flowers and its valuable timber; honey locust, beset with conspicuous thorns (Fig. 60); red- bud, with numerous pink flowers appearing upon the naked branches in early spring; and the singular coffee-tree. Among the useful forms, the so-called forage plants are important; that is, plants used for pasturage or hay, just as are the grasses. The most common of these is clover, a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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