| OCR Text |
Show 134 Utah Academy of SCiences, Arts and Letters 2d DIV. OF •• VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY, OR BOTANY. 161 LESSON IX.-LEGUMINOUS AND. UMBELLIFEROUS PLANTS. [EXOOENOUS' or DICOTYLEDONOUS; Angiosperms; Polypetalous.] Leguminous Family. 1. Lupi'nus peren'nis, Wild lupine, xvl, 10, b., 18 in., My.-Jl., N. Am. hl!Tbll/cea, Herbaceous corol-tree, xvi. 10, 8., Sf., In.-S., Carolina. 2. Efyt'hri'7IlI S. Robin'ia pae!t'do acrt'cia, LOcust-tree, xvi, 10, pu., 40 ,., My.-J"n., N. Am. 4. JEimo'sa sensiti'va, 8e11sitive 'plant,xv.l0,pk.,l8 m., A.-S., Brazil. 5., HcematoX'llon Carrlpechia'num, Logwood, x. 1, y., 20. f., J.-J"l., S. Am. 6. Indigo'lera strio'ta; Upright indigo, xvi. 10, pu., Sf., JI. .Au., C. GOod Hope, r. Dau'cus caro'ta, Wild carrot (also cultivated), v. 2, w., S C., In_ JL, Europe. 8. Si'f!,m laiifo'Iiuan; Water parsnip, v, 2, w;, St., Jl.-,Au., N. Am. 9. 00'7liu1n macula'tum, Poison hemlock, v. 2, w., 4 f., In.-J"L, Europe. 10. Aiwm gra'WO' lewJ., Garden celery, v. 2, w., 4 f., In.-Au., Europe. 1. THE leguminous) or pod-bearing plants comprise a large family, highly useful to mankind, and some of whose species are familiar to all. They are characterized either by' a papili on a ceous" corolla or a leguminous. fruit. The pea, the bean, locust, clover, and lupine are familiar examples in northern regions; and the acacias, mimosas, log wood, rosewood, sandal- wood, oorol trees, and indigo plants, in tropical 1. ofpea, open. 2..nd countries. Many of the valuable ums a, l'apUloUI corollas. and balsams" of commerce, medicines," .. A page from Willson's Fifth Reader. |
