Botany for Ladies or, A Popular Introduction to the Natural System of Plants, According to the Classification of De Candolle.

CHAPTER II.

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THE ORDER LEGUMINOSÆ: illustrated by the Sweet Pea; the Red Clover; Acacia armata; the Sensitive Plant; the Barbadoes Flower-fence; the Carob-tree; the Tamarind; the Senna; the Gleditschia; the Logwood; the Judas-tree; and the Kentucky Coffee-tree 35

Tribe I. Papilionaceous Flowers, 36—II. Mimosæ, 41—III. Cæsalpineæ, 44.