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prominent lobes, 2-4 em. long, reticulate, 
mucronulate, truncate or ver y broadly cune- 
ate at the base: racemes several times longer 
than the ju leaves, ML ; rachis 
wire-like: Pe edicels 5- a mm. long: ealyx 
campanulate, 2.5— DES . long; lobe rounded 
or apiculate: Re poe purple; standard 
with a blade nearly 1 em. wide: ‘pod some- 
what “scimitar i aped, 3.5-4 em. long.— 
(WiL N.)—Dry  pinelands and ham- 
mocks, “Coastal pane Fla. to Miss. and N. C. 
m. or all year S 
2. P. polystachyus (L.) B P. Stem 
minutely ‘pubescent, climbing, iu m. long, 
branehing: leaflets 3, the blades ovate to 
orbieular-ovate, 4—1 cm . long, acuminate, often conspicuously nerved, rounded 
or subeordate at the base: racemes or panicles slender, biu Hi sub- 
tending leaves, simple or compound, short- ‘peduncle ed: pedice s 4—8 mm. long: 
calyx eampanulate, 2.5-3 mm. long; lobes rounded or edm mur ngular: 
corolla purple or whitish : pod scimitar- eee ed, 4—8 em. long, often glaucous. 
: eld Walt. ]—(BEAN-VINE. VE x stream- banks, a and a dk 
and Me. 
3. P. smilacifolius Pollard. Stem minutely pubescent, twining, 1-4 m. long, 
mad a leaflets 3, the blades ve id thin, ovate in outline, 4—8 em. long, aeute, 
more or less distinetly 3 -lobed, soon gla iu. racemes ‘usually shorter than 
the subtending leaves: pedicels tends 5-15 mm. long: ealyx glabrous, cam- 
panulate, 2.5-3 mm Kr lobes ro ounded: rd pu or white; blade about 
1 em. wide: wings 12-14 mm. long; pod 5-6 em. long.—Hammocks, pen. 
Fla.—Spr.-fall. 
4. P. vulgaris L. Stem erect or climbing: petioles e: g bes rulent: 
leaflets. 5-12 em. long; blades broadly ovate or iss of the terminal one 
rhombie-ovate or orbieular-ovate, mostly acuminate e nicles e. ike, few- 
flowered: middle lobe of the a ealyx- up triangular- -lanceolate: standard 
white to purple; blade 12-16 mm. wide: wings 14-17 mm. long: Pod linear, 
straight or slightly eurved: seed "12-90 mm. Lin M TRING-BEAN. POLE-BEAN. 
KIDNEY-BEAN.)—Pinelands, hammocks, and waste-places, various provinces, 
la. to Tex.—Sum.-fall or all year S. Nat. of Eu. and cult. 
x angularis (Willd.) W. F. Wight. Stem erect, 1 m. tall or less, usualy 
branched: petioles o peu leaflets 3; blades 5-11 em. long, rhombic 
ae or that of the terminal on rhombic, somewhat hastately lobed, those of 
the lateral ones mad n ae on one side: lobes of the upper calyx- lip broadly 
rounded, glabrous or nearly so, those of dnd lower pm pee e -hirsute: 
standard yellowish; blade reniform, 12-15 mm. wide: about m. long: 
p narro d linear, e. mostly 7-9 em. E ong, chin: lightly a near. 
apex eed lon DZUK-BEAN.  SELF-PERPETUATING PEA.)— 
Fields, E ay Bond banks, Coastal Plain, S Miss. and S La. Nat. 
of Asia.—Sum 
P. atus L. Stems twining or rarely erect: ut E. the blades 4—9 cm. 
s triangular or rhombic, mostly acute: pan ongate, raceme-like, 
many-flowered : Po i obe of the lower calyx. lip pus deltoid:. standard 
greenish- Suc bla 7-10 mm. wide: wings 8-10 mm. long: pod broad, 
scimitar- dc nc. EAN. (cu Uo and cult. grounds, Fla.—Sum 
or all year S. Nat. of Eu. and e 
