ORDER 43. LEGUMINOS.E. 97 



pressed and falcate, or cylindric, many-seeded. Seeds compressed, reni- 

 form. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. Leaflets stipellate. Figs. 157, 203-4, 214. 



Flowers arranged iu racemes. Legume falcate. July Sept No. 1 



Flowers few. capitate on long stalks. Legume straight, linear Nos. 24 



Exotic. a Stems climbing Nos. 5, 6, 7 



a Stem erect, bushy No. 8 



1 P. pereniiis Walt, \\1ld Bean Vine. Twining, pubescent ; rac. paniculate, mostly 



in pairs, axillary ; Ifts. ovate, acuminate, 3-veined ; leg. pendulous, falcate, broad- 

 mncronate. Dry woods : common. 4 7f. Pod 2'. 



2 P. diversifelius Pers. St. prostrate, scabrous ; Ifts. angular, 2-3-lobed or entire ; 



ped. longer than leaf; pod pubescent, broadly-linear, cylindric. @ Sandy shores. 3 5f. 



3 P. lielvolus L. St. slender ; Ifts. between oblong-ovate and lance-ovate, not lobed ; 



ped. slender, several times longer than the leaves; pod straight, cylindric, 8-10- 

 seeded. 11 Sandy fields. 3 5f. 



4 P. pauciflorus Benth. Siem slender, retrorsely hirsute ; Ifts. linear-oblong, not 



lobed, as long as the petiole, hirsute ; pod hirsute, 5-S-seeded. Prairies, 111. (Mead) 

 andW. 2-4f. 



5 P. VULGARIS. Lfts. ovate, acuminate; rac. solitary; pod pendulous, long-pointed; 



seed reniform, variously colored. (T) E. Ind. Flowers white. 3 Sf. 



6 P. LUNATUS. Lima B. Lfts. ovate-deltoid ; pod broad, flat, falcate, with large, flat, 



white seeds ; flowers whitish. E. Ind. 6 12f. 



7 P. MULTIFLORUS. Scarlet Pole B. Lfts. ovate, acute ; rac. as long as the Ivs. ; fls. 



scarlet ; pod pendulous, seeds reniform. S. Am. 6 lOf. 



8 P. NANTJS. Bush B. Lfts. broad-ovate, acute ; pod torulons ; flowers and seeds 



white. India. If. There are many varieties. 



50. ERYTHRINA, L. Calyx truncate or lobed. Vex. long, lanceolate, 

 with no callosities. Wings and keel much smaller. Stain, straight, nearly 

 as long as the yexillum. Style glabrous. Legume torulous. ^ t) ^ Often 

 prickly. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. Flowers raceined. 



1 E. herbacea L. Glabrous; Ifts. rhombic-hastate, with 3 rounded, shallow lobes; 



petioles with here and there a small hooked prickle ; rac. terminal ; flowers slender, 

 deep scarlet, 2'. Rich soilf, S. Rhizome thick. 3 4f. April. 



2 E. CIUSTA-GALLI. Shrub or tree ; Ifts. ovate or elliptical, with hooked prickles be- 



neath ; banner recurved ; fis. scarlet, in large racemes. Planted South. 



51. AMPHICARPJEA, Ell. PEA-VINE. Calyx with 4 or 5 nearly 

 equal segments. Pet. oblong. Vex. with the sides appressecl. Stig. capi- 

 tate. Ovary on a sheathed stipe. Leg. flat, 2-4-seeded. @ Slender, 

 twining. Leaves pinnately trifoliate. The upper flowers complete, but 

 usually barren, the lower apetalous and fruitful. 



1 A. monoica Nutt. St. retrorsely pubescent; Ifts. ovate, thin; cauline racemes 



pendulous ; cal. segm. very short ; bracts minute. Woods. 4 Sf. Very slender. 

 Flowers pale purple. Upper pods 4-seeded, lower 1-seeded. July Sept. 



2 A. Pitclieri T. & G. Stem rusty-villous ; Ifts. rhomboid-ovate; rac. erect, often 



branched ; bracts broad, conspicuous. N. Orleans and W. Seeds blackish. 



52. GALACTIA, L. Cal. bibracteolate, 4-cleft, the segments of nearly 

 equal length, upper one broadest, entire. Pet. oblong. Vex. broadest and 

 incumbent. Keel petals slightly cohering at top. Legume many-seeded. 

 " k, kvs. pinnately compound. Rac. axillary. Fls. purplish. Aug. Sept 



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