108 I'ULSE FAMILY. 



28. WISTARIA. (Named for /W. \\'i.^>tr of Philadelphia.) Very orna, 



mental woodv twiners : rl. sprim:. 



W. frutescens, AMKHUVN W. Wild alonir streams W. and S.. :iud 

 cult, for ornament; soft-downv when young. \\itli '.l-Io lance-ovate leallets, 

 a dense raceme of showy blue-purple llowers. tin- calyx narrowish, wing-petals 



t-.ich with "lie short and one very long appendage at the, ha>e of the blade, and 

 a smooth ovarv. 



W. Sinensis, CHINESE W. Cult, from China or Japan, barely hardy in 



Ne \ En-land, ta.-ler growin;: (sometimes 2(1 in a season) and higher climbing 

 than the Other, with lon-er and more pendent racemes, win--petals appendaged 

 on om- Mde only, and a downy ovarv. Often flowering twice in the season. 



29. APIOS, GKOIJND-NUT, WILD BEAN. (Name from Greek word 



for fx'nr, from the shape of the tuhers.) 2/ 



A. tuberbsa. Wild in low grounds ; subterranean shoots bearing strings 

 of edible farinaceous tubers \'-2' Ion-; .stems slender, rather hairy ; leatlets 

 ovate-lanceolate; flowers brownish-purple, violet-scented, crowded in short and 

 thick racemes, in late summer and autumn. 



30. ERYTHRINA. (From Greek word for ml, which is the usual color 



of the (lowers.) 



E. hei'bacea. Wild in sandy soil near the coast S. ; sending up herba- 

 ceous stems 2 -4 lii^-h from a thick woody root or ba-c, >,,]ne leafy the leaf- 

 lets broadly triangular-ovate ; others nearly iealle-s, terminatin.ir in a lonjr erect 

 raceme of'narrow scarlet (lowers, of which the straight and folded lanceolate 

 standard ('2' IOIILT) is the onlv cons]iicnous jiart ; seeds scarlet : (1. spring. 



E. Crista-galli. Cult", in conservatories, from Bra/.il ; with a tree-like 

 trunk, oval or oblong leatlets, and loose racemes of crimson larye (lowers, the 

 keel as well as t lie 1 iroad sprcadin.ir standard conspicuous, the rudimentary win- s 

 hidden in the calyx. 



31. PHASEOLUS, BKAN, KIDNEY BEAN. (An ancient name of 

 the Bean.) Fl. summer and autumn. 



* Xntn-,' s/wr/rs, small-flouxred. 



P. perennis. From Connectieut and Illinois S. in woody places ; slender 

 steins climbing hi-'h ; leallets roundish-ovate, short-]iointed ; racemes IOIILT and 

 loose, often panieied ; llowcrs small, jmrplc ; pods drooping, scimitar-shaped 

 few-seeded. 11 



P. diversifdlius. Sandy shores, i-c. : spreading on the ground, wit** 

 rou^h hairv stems, ovate entire or commonly .",-lobed or angled leatlets, pedun- 

 cles twice i'lie leiiuth of the leaves, b.'arin-- a small cluster of purplish or at length 

 greenish (lowers, and linear nearly terete Straight pods. i 



P. helvoluS. Sandv soil, from New Jersey and Illinois S. : more slen- 

 der than the pree-diiiL', sometimes twining a little, with th<' ovate or oblong 

 Icatli'ts entire or obscurely angled, pednneles several times sur]>assing the lea\es, 

 flowers pale purple, and pods narrower. 2/ 



P. paUCifl6rUS. Hiver-banks W. &. S. : sprcadin'_ r ov<-r the ground, also 

 twinin-- more- or less, slender, pubescent, with small oblong-lanceolate <>r linear 

 leallets, few and small ])iir]li<h (lowers on a short peduncle, the keel merely 

 incurved, and the straight tlat pod oiilr 1' lonu r . i 



* * l-'.rotir Species, rnl/initiil nniinli/ /m-fooil. nil irith <;it,' pointed /enacts. (T) 



P. VUlgaris, COMMON KIDNKY, Siiu\<;, and POI.I: l',i \\. 'rwinin.ir, 

 with racemes of white or sometimes dull purplish or variegated (lowers shorter 

 than the leaf, linear strai-ht pods, and tumid seeds. .Many varieties, amon^ 

 which mav be reckoned the next. 



P. naflUS, DWAKF or FIKI.D BKAN ; low and bushy, not twining; seeds 

 very tumid. 



P. lunatus, LIMA BKAN, SII.VA B., &c. Twining, with racemes of 

 small trrei'iiisli-whitc (lowers shorter than the leaf, and broad and curved or 

 scimitar-shaped pods, containing few lar-e and flat seeds. 



