Dec, 1914.] Viciece and Phaseolece of Ohio. 401 



1. Dolichos L. 



Sparsely pubescent, erect, or twining annuals, the stem 

 round, the leaves trifoliate, the stipules small. Flowers racemose, 

 purple to white, the style bearded at the summit about the stigma; 

 pod broad, the seeds black with a white raphe. 



There is only one species generally cultivated in Ohio. 



1. Dolichos lablab L. Hyacinth Bean. A pubescent twining 

 annual with a reddish or green stem 2-8 ft. long and % in. in diam- 

 eter. Leaflets 2-3 in. long, 1/^-2 in. broad, minutely stipellate. 

 Flowers showy, light purple, }^-l in. long; pods broadly incurved, 

 1K~2/^ in- long, 1 in. broad; the seeds black with a prominent 

 white raphe. 



The Hyacinth Bean is cultivated for the showy flowers. It is 

 very hardy and will grow in almost any kind of soil. Escaped 

 in Franklin County. 



2. Glycine L. 



Trailing or climbing pubescent or glabrous perennials. Leaf- 

 lets 5-7. Roots tuberous or having prominent tubercles. Flowers 

 axillary, racemose, capitate, showy, brownish purple to red. 



1. Glycine apios L. Ground-nut. A slender trailing peren- 

 nial, 2-10 ft. long and Ke in. or less in diameter. Leaflets 5-7, 

 1-1: in. long, Yo-lji in. wide. Flowers /4-K in. long, loosely racemose; 

 pod linear, 3-5 in. long, % in. wide, the seeds 5-9, reddish brown. 



The roots are tuberous necklace-hke, hence the name Ground- 

 nut. Stark, Auglaize, Clark, Harrison, Cuyahoga, Adams, 

 Warren and Wayne. It is also called Wild Bean. 



3. Soja Moench. 



Erect pubescent annuals. Leaves trifoliate. Roots with 

 many tubercles. Flowers greenish-white to purj^le, minute and 

 inconspicuous; style glabrous at the upper end, sometimes pubes- 

 cent at the lower part; pods brown, very pubescent. 



1. Soja soja (L) Karst. Soy Bean. A pubescent annual 

 2-5 ft. high, the stem % in. in diameter. Leaflets 2}i-S% in. 

 long, 1^-2}^ in. wide. Flowers axillary, very minute, the parts 

 €arly deciduous, greenish white to purple; pods l/^-2K in. long, 

 very pubescent; seeds white, green, yellow, brown, black or 

 variegated, elliptical to spherical, %-% in. in diameter. 



The Soy Bean has been introduced into the United States 

 from China and is cultivated to a large extent for forage, haj?", 

 soiling and seed. The beans are now used both in the green and 

 in the dry state, as food for man and animals. 



