144 rOPULAIl FLORA. 



4. KAnniT-FOOT C. Silky, ]o^v, erect, {\nd branching; root annual; leaflets narrow; flowers ■whitish, 



in dense and soft-silky oblong heads. Common in poor dry land. T. arcisnsc 



5. YiiLLOW C. Low, annual, smoothish; corolla yellow, turning brownish. Waste grounds. 



T. ar/rhriunu 

 Melilot (or Swekt-Clovei:)- Md'dbtus. 



Flowers in a raceme or spike, small. Corolla falling alter flowering. Pod roundish ar.d small, liko 

 an akene, hardly opening, containing only one or two seeds. — Ainiuals or biennials, with sweet-scented 

 foliage; leaflets three, toothed. Growing in gardens and around houses. 



1. Ykllow Mkmi.ot. Leaflets obovate or oblong, obtuse; corolla light yellow. JL qfJicuidJls. 



2, WiuxK M. Leaflets as if cut ofl' square at the end ; corolla white. Ji. aWa. 



Medick* Medicaf/o. 



Flowers like those of ^lelilot, either few or many in a clnstcr. Pod curved or coiled, either kidnej'- 

 shaped or rolled up spirally in various ways. Leaves of 3 leaflets. 



1. LiJCEiiNK, or Puitri.E Medick. Stems upright from a deep perennial root; 



leaflets obovate-oblong ; flowers purple in short racemes ; pods spiral. 

 Cultivated for green fodder. M. saliva. 



2. Black ]M. Stems reclining ; leaflets wedge-obovate; flowers yellow, in 



short spikes; pods curved (Fig. 358), wrinkled, turning blackish. Waste 

 grounds. J/, liqmhnn. 



3. Snail M., with 2-flowered peduncles, is sometimes cultivated in gardens, on account of its singular 



pods coiled like a shell (Fig. 359). , J/. scuidluUi. 



EverlastingoPea or Vetchling. LcAlnjrus. 

 Lobes or teeth of the calyx not leafy. Style flattish. Otherwise tlie flowers nearly the same as in 

 the true Pea. 



* Garden species, cultivated for Qrnamcnt; with winged stems and only one pair of leaHcts. 



1. Sweet Pea. Root annual; flowers 2 or 3 on a long peduncle, sweet-scented L. odor at us. 



2. Gaiidex Eveulastixg-Pea. Root perennial ; flowers many, pink or purple, L. htifiVms. 



* * Wild species, with perennial roots and more than one pair of leaflets. 



3. Maiisii E. Stems lightly winged or margined ; leaflets 2 to 4 pairs, lance-linear or lancc-oblong; 



stipules lance-shaped; flowers 2 to 5, purple. Moist ground, N. L.jxdi'istrii. 



4. Pale E. Leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, ovate, pale; stipules rather large, half heart-shaped; flowers 7 to 10, 



cream-color. Banks and thickets, W. & N. /--. cdirvkitcvs. 



5. Veiny E. Leaflets 5 to 7 pairs, oblong or ovate; stipules very small; flowers many on the peduncle, 



purple. Shady banks, S. Sc W. L. vcuosus. 



6. Beach Pea. Leaflets 4 to C pairs, oval or obovate; stipules large and leafy; flowers C to 10 on tho 



peduncle, purple. Shore of the sea, N. and of the Great Lakes. L. viaritimus. 



Vetch or Tare. Viiin. 

 Like the last, but Avith small and usually more numerous leaflets; and the thread-shaped style hairy 

 round the end or down the outer side. 



* Perennials, all wild species: flowers small, in a raceme on a long peduncle. 

 1. Tufted V. Downy ; leaflets many, lance-oblong, strongly mucronatc ; flowers crowded, bent 

 down in the spike, blue, turning purple, summer. Thickets, N. V. Cracca, 



