LEGUMINOSE^— PEA FAMILY 



WILD PEANUT 



Falcdta comdsa. Amphicarpha mondica 



Falcata, referring to the curved keel of the 

 corolla. Amphicarpka, Greek, meaning seed at 

 both ends. 



Native, a twining perennial vine with three- 

 parted leaves, bearing pea-like blossoms, violet 

 and white, in axillary racemes, as well as cleis- 

 togamous flowers. Edge of moist thickets, road- 

 sides. Massachusetts, westward and north- 

 westward to the Dakotas. August-October. 



Siem. — Rather stout, covered with reflex brown hairs; 

 twining and trailing, forming matted beds. 



Leaves. — Alternate, three-foliate with oblong or ovate 

 stipules. Leaflets, broadly ovate, acute, rounded at 

 base, entire at margin. 



Flowers. — Papilionaceous, in axillary racemes, pale 

 violet and white; small flower bracts orbicular, downy. 

 Cleistogamous flowers near the base and on creeping 

 branchlets. 



Calyx. — Tubular, four-toothed, whitish. 



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