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PLATE III. LETTER III. 



PAPILIONACEOUS FLOWERS. 



Pifum fativum. Garden Pea. 



Fi°\ I. The peduncle or flower-ftem of 

 the pea, fhowing the papilio- 

 naceous corolla in three differ- 

 ent fituations. 

 a A young flower not fully expanded. 

 b An expanded flower, fhowing the back; 

 the ftandard, or banner, fully dis- 

 played, and the calyx cleft into rive 



parts. 

 c A fide view of an expanded flower, 



fhowing the banner, wings, and keel 



in their natural fituation, 

 Fig. 2. The banner (vexillum), obcordate 

 or inverfely heart-fhaped, and 



emar°:inate. 



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3. The two wings (ala) % 



4. The keel (carina). 



5. The piftil and ftamens in their 



natural fituation, 

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