LIKJUMIXOS-E. (rULSE FAMILY.) 99 



ereil ; calyx-tccth shorter than tlic tul)C ; flowers nearly white, the keel tipped 

 with blue; legume o!)!oii^, several-seeded. — Dry open woods, ehiefly in the 

 upper distriets. Ajnil and May. % — Stems 3° - 4° long, branching. Flowers 

 4" - 6" long. 



19. LATHYRUS, L. 



Style flattened, bearded on the side facing the vexillum. Otherwise as in 

 Vicia. 



1. L. pusillus. Ell. Annual; leaflets 2, linear-lanceolate, acute ; stipules 

 sagittate ; ])edunclcs elongated, 1 - 2-flowercd ; teeth of the calyx subulate-seta- 

 ceous, nearly equal; legume long, 10 - 15-seeded. — Xear Charleston, South 

 Carolina, and westward. May. — A small and slender vine. Flowers purple. 



2. L. venOSUS, Muhl. Perennial; stem stout; leaflets 10-14, oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse; stipules lanceohite ; peduncles 10- 20-flowered ; flowers large, 

 purple ; calyx-teeth very unequal. — Shady banks, Georgia to Mississippi, and 

 northward. June and July. — Stem angled, 2° -3° long. Leaflets 2' - 3' long. 

 Flowers .^' long. 



3. L. myx'tifolius, IMuhl. Perennial ; stem slender, 4-angled ; leaflets 

 4-6, oblong, obtuse ; stipules large, ovate, entire ; peduncles 3 - G-flowered ; 

 flowers pale purple ; calyx-teeth unequal — Banks of rivers. North Carolina, 

 and northward. July and August. — Stem 2° -4° long, often wing-angled. 

 Leaflets 1 y long. 



20. JESCHYNOMENE, L. 



Calyx 2-lii)ped, .5-cleft or S-toothed. Petals equal ■ vexillum roundish. Sta- 

 mens diadelplious (-5 &, 5). Legume compressed, stipitate, separating trans- 

 versely into 3 or more 1-seeded indehiscent joints. — Herbs or shrubs, with pin- 

 nate leaves, and axillary yellow flo\vers. 



1. ^. hispida, Willd. Annual; stem erect, mnricate-hispid ; leaflets nu- 

 merous, oblong-linear ; peduncles 3 - 5-flowered ; legume straight, linear, even 

 along the upper suture, wavy on the lower, 6 -10-jointed, the joints nearly 

 square, hispid. — Swamps, Florida to Mississippi, and nortJiward. August. — 

 Stem 20-40 high 



2. jSI. viseidula, Michx. Perennial; stem slender, prostrate, viscid- 

 pubescent; leaves small; leaflets 7-9, obovate, reticulate- veined; peduncles 

 3-4-flowered, the pedicels long aid spreading; stipules and bracts ovate; 

 legume 2- 3jointed, the joints half -orbicular, hispid. — Sandy places along 

 the coast, Florida and Georgia. August and Sept. — Stem l°-2° long. 

 Leaves V long. Flowers small. 



21. ZORNIA, Gmel. 



Calyx 2-lippe(l, the upper lip emarginate, the lower 3-cleft. Corolla inserted 

 into the base of the calyx. Stamens monadelphous, alternately shorter : anthers 

 alternately oblong and globose. Legume compressed, with 2-5 roundish hispid 

 joints. — Herbs. Leaves palmately 2-4-foliolate. Stipules sagittate. Flowers 

 yellow, in axillary large-bracted racemes. 



