LEGUMINOS.E. (PULSE FAMILY.) 95 
1y oblong , mucronate-pointed; stipules small , lanceolate, half arrow- 
shaped, sharp-pointed at both ends; peduncles 3-5-flowered ; corolla 
blue-purple. Moist places, common, especially northward. 
L latifolius (Everlasting Pea) and L. odorAtus (Sweet 
rEA) are commonly cultivated species. 
PIsum satIvum, the Pea, FAba vulgAris, the Horse-Bean, Er- 
vum Lens, the Lentil, and CIcer ariet'.ndm, the Chick-Pea, are 
other cultivated representatives of this tribe. 
Tribe n. PHASE6 lEaE. The Bean Tribe. 
®* ®*HASE01<IJS, L. Kidney Bean. 
Calyx 5-toothed or 5-cleft, the 2 upper teeth often higher unit- 
e . Keel of the corolla, with the included stamens and style 
spirally coiled or incurved. Pod linear or scythe-shaped, several - 
many-seeded, tipped with the hardened base of the style. — Leaf¬ 
lets 3, stipulate. Flowers in somewhat knotty or compound ra¬ 
cemes. (The ancient name of the Kidney Bean.) 
, „ * Pods scymetar-shaped: racemes loose, panicled. 
l.p. perennis, Walt. (Perennial Wild Bean 1 Stem 
flowers numerous, purple, handsome. 10 S = 
* * P ° dS Strai f' U Tr rat , her tereU: in a short clustered 
raceme like a head. (Strophostyles, Ell.) 
2 P. diverslfolins, Pers. (Lobed a 1 
rrr 
a * ': ns * d ” i,h ~ d « rod .hi,ki,b 8 
Lone Islnndl l NT 6 ^ ° f the *«**«•-Sandy fields 
°ng Island and New Jersey southward Ana i j , 
the last: pods narrower: floors as 1^ and fl^ ^ 
• vulgAris is the common Kidney Bean or Haricot 
1UNiTDS >8 ‘he Lima Bean of our gardens. 
4. APIOS, Boerh. Ground-nut. Wild Bean. 
letethe 72 ™^'** 2 teeth bei "S "early obso¬ 
lete, the lower one longest. Standard very broad, reflexed : the 
