86 LEGUMINOS^. 



large as the leafets; peduncles 6 — lO-flowered, shorter than the leaves; 

 legume oblong, somewhat falcate. L. pisiforviis Hook. Pisum maritimum 

 Linn. 



Sandy sliores. Labrador to N. Y. W. to Oregon and California. Oneida 

 Lake and Long Island, N. Y. June, July. '2|..— Plant pale green. Stem 1—2 

 feet long. Flowers large, purple and blue. Beacli Pea. 



2. L. venosus Muhl. : stem square, naked ; leaves pinnate ; leafets 5 — 7 

 pairs, ovate-oblong, obtuse, subopposite, mucronate, smooth, veined ; stipules 

 small, semisagittate, ovate; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. 



Low meadows. Can. to Geor. W. to California. July, Aug. %. — Leafets 

 large. Flowers purple. Veiny-leaved Velchling. 



3. L. palustris Linn. : stem smooth, winged, weak ; leafets in 3 pairs, 

 oblong, somewhat coriaceous, mucronate; stipules semisagittate, acute; 

 peduncles 3 — 5-flowered, a little longer than the leaves ; segments of the 

 calyx unequal, subUnear, as long as the tube ; legume compressed. 



Low grounds. Can. to Penn. W. to Oregon. June, July. %. — Stem 2 — 3 

 feet long, climbing. Leafets varying in width. Flowers pale purple. 



Marsh Velchling. 



4. L. myrtifolius Muhl. : stem weak, flexuous, square ; leafets 2 — 3 pairs, 

 oblong-lanceolate, somewhat obtuse, mucronate, rigid, smooth, veined ; 

 stipules semisagittate, lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous on the margin ; pe- 

 duncles 3 — 6-flowered, longer than the leaves. 



Salt marshes. N. Y. and Penn. July, Aug. %. — Resembles the former, 

 but usually has a more slender stem, and broader leafets and stipules. Flowers 

 smaller, purple, and rose-colored. Myrtle-leaved Velchling. 



5. L. ochroleucus Hook. : plant smooth, pale, and somewhat glaucous ; 

 leafets in 3—4 pairs, ovate, obtuse, mucronate, reticulate beneath ; stipules 

 large, broad-ovate, acuminate ; peduncles 4 — 10-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves; legume compressed, smooth. L. glaucifolius Beck Bot. \sl. Ed. 



Banks of streams. Arct. Amer. to N. Y. and N. J. .May, June. %, — Stem 

 slender, 1 — ^2 feet long, often nearly erect. Leafets one and a half to two inches 

 long, and an inch wide. Flowers large, pale yellow. When I introduced this 

 plant as a new species into the former edition of this work, I was not aware 

 that it had already been described under another name by Dr. Hooker. 



Cream-colored Velchling. 



22. AMPHICARP^A. ^ZZ.— Hog-Nut. 



OFrom the Greek a// (^t, hath, and Kapnog, fruit ; producing fruit both above 

 and under ground.) 



Flowers of two kinds ; the one perfect and petaliferous, but 

 often sterile ; the other imperfect, but usually fertile. Perfect 

 Fl. — Calyx tubular-campanulate, 4-toothed, without bracts at 

 the base. Standard incumbent and partly folded round the 

 other petals. Style smooth. Stigma small, capitate. Le- 

 gume linear-oblong, stipitate, compressed, 3 — 4-seeded. Im- 

 perfect Fl, — Corolla none or with the rudiment of a standard. 

 Stamens either wanting, or 5 — 10. Legume obovate, 1 — 2- 

 seeded, usually matwing below the surface of the ground. 



