PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 19 



enclosed in staminal tube, one to many seeded ; style and stigma 

 simple ; fruit a pod, opening along one or both edges ; seeds with- 

 out'albumen, the seed leaves (cotyledons) usually appearing above 

 the ground and becoming green like the leaves. 



This is one of the largest and most useful families of plants ; 

 they are easily distinguished in most cases by the peculiar shape of 

 flower, characteristic pod, and pinnate leaf. 



The Garden Pea {Pisiim sativum), Six- week Bean {Phaseolus vul- 

 garis), and Broad-bean {Faba vulgaris), are cultivated with consider- 

 able success in these islands during the cooler months ; whDe in 

 summer their place is taken by the somewhat inferior Black- eye 

 Pea {Dolichos splmrospcrmus) . The latter is frequently met mth in 

 fields, where its twining stems, becoming matted and interwoven, 

 cover a considerable space ; the leaflets are stalked, three in num- 

 ber ; the flowers variable yellow or white blotched with ]3urple, and 

 the j)ods long, round, slender and many -seeded. The Pigeon Pea 

 [Cajanus Indicus) and Scarlet-runner [Fhaseolns mulUflorus) are also 

 cultivated. 



As ornamental garden plants the following are frequently met 

 with: the Blue Pea {CHtorea ternatm), the Broad-leaved Everlasting 

 Pea {Lathyrns latifolius), with pink flowers, winged leaf- stalk and 

 pair of leaflets ; also the Sweet Pea [Lathyrus odoratus). 



Several large timber and fruit trees have also been introduced ; -X^ 



perhaps the most striking of these is the Tamarind tree {Tamarimlus ^^*^i^, 

 Indicus), a large and beautiful tree with far- spreading branches ^ 



densely clothed with bright green leaves, consisting of twelve to 

 sixteen paii's of oblong leaflets, easily recognised b}^ their peculiar 

 sub -acid taste ; the flowers in September form a pleasing contrast ; 

 few-flowered racemes, the three pale yellow petals prettily veined 

 with red ; the pod is one to four seeded. 



The American Acacia tree {RoJiinia pseudo-acacia), with pendulous 

 racemes of sweet-scented white flov/ers (Public Buildings, etc.) ; 

 the West Indian Locust tree [Kyniena'a conharil), a stout tree with 

 gaunt, almost naked branches and leaflets in pairs, may frequently 

 be seen around country houses. In the Banhinias which grow in 

 the Public Park the two leaflets seem to be combined into a deeply 

 two-lobed leaf. Wistaria fGlye-.i-J frutescens, a shrub with droop- 

 ing racemes of lavender flowers, the Laburnum tree, the Balsam of 

 Peru tree {Smysospermum or 3Iyrospermum Foruiferum), and the St. 

 John's Bread {Ceratonia Siliqua), have also been introduced locally. 



Section I. — Flowers papilionaceous, petals overlapping each other in 

 the hud, the upper petal (standard) being outside. 



A. Leaves with three leaflets (trifoliate) ; flowers small, collected in 

 heads or in axillary racemes. 



I. TRIFOLIUM. 



Flowers densely clustered in terminal for axillary) heads; pod small, 



nearly enclosed in calyx. 



1. T, pratense (Red clover). A biennial, prostrate plant; stems 

 twelve inches long, ribbed, hairy ; stipules membranaceous, witli 



