22 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



the latter oblong, spoon -shaped, whitish beneath with appressed 

 doA\ni: stipules awl- shaped; racemes axillary, not stalked, many 

 floAs-ered ; calyx with five triangular teeth, standard roundish, keel 

 with an awl-sliapcd spur on each side ; pods bow-shaped, cylindri- 

 cal, half-inch long, narrow, four to six seeded. Distribution, in- 

 troduced into many tropical countries; habitat, fields and waste 

 ground, probably the remains of former cultivation. Flowers 

 small purplish ; xiugust and September. 



VIII. VICIA. 



Leaves ending in a tendril ; stamens diadelphoics ; pod tivo-valved, with' 

 out divisions hetxveen 



1. r. sativn- (Vetch). An annual plant, climbing two to three 

 feet ; stems slender, weak ; stipules four, toothed ; leaves mth six 

 to eight pairs of leaflets and ending in a tendril, leaflets narrowly 

 oblong, blunt, mth the midrib protruding ; flowers axillary, single, 

 or in pairs ; calyx with five narrow teeth as long as the tube ; wings 

 of corolla adhering to keel ; upper stamen partly free ; pod one to 

 two inches long, narrow, about six-seeded. Distribution, generally 

 introduced as fodder in warm and temperate climates ; habitat, 

 fields, etc. Flowers one-half to three-quarters of an inch, purple ; 

 January to April. 



IX. LOTUS. 



Leaves with Jive leaflets and three-leaved bracts ; pod straight, cglindrieal, 

 xcith false divisions between seeds. 



1. L. Jacohxm. An erect evergreen plant; stems slender, round, 

 downy ; leaf with five narrow, entire, palmately- arranged leaflets ; 

 bracts trifoliate, the divisions one inch long, very narrow, entire ; 

 cymes axillary, three or four flowers collected at end of long stalks ; 

 calj'x two -lipped, Avith five spreading teeth ; keel of corolla curved 

 inwards, protruding at sides ; upper stamen free ; pods in bunches 

 of three or four, straight, one and a half inches long with a bristle- 

 like point, eight to ten seeded. Distribution, Cape Verde Islands, 

 and frequently cultivated as a garden flower ; habitat, occasionally 

 in cultivated ground, as a Aveecl. Flowers one-half to three-quar- 

 ters of an inch, reddish -brown. 



X, SOPHOHA. 



Leaves pinnate with a terminal leaflet ; stamens distinct ; pod much 

 contracted between the seeds. 

 1. *S'. tomnitosa. A small, prostrate, evergreen shrub, all parts 

 densely clothed with soft hairs ; stems branched, woody, two to 

 three feet ; stipules none ; leaves with about six pairs of leaflets, 

 the latter roundish, quite entire, blunt, uneven at base, thick vel- 

 vety beneath, less hairy on upper surface ; raceme hoary, one foot 

 long, many flowered ; calyx cup -shaped, entire or slightly lobed ; 

 standard saddle -shaped, petals of the keel only slightly adhering ; 

 stamens ten, not united, the upper distant ; pod contracted between 

 tlie globose seeds, resembling a bead necklace. Distribution, West 

 Indies and many tropical seashores ; habitat, seaside rocks. Flowers 

 one inch, bright yellow ; October to December. 



