GARDEN BOTANY. 



7. Dolichos Lablab, EGYPTIAN or BLACK BEAN, cultivated for orna- 

 ment, rarely fur its beans, is a smooth twiner, with showy red-purple flowers 

 (also a white variety) an inch in diameter, and thick oblong pointed pods; 

 seeds black or tawny with a white scar. 



D. Sinensis, CHINA BEAN, the var. melanophthalmus, BLACK- 

 EYED BEAN, with long peduncles bearing only 2 or 3 (white or pale) ilowers 

 at the end, the beans (whicli are good) white with a black circle round the 

 scar, is occasionally met with. 



8. Cicer arietinum, CHICK PEA, is like a Vetch, but has its obovate 

 leaflets serrate, and usually one at the end of the stalk instead of a tendril ; 

 flowers white, solitary ; pod turgid, containing 2 large seeds which are shaped 

 somewhat like the head of a sheep, and are used as a substitute for coffee. 



9. Lathyrus, PEA. Man. p. 103. This genus must include Pisum. 



L. Pisum, FIELD PEA. Lobes of the calyx leafy; seeds spherical ; leaf- 

 lets mostly 2 pairs, broad ; corolla white, sometimes variegated with purple or 

 red ; cult, for food. 



L. odoratus, SWEET PEA. Annual, pubescent, with the stems some- 

 what winged ; leaflets one pair ; the long peduncles bearing 2 or 3 sweet- 

 scented large flowers, white with the standard rose-color or red-purple ; culti- 

 vated for ornament. 



Xi. latifolius, EVERLASTING PEA. Root perennial ; plant smooth, 

 wing-stemmed, with one pair of leaflets ; peduncle bearing several pink-purple 

 flowers, not fragrant, but ornamental. 



10. Vicia, VETCH. This common Vetch or Tare, described Man. p. 102, is 

 a weed, but hardly cultivated here. 



V. Faba, WINDSOR or HORSE BEAN, is a Vetch which grows upright 

 with hardly any tendrils, but bears one or two pairs of large leaflets, and a 

 small raceme of white flowers with a dark spot ; pod short and broad ; seeds 

 large, flattish, oval, with the scar at one end ; prized in England, but a poor 

 bean where better will grow. 



11. Ervum Lens, LENTIL. A low annual, like a small Vetch, with broad 

 2-seeded pods ; rarely cultivated here for soup. 



12. A'rachis hypogsea, PEANUT, also called GROUND-NUT, here occasion- 

 ally raised, but cult, at the South for its well-known fruit, which is a thick 

 reticulated pod, ripening under ground, containing one or two large eatable 

 seeds. Known by its euen-pinnate leaves of 4 obovate leaflets ; flowers small, 

 yellow. 



13. Ono'brychis sativa, SANFOIN, cult, for fodder, like Lucerne, in Eu- 

 rope, but rarely in this country, is a perennial, with pinnate leaves, and long- 

 peduncled spikes of handsome pink flowers ; pod small, indehiscent, 1-seeded, 

 prickly-toothed, and veiny. 



14. Coronilla, CORONILLA. Two species cultivated for ornament, viz. : 

 C. varia, COMMON CORONILLA. A hardy low perennial, with running 



roots, numerous oblong leaflets, and long-peduncled heads or close umbels of 

 handsome rose-colored flowers. 



C. E'merus, SCORPION SENNA. A hardy low shrub, with 7-9 obovate 

 small leaflets and few-flowered peduncles ; petals yellow, with very long claws. 



J.5. IndigO'fera tinctoria, INDIGO-PLANT, common at the South, now 

 rarely cult., is a rather hoary herb, with 9 or 11 oval or obovate leaflets, small 

 flowers in racemes, and small deflcxed pods. 



