110 PULSE FAMILY. 



38. KENNEDYA. (Named for a distinguished English florist.) Au 

 tralian plants, of choice cultivation in conservatories. ^ 



K. rubicunda, is hairy, free-climbing, with 3 ovate leaflets, and 2-4 

 flowered peduncles, the dark "red or crimson flowers over 1' long. 



39. RHYNCHOSIA.. (Name from the Greek, means beaked, of no ob- 

 vious application.) Chiefly Southern : fl. summer. 2/ 



R. tomentbsa. Low, soft-downy, in several varieties, erect, spreading, or 

 the taller forms twining more or less, with one or three round or sometimes 

 oblong-oval leaflets, and clusters or racemes of small yellow flowers. Dry sandy 

 soil, from Maryland S. 



R. galactoides. Bushy-branched, 2 -4 high, not at all disposed to 

 twine, minutely pubescent, with 3 small and rigid oval leaflets, hardly any 

 common petiole, and scattered flowers in the upper axils, the standard reddish 

 outside. Dry sand-ridges, from Alabama IS. 



40. PISTJM, PEA. (The old Greek and Latin name of the Pea.) 



P. sativum, COMMON PEA. Cult, from the Old World : smooth and 

 glaucous, with very large leafy stipules, commonly 2 pairs of leaflets, branching 

 tendrils, and peduncles bearing 2 or more large flowers ; corolla white, blui.sU, 

 purple, or party-colored ; pods rather fleshy. 



41. LATHYRUS, VETCHLING. (Old Greek name.) Some species 

 closely resemble the Pea, others aro more like Vetches. Fl. summer. 



# Cult, from Eu., for ornament : stem and petioles iviny-marrjinfd: leaflets one pair. 



L. odoratUS, SWEET PEA. Stem more or less roughish-hairy ; leaflets 

 oval or oblong ; flowers 2 or 3 on a long peduncle, sweet-scented, white with 

 the standard rose-color, or purple, with varieties variously colored. 



L. latilblius, EVERLASTING PEA. Smooth, climbing high ; stems broadly 

 winged ; leaflets oval, with parallel veins very conspicuous beneath ; flowers 

 numerous in a long-peduncled raceme, pink-purple, also a white variety, scent- 

 less. % 



# # Native species : stems winrjless or merely margined : leaflets 2-8 pairs. ^ 



L. maritimus, BEACH PEA. Sea-shore of New England especially N., 



and along the Great Lakes : about 1 high, leafy, smooth, with stipules nearly 



as large as the 8-16 oval crowded leaflets, and the peduncle bearing 6-10 rather 



large purple flowers. 



L. venbsus. Shady banks W. & S. : climbing, with 10-17 morc scattered 

 ovate or oblong leaflets, often downy beneath, small and slender stipules, and 

 peduncles bearing many purple flowers. 



L. OChroletlCUS. Hillsides and banks N. & W. : slender stems l-3 

 liigh ; the leaflets 6-8, glaucous, thin, ovate or oval, larger than the leafy 

 *w tx stipules ; peduncles bearing several rather small yellowish-white flowers. 



1 iL*. pallistris. Swamps and wet grounds N. & W. : low, l-2 high, 

 U, /M-^ w ' t ' 1 margined or slightly winged stems, small lanceolate stipules, 4-8 leaflets 

 /varying from linear to oblong, and peduncles bearing 3 - 5 rather small purple 

 flowers. 



Var. myrtif61ius, common W. S., usually appears very distinct, climb- 

 ing 2 - 4 high, with oblong or oval leaflets, larger and more leaf-like upper 

 stipules, and paler flowers. 



42. VICIA, VETCH, TAKE. (The old Latin name of the genus.) 



1. Flowers several or inti/ii/ on a lender j><(ln<:/<>, in a/triiif/ or summer: pod 

 several -seeded : toi/atpeciet iti low gfota^d, 1 -4 Itii/h. If. 



* Peduncle 4 - 8-flouvrtd : j>l<int smooth. 



^KfVt-v^. y. Americana. Common N. & W. ; with 10- 14 oblong and very blunt 

 JM /f asvciny leaflets, and purplish flowers over ' long. 



' r V. acutif61ia. Near the coast S. ; with about 4 linear or oblong leaflets, 

 and small blue or purplish flowers. 



