GENUS 45. 



PEA FAMILY. 



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filiform, not bearded. Pods from the upper flowers linear-oblong, several-seeded, 2-valved, 

 those from the lower obovoid, fleshy, mainly i-seeded. [Latin, referring to the curved keel 

 of the corolla.] 



About 7 species, natives of North America, eastern Asia and the Himalayas. Only the follow- 

 ing are known in North America. Type species : Falcata caroliniana (Walt.) Gmel. ' 

 Leaves thin; bracts small; plant pubescent or glabrate. lm F.comosa. 



Leaves firm ; bracts large ; plant villous-brown-pubescent. 2. F. Pitcheri. 



i. Falcata comosa (L.) Kuntze. Wild or 

 Hog Pea-nut. Fig. 2638. 



Glycine comosa L. Sp. PI. 754. 1753. 

 Glycine bracteata L. Sp. PI. 754. 1753. 

 Glycine monoica L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 1023. 1763. 

 Amphicarpa monoica Ell. Journ. Acad. Phil, i : 373. 



1817. 

 Falcata comosa Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 182. 1891. 



Slender, simple or sparingly branched, climbing, 

 pubescent or glabrate, i-8 long. Stipules oblong 

 or ovate, 2" long, striate ; leaflets broadly ovate 

 or rhombic-ovate, acute at the apex, rounded at 

 the base, the lower inequilateral, i'-3' long; 

 racemes of petaliferous flowers mainly simple; 

 bracts small, ovate, obtuse; flowers purplish or 

 white, 6"-7" long; pedicels equalling or exceeding 

 the bracts; pods of the petaliferous flowers about 

 i' long, 3" wide, pubescent. 



Moist thickets, New Brunswick to Florida, west 

 to Manitoba, Nebraska and Louisiana. Aug.-Sept. 

 Pea-vine. American licorice. 



2. Falcata Pitcheri (T. &G.) Kuntze. 

 Pitcher's Hog Pea-nut. Fig. 2639. 



Amphicarpaea Pitcheri T. & G. Fl. N. A. i : 



292. 1838. 

 F. Pitcheri Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 182. 1891. 



Similar to the preceding but generally 

 stouter, villous-pubescent throughout with 

 reflexed brown hairs. Leaflets larger and 

 thicker, sometimes 4' long; pedicels mostly 

 shorter than the nearly orbicular canescent 

 bracts; ovary and pods of the petaliferous 

 flowers pubescent throughout, subterranean 

 fruit less abundantly produced than in F. 

 comosa; calyx larger. 



Moist thickets, Massachusetts to Virginia, 

 New York, South Dakota, Tennessee and 

 Texas. Perhaps a race of the preceding spe- 

 cies. Aug.-Sept. 



46.' GALACTIA P. Br. ; Adans. Fam. PL 2 : 322. 1763. 



Prostrate or climbing perennial vines (sometimes erect and shrubby), mainly with pin- 

 nately 3-foliolate leaves, small and deciduous stipules, and purple or violet axillary racemose 

 flowers. Calyx 4-lobed, bracteolate, the lobes acute, often as long as the tube. Standard 

 orbicular or obovate. Wings narrow, obovate, adherent to the narrow, nearly straight keel. 

 Stamens diadelphous or nearly so (pandi) ; anthers all alike. Ovary nearly sessile; ovules o ; 

 style filiform, not bearded. Pod linear, straight or slightly curved, usually flattened, 2-valved, 

 several-seeded. Fleshy few-seeded pods are sometimes produced from subterranean apetalous 

 flowers. [Greek, milk-yielding, the typical species described as having milky branches.] 



About 70 species, natives of warm and temperate regions, most abundant in America. Besides 

 the following, about 25 others occur in the southern and southwestern states. Type species : Glycine 

 Galactia L. 



