ORDER 43. LEGUMINOS^. 85 



il B. Lecontii T. & G. Pubescent; Ivs. short-petioled ; Ifts. obovate-oblong; pedi- 

 cels with 2 bractlets ; bracts persistent ; pod short-stiped ; branches, stipules, and 

 racemes as in No. 9. Ga. Fla. 2f. May. 



13 B. Sereiiae Curtis. Smooth, diffuse ; Ifts. oblong-obovate, cuneate ; fls.In terminal 

 racemes, the central longest. S. Car. 1 2f. Pod oblong. 



13 B. megacarpa Chapm. Glabrou- slender; Ivs. petioled; Ifts. oval; rac. short 

 and short-stalked; stip. and bracts minute, caducous ; fls. nodding; pod large, globu- 

 lar, and much inflated. Ga. Fla. : rare. 2 3f. Pods If. 



12. THERMOPSIS, R. Br. (Named for its resemblance to the Egyp- 

 tian Lupine L, Thermis.) Vex. roundish, sides reflexed. Sta. persistent. 

 Pod subsessile, linear-oblong, many-seeded. 2| Rhizome creeping, stems 

 with sheathing bracts at base. Leaves 3-foliate. Flowers large, yellow. 



1 T. moll is M. A. Curtis. Pubescent, diffusely branched ; Ifts. obovate-oblong; stip. 



leafy, as long as the petioles ; ped. shorter than calyx. Woods, N. Car. 2f. April. 



2 T. fraxiiiilolia Curt. Smoothisn, slender, branching; petioles longer than the 



stipules ; Ifts. wedge-oblong ; ped. as long as the flower. Mts. Tenn. Car. 2f. May. 



3 T. Caroliiiiiiiia Curt. St. stout, simple ; petioles as long as the ovate clasping 



stipules ; Ifts. obl.-obov. ; fls. on short ped. with decid. bracts. Mts. N. Car. 4f. June. 



13. FABA, Mcench. COFFEE BEAN. Fls. as in Vicia. Seeds oblong, 

 with a long scar (hilum) on the narrower end, and leathery, tumid legumes. 

 (T) Lvs. equally pinnate, with the tendril obsolete (in the following species, 

 Peduncle shorter than the flowers. 



F. VULGAKIS Mcench. St. rigidly erect, with very short axillary racemes ; Ifts. 24, oval, 

 entire ; stipules semisagittate Gardens. From Egypt. 2 3f. Glaucous. 



14. CICER ARIETINUM, the CHICK PEA, rarely cultivated, may ba 

 known by its serrated leaflets, a character quite strange in this Order. 



15. PISUM, L. PEA. (Celtic pis, Lat. pisum, Eng. pea, Fr. pots.) 

 Style dilated above, grooved on the back, villous and stigmatic on the in- 

 ner side. Otherwise as in Lathyrus. Figs. 59, 60, 190. 



P, SATIVUM L. Lfts. ovate, entire, usually 4 ; stip. ovate, semicordate at base, crenate ; 

 ped. several-flowered. Nativity unknown. Many varieties. 



16. LATHYRUS, L. Calyx campanulate, the two upper sepals short- 

 est. Stam. diadelphous (9 and 1). Style flat, dilated above, ascending, 

 bent at a right angle with the ovary, pubescent or villous along the inner 

 side next the free stamen. Pod oblong, several-seeded. ^ ^ Leaves 

 abruptly pinnate, of 1 to several pairs of leaflets. Petioles produced into 

 tendrils. Peduncles axillary. Fig. 497. 



* Native. a Leaflets a single pair. Southern No. 1 



rt Leaflets commonly 3 pairs. Perennial Nos. 2, 3, 4 



a Leaflets commonly 5 pairs. Perennial Nos. 5, 6 



* Exotic. b Leaflets a single pair Nos. 7- 9 



b Leaflets 3 to (5 pairs. (Species of Orobus) Nos. 1012 



1 L. pusilliis Ell. St. winged: Ifts. 2. linear-lanceolate, acute at each end ; stip. con- 



spicuous, lance-falcate, half-sagittate ; ped. long. S. Car. to La. Purple. May. 



2 L. ocliroleucus Hook. St. slender; Ifts. broadly ovate ; stip. semicordate. large ; 



ped. 7-10-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; fls. cream-white. Shades, N. 3f. June. 



