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214. Vines with compound leaves. (ISIos. 215-241.) 



Flowers not pea-like no. 235 



Flowers pea-like (see Figs. 218-233) .... Pea Family no. 215 



215. PEA FAMILY. FABACEAE. (Nos. 216-234.) 

 Mostly herbaceous vines in our area, but woody sometimes, 



as in the garden wistaria, and overwhelmingly so in the 

 tropics, where there are many stout woody pea-like vines that 

 reach the topmost heights of the forest canopy. The leaves 

 are always compound, sometimes with three leaflets, but more 

 often with many. Flowers pea-like, not unlike the sweet pea 

 of gardens, followed by a one-too-many seeded pod (legume) 

 which splits into two parts. See Fig. 233. See also No. 592. 



Plants without tendrils (see Figs. 228-233) no. 227 



Plants with tendrils (see Figs. 218-224) 



Leaf-stalks prominently winged (see Fig. 216) 



Everlasting Pea no. 216 



Leaf-stalks not so winged. 



Flowers yellow or white. 



Leaflets oval, at least Yz in. broad . . Pale Vetchling no. 217 

 Leaflets narrower, scarcely ^ in. broad, oblong. 



Leaflets only i pair, or apparently 2 pairs 



Meadow Pea no. 218 



Leaflets 8-18, not in opposite pairs .Carolina Vetch no. 219 

 Flowers bluish or purple 

 Plant of sea beaches and sand dunes .... Beach Pea no. 220 

 Plants not of the sea beaches 

 Flowers small, scarcely % in. long . . Slender Vetch no. 221 

 Flowers large, usually J/2 in. long or more 



Leaflets strictly in opposite pairs (see Fig. 222) 



Wild Pea no. 222 



Leaflets scattered, scarcely ever in opposite pairs. 



Flowers one or two together, almost stalkless 



Vetch no. 223 



Flowers in stalked clusters 



Flower clusters i-sided (see Fig. 224) 



Cow Vetch no. 224 



Flower clusters not i -sided 



Leaflets 1-2 in. long, stem angled 



Veiny Pea no. 225 



Leaflets smaller, stem not angled 



Purple Vetch no. 226 



216. Everlasting Pea. Lathyrus latifolius. Stem 3 ft., or 

 more, long, weak, prominently winged. Leaflets a single pair, 

 their stalks winged. Flowers purple to white in stalked clus- 



