Order 46.— LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



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8. PI'SUM. Pea. 



Calyx divisions leaf-like, 2 upper shortest. 

 Banner large, reflexed. Stamens 10,»diadelphous 

 (0 & 1). Style flattened, keel-shaped, bearded on 

 the upper side. Legume oblong, tumid. Seeds 

 globose. — Climbing herbs. Leaves pinnate, end- 

 ing with a branching tendril. 



P sati'vum. Common Garden Pea. Leaflets usually 4. 

 ovate, entire. Stipules rather larger than the leaf- 

 lets (2-3'' long), ovate, half-cordate at base. Flow- 

 ers 2 or more on axillary peduncles, large, white. 

 Pods 2 or S' long, 5-9-seeded. A very valuable 

 leguminous plant, all over smooth and glaucous. 

 There are many varieties. June. (Also, Fig. 443.) 



9. BAPTIS'IA. Wild Indigo. 



Calyx 4-5-cleft half way. Petals of about 

 equal length, somewhat united. Banner roundish, 

 notched at the end. Stamens 10, distinct, decid- 

 uous. Pod inflated, many-seeded, raised on a 

 stalk in the persistent calyx. — if Large herbs 

 with leaves palmately 3-foliate or simple. Flowers in racemes 

 mostly oblong, broadest above. Apr.-Sept. 



§ Leaves simple. Flowers yellow. (3 species far South, omitted.) 



§ Leaves 3-foliate a Flowers blue, in a few long racemes 1 



a Flowers white, in a few long racemes b 



a Flowers yellow, solitary, or in short racemes c 



b Stipules leaf-like, longer than the petioles 2, 3 



b Stipules much shorter, or not longer than the petioles 4, 5 



c Flower-stalks not longer than the calyx 6, 7 



c Flower-Stalks much longer than the calyx. S. Omitted. 

 1 B, austra'lis. Austral W. Smooth. Lfts. obovate or oblong. Fls. large. W. S. f 



2 B. leucophze'a. Whitish W. Stipules large, ovate. Kacemes nodding. VV. 



3 B. villo'sa. Woolly W. Stipules small, lance-linear. Kacemes erect. S. 

 B. leucantha. Stipules lance-linear, about as long as petioles. W. S. t 



B. alba. Stipules and bracts minute, early falling oft'. S. 



6 B. lanceola'ta. Leaflets narrow-elliptic. Flowers axillary, S. 



7 B tincto'ria. Leaflets snjall, round-obovatc. Kacemes terminal. Common. 



Fi^. 451. Coininon Pea: 

 s, the large stipules; p, the 

 pod; / the flower; t, tho 

 tendrils on the end of the leaf. 



Leaflets 



