VINES AX I) SHRUBS 



Pea Vine 

 7. americana. — Color, purplish. This fblUers, 



rather large, in the raceme, which ia shorter than tl i 

 straggling. Leaves, 5 to 7 pain ended by long tendrils, with 

 stipules nearly \ inch broad and sharply toothed. M 

 gust. 



Wet soil, as river-banks, from Virginia and Kentucky 

 northward. Pound 3,500 feel high in Virginia. 



Groundnut. Wild Bean 



Apios tuberosa (name means " a pear," from the shape of the 

 tubers). — Family, Pulse. Co lor, brownish purple. Calyx, slightly 

 2-lipped, the 2 upper teeth short, the 2 lateral Ones near: 

 visible, the lower one long. ( 'oroUa, papilkm ceous, with a br 

 turned-back standard and scythe-- h d keei. Flowers, in short, 

 thick racemes, on axillary peduncles, pleasantly vioL-t-scented. 

 Leaves, divided into 3 to 7 long, narrow leaflets, with small stipules 

 Leaves much ' »nger than the raceme of flowers. Stems, slender, 

 somewhat hairy, with a little milky juice, climbing and massing 

 over bushes. Podo produce kidney-shaped beans variously 

 prettily marked and colored. July to September. 



This plant bears strings of underground, edible tubers. 

 joined by offshoots. It is of prolific growth, found in low. 

 wet grounds and moist thickets ff mi New England t<> Florida 

 and westward. 



Wild Bean. Bean Vine. Kidney Bean 



Phaseolus polystachyus. — Fa mily, Pulse. Color, purple. Calyx, 

 5-toothed, the 2 Upper divisions somewhat United. Corolla, 

 papilionaceous, with a spirally coiled keel including the stamens 

 and style. Pod, long, curved, 4 to 5-seeded, tipped with the 

 base of the style. Leaves, 3-foliate, with roundish to ovate, 

 pointed leaflets, 2 to 4 inches long. July to September. 



Flowers in short or long racemes, often crowded < )ne of 

 our prettiest climbers, overtopping shrubs and stout herbs. 

 displaying handsome (lowers and graceful leaves, making 



many rough and bare spots soft and beautiful. Roadsides, 



thickets, etc., from Connect ieut to Illinois, southward to 



Florida. 



The garden kidney < >r st ring-bean. P. Vulgaris, was pn »bably 

 imported from South America by Spanish slave-traders. 



Prom before the time when Daniel and his three friends 



begged for a died of pulse (beans) in exchange for the ki: 



table, this vegetable has been esteemed a valuable food. 



