440 



PEAS ; BEANS, VETCHES, PEANUTS 



others (Fig. 188). The blossoms are borne in the leaf axils in the 

 branches that lie on the ground. The flowers are small, yellow in 



FIELD BEANS AND PEANUTS 



O LIMA. AND OTHER RIPE FIELD BEANS 



ACREAGE. 1919 



FIG. 187*. Distribution of Field Beans and Peanuts, (U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Yearbook, 1921). 



color, each one borne on the end of a short stem. When the blossom 

 has faded, the stem bends downward and begins to elongate, pushing 



FIG. 188. Three stages in development of the peanut: C, the blossom; B, the "peg" just 

 entering the soil; A, the peanut pod. 



the sharp-pointed ovary into the soil. If it is prevented for any 

 reason from entering the soil, the ovary withers and no pod will be 



