ORDEB 46. LEGUillNOS^E. 321 



RHTNCHOSIA. proper. Calyx segments subulate, the lower much the longest, shorter 



than the corolla. Fls. in slender racemes No. 1 



ARCYPHYLLTTM, Ell. Calyx persistent, leafy, segments nearly equal, as long as the 



corolla. Lvs. coriaceous, rugose. Fls. fascicled or racemed Nos. 2 4 



PITCHERIA, Nutt. Calyx segments lance-subulate, the upper rather the longer, shorter 



than the corolla. Fls. axillary, subsolitary No. 5 



1 R. minima DC. Scrambling, puberulent; Ifts. membranous, rhomboidal, acute 

 with a large angle; rac. much longer than the Ivs., about 12-flowered; fls. small, 

 remote, reflexed. Along rivers, S. Car. to Fla. and La. A delicate vine, several 

 feet in length. Lfts. not rugose, 6 to 9" square, petiole hardly I' long. Rac. 

 axillary, about 6' long. Pods ' long, mucronate. 



2 R. volubilis. Twining, pubescent ; Ivs. 3-foliate, Ifts. broadly oval or orbicu- 

 lar, somewhat rhomboidal, obtuse or acute; rac. few (3 to 10)-flowered, peduncu- 

 late; caL segm. ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate. Dry woods, Ga. (Miss KeerJ), to 

 La, (Hale). Sts. 2 to 4f long, square, especially downy on the angles. Lower 

 Ivs. sometimes ? monophyllus ; Ifts. smaller than in No. 3. Sep. becoming quite 

 large in fruit. (R. difformis DC. and R. latifolia Nutt.) 



3 R. simplicifolia. Dwarfish, pubescent, erect; Ivs. reduced to a single leaflet 

 orbicular or reniform, obtuse. Dry sandy woods, S. Car. to Fla. and La. St- 

 angular, 1 to 3' high. Lvs. 1 to 2' broad,' very veiny and rugous. Fls. small, 

 in one or more dense tufts. Pods ovate-oblong, 7" in length. Apr., May. (R. 

 tomentosa, a. T. & G.) 



4 R. erecta DC. Tall, erect, velvety-pubescent; Ivs. 3-foliate, Ifts. elliptic or 

 oval, acute, terminal one sometimes roundish ; fls. fascicled or racemed, axillary 

 and terminal; cal. segm. parted almost to the base, lance-ovate to lance- linear. 

 Dry soils, Md. to Fla. Sts. about 6-angied, 2 5f high. The lowest leaf or Ivs. 

 sometimes monophyllous. Lfts. about as large as in No. 3. Rac. 1 to 3' long. 

 (3 to 7' E1L in Glycine mollissima.) The leaflets are sometimes strikingly varie- 

 gated with lines of black dots along the veins above. (R. tomentosa, var. Tor. & 

 Gr. G. tomentosa, var. MX. 



5 R. galactoides. Erect, rigid, with many simple, angular, pubescent branches; 

 Ivs. trifoliate, Ifts. (small) coriaceous, elliptic or oval, margins reflexed, under sur- 

 face with numerous resinous atoms ; pedicels about equaling the petioles, half as 

 long as the fls. Ala. and W. Fla. Sts. 2 to 3f high. Lfts. 6 to 9" by 3 to 6' , 

 those of the virgate branches much smaller. Fls. yellow. 



48. PH ASE X OLUS, L. KIDNEY BEAN. (Lat. phaselus, a little boat ; 

 from the form of the pods.) Calyx subbilabiate, upper lip 2-toothed, 

 lower 3-toothed ; keel with the stamens and style spirally twisted ; 

 legume compressed and falcate, or cylindric, many-seeded ; seeds com- 

 pressed, reniform. Herbaceous, twining or trailing. Lvs. pinnately 

 trifoliate ; Ifts. stipellate. 



Native species Fls. racemed. Pods falcate No. 1 



Fls. 1 or few in a head. Pods straight Nos. 2 4 



Exotic. Steins climbing Nos. 57 



Stems erect, bushy No. 8 



1 P. perennis Walt. WILD BEAN VINE. Twining, pubescent ; rac. paniculate, 

 mostly in pairs, axillary; Ifts. ovate, acuminate, 8 -veined ; leg. pendulous, fal- 

 cate, broud-mucronate. 1$. A slender, twining vine, in dry woods, Can. and U. 

 S., common. St. 4 to 7f long, somewhat branching. Lfts. H to 3^' long, f- 

 to equal width ; terminal one often subcordate, lateral ones unequally enlarged 

 at base outside, under surface scabrous. Rac. 1 to 3 together. 6 to 12' long, 

 loose, often unfruitful Cor. purple and violet. Leg. about 2' long, ^ / wide, with 

 compressed, reniform, dark purple seeds. Jl., Aug. 



2 P. diversifolius Pera St. prostrate, diffuse, scabrous with recurved hairs ; 

 Ifts. angular, 2 to 3-lobed cr entire; ped. longer than the leaf few-flowered, 

 lower tooth of the calyx longer than the tube ; leg. pubescent, broadly-linear, 

 cylindric. % A creeping or climbing plant, 3 to 5f long, on sandy shores and 

 prairies, Can, and TJ. S. Lfts. 1 to 2' long, f as wide, with scattered hairs 

 beneath, often variously and very obtusely lobed. Ped. 2 to 8-flowered, 3 to 6' 

 long. Cor. purplish. Leg. becomes black when ripe, 5 to 7 -seeded, Aug. Oct. 



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