ORDKII 40. LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 



8. PI'SUM. Pea. 



Calyx divisions leaf-like, 2 upper shortest. 

 Banner large, re flexed. 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 8' long, 5-9-seeded. A very valuable 

 leguminoi** 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. y Large herbs 

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

 mostly oblong, broadest above. Apr. -Sept. 



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



S 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. . . . 

 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 8, 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 



2 B. leucophae'a. Whitish W. Stipules large, ovate. Eacemes nodding. 



3 B. villo'sa. Woolly W. Stipules small, lance-linear. -> Racemes erect. I: 

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



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 small, round-obovatc. Racemes terminal. C 



Fly. 451 Common Pea: 

 , the large stipule*; p. ib* 

 pod; / the flower; <, the 

 tendriVs on thfi end of the loaf 



Leaflet* 



