ORDER 47. ROSEWORTS. 201 



6 L, mari'timus. Beach Pea. Stipules large, lialf-has'ate. Shores. 



7 L. veno'sus. Stipules email, half-sagittate. Purple. Shady banks. 



13. VIC'IA. Vetch. 



Style filiform, bent, bearded all around at the upper end beneath the 

 stigma. Pods 2-oo - seeded. Seeds round. Leaflets ending in a tendrfl. 



* Peduncle 1-2 flowered, shorter (in flower) than the leaves Nos. 1, 2. 



* Peduncle 4-8-flowered. Stipules deeply toothed. Leaflets 10-14. . .No. 3. 



* Peduncle 3-20-flowered. Stipules entire, small. Flowers bluish. ...Nos. 4, 5, 6. 



1 V. sati'va. Velch, Tares. Leaflets 10-14, notched at end. Flowers purple, large 



2 V. tetrasper'ma. Four-seeded V. Leaflets 8-12, obtuse. Fls. whitish. Pod 4-seeded 



3 V. America'na. Leaflets very obtuse. Flowers purplish, 8 or 9" long. 



4 V. Oarolinia'na. Leaflets 12-16, linear-oblong, obtuse. Flowers email, scattered. 



5 V. Oracca. Downy. Leaflets 20-24, acute, mucronate. Flowers small, close 

 li V. hirsu'ta. Hairy. Leaflets 12-16, truncate. Pods hairy, 2-seeded. 



ORDER XL VII. ROSACES. Roseworts. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs with stipules mostly, and alternate leaves ; with 

 flowers regular, commonly showy, perfect, and polyandrous ; with 

 5 sepals united at base, often supported by as many bractlets outside ; 

 5 petals (rarely 0), which are perigynous as well as the stamens ; 

 I -ao pistils, which are distinct, or sometimes united and adhering to the 

 calyx tube; fruit various; seeds with no albumen. 



