CLASS XVII. ORDER X. 81 



hyfiogaea, (pea-nut) stem procumbent} leaves pin- 

 nate abrupt. O' y- 



B. Stamens in 2 sets ; generally 9 in one set) and 

 1 alone in the other. 



1. Legu?ne many-seeded) stigma fiubescent* 



PisuM. Calyx with the divisions leaf-like, about 

 equal : banner protruding 2 folds : style compress- 

 ed, carinate, villose above : legume without down 

 at the suture. 32. 93 — sativum^ (pea) petioles cy- 

 lindric, stipules rounded at the base and notched. 

 O. w. e. Var. umbellatum, bouquet pea, pedun- 

 cles many-flowered terminal : quadratum, garden 

 pea, fruit cinereous : humile^ dwarf pea, leafets biju- 

 gous. — mariti?numj (sea pea) petioles flattish above, 

 stem angular, stipules somewhat arrow-form. 2/ .w. 



Lathyrus. Calyx with the two upper divisions 

 shorter : style flat, villose above, broader towards 

 the top. (Stem mostly winged, leafets 2 or more 

 terminated by a divided tendril.) 32. 93 — odoratus^ 

 (sweet pea") peduncles 2-flowered, leafets ovate-ob- 

 lon.c'. ^». p. e. — venosus, stem not winged ^ (v). 



ViciA. Calyx emarginate above, 2-toothed ; 

 3 strait long teeth below : banner emarginate ; 

 stigma bearded transversely on the lower side. 32. 

 93 — americana, (wild vetch) peduncles many-flow- 

 ered shorter than the leaves, stipules half-arrow- 

 form. 2/. p — pusilla^ peduncles axillary 1-fiower- 

 ed, leaves about in sixes, stipules half-arrow- form. 

 y. w. — mitchilla^ peduncles many-flowered, leafets 

 about 7-paired retuse-mucronate, legume 2-seeded. 

 w. p. This species was found last summer by- 

 professor Mitchill of New-York, and sent to' the 

 Italian naturalist, C S. Rafinesque ; who, discov- 

 ering it to be a new species, gave it this specific 

 name — sativa, (tare) legumes sessile axillary 

 mostly in pairs, stipules toothed, b-w.— /a^a, (gar- 



