112 ANGIOSPERMyE. 



Retti (ur Rati), the original of tlie word Curat. Used in making 

 rosaries or prayer-beads ; hence tlie specific name. Ind. ; naturalized 

 in all the tropics. 2. Pisum, Pjsa; tendril branched; stipule large, 

 leafy ; fls. large, white or purple ; sds. globose. 2 spec. P. sativum. 

 Garden P. Bushy or climbing, 6°-8°. Pod, Fig. 5, 6, and Fig. 

 197, A; Emb., Fig. 7, A. Many varieties. S.Eur. 3. L4thyrus, near 

 last; prostrate or climbing; many spec, both worlds. L. paluatris, 

 fls. purple ; L. ochroleucus, fls. yellow ; 2°-3° high ; N. and W., U. S. 

 L. vendsus, 2°-4° high; st. 4-angled ; Ifts. 10-17; fls. purple, large. 

 W. and S., U. S. L. syivestris, WooD-P. ; st. wing-margined; Ifts. 

 2 ; fls. red-purple. Eur. Var. latif alius, Everlasting P. of gar- 

 dens ; fls. lai'ger, colors showier. L. odordtus. Sweet P. Similar to 

 last, but hairy, Q ; fls. fragrant, of various colors. Sicily. Fl.-organs, 

 Fig. 167, A. L. Aphdca, Q ; Ifts. reduced to a tendril between 2 

 stipules; fls. yellow; L. Nissolia, Q; Ifts. 0, stip. 0; If -stalk flat^ 

 tened, grass-like; fl. solitary, red; Eur. 4. Lens {6rvum). Lvs. 

 pinnate, usually tendrilled. Few spec. Best known Lens escuUnta 

 (^rvum Lens), Lentil ; 1J° high; Ifts 8-10, fls. pale blue, in 2s and 

 3s, pod nearly as broad as long, 1-2-seeded, sds. large, flat, lenticular. 

 One of the first food-plants used by man ; Esau's " mess of pottage." 

 Asia. 5. Vicia, Vetch ; weak, usually climbing ; near Brvum. Many 

 spec, both worlds. V. amcricama, N. and W. V. acwiifoKa, S., U. S. ; 

 l°-4° high ; fls. purple. V. satlva. Vetch, Tare ; fls. violet, solitary 

 or in 2s ; forage plant. Eur. 6. Faba vulgaris, only spec. ( Vicia Fdba 

 of some hot.). Common Bean; erect, l°-2° high; Ifts. 2-6, tendril 

 reduced to a point ; fls. large, white, with a black spot, clustered, very 

 fragrant^ Persia, but cultivated everywhere; the proud Roman Fabii 

 got their name from their success in bean-culture. Fig. 195. 7. Cicer. 

 7-15 spec, herbs, undershrubs, tendrilled or imparipinnate ; pods 

 swollen, 2-3-seeded, sds. irreg. in form. S. and E. Eur. ; W. Asia; 

 Abyssinia. C. ariethium, Chick-P. ; 0; 9'-20' high; with gland- 

 ular hairs. Containing oxalic acid. Lvs, imparipinnate ; fls. white or 

 rose; pod 1-2-seeded. Sds. large, shaped like a ram's hd. S. Eur., 

 Ind. Widely cultivated for the sds. as well as the acid. 



Tribe 6. Habits of Tribe 4, but pod indehisc, 1-2-several-seeded. 

 1. Lespedeza, Bush-Clovbk. Herbs, shrubs, undershrubs. Many 

 sliowy spec, both worlds ; chiefly in Am. Lvs. 3-foliolate, rarely 1- 

 foliolate or entire. Pod 1-seeded. L. capitdta, L. hirtn, 2°-4'' high, 

 St. simple, fls. white, capitate or spicate ; L. violdcea, bushy, fls. of 2 

 kinds, apetalous fls. most fertile, sessile ; petalous fls. in open panicles ; 

 these are N. Am. spec. L. striata (stip. striate) ; 3'-10' high, branchy, 

 spreading, fls. small, purplish ; China, Japan ; introduced in some un- 

 known "Way into S. Atlantic States, U. S., where it is a wide-spread, 

 valuable forage-plant. 2. Onobrychis, Sainfoin. Many fine ."ipec. 

 Old World ; suited for rock-work and borders ; fls. showy. Pod 1- 

 seeded. S. saiiva, l°-2° high ; lvs. imparipinnate ; Ifts. numerous, 

 fls. pink. Forage-plant, Eur. 3. Hedysarum ; similar to 2, but 

 loment as in 4 Many flne spec, Eur., N. Af., N. Asia. H. coro- 

 ndrium, showy, Eur. Loment, Fig. 197, B, C. 4. Chapminnia_/?ori- 

 ddna, 2°-3° high, slender; lvs. 3-7-foliolate ; fls. yellow, racemed; 

 loment 1-3-jointed. E Fla S, Desmodium, Bkgoar's 'Ticks. So 

 called from the separable joints (2-6) of thejoment, which are round, 

 flat, prickly, resembling ticks (Ixddidaj). Herbs, shrubs, or small 



