Oedeb 46.— leguminous PLANTS. 



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8. PI'SUM. Pea. 



Calyx divisions leaf-like, 2 upper sliortest. 

 Banner large, reflexed. Stamens 10, diadelphous 

 (9 & 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'vom. Gormnon Garden Pea. Leaflets naually 4, 

 ovate, entire. Stipules ratiier larger than the leaf- 

 lets (2-3' long), ovate, hali-oordate at base. Flow- 

 ers 2 or more on axillary peduncles, large, white. 

 Pods 2 or- 8' long, S-9-seeded. A very valuable 

 legiirninons plant, all over smooth and glaucous. 

 There are many varieties. June. (Also, Fig. 448.) 



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. — 2f Large herbs 

 with leaves palmately 3-foliate or simple. Flowers in racemes, 

 mostly oblong, broadest above. Apr. -Sept. 



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

 % Leaves 8-foliate. . . .a Flowers blue, in a few long racemes. . . .1 



a Flowers white, in a few long racemes b 



,1 a Flowers yellow, solitary, or in short racemes . . . .c 



b Stipules leaf-like, longer than the petioles 2, 3 



b Stipules much shorter, or not longer than the petioles 4, 5 



o Flower-Btalks not longer than the calyx .... 6, 7 

 o Flower-stalks much longer than the calyx. S. Omitted. 

 1 B. anstra'Us. Awsbral W. Smooth. Lfts. obovate or oblong. Fls. large. "W. S. t 



2 B. lencophse'a. WJiUiaTh W. Stipules large, ovate. Eacemes nodding, W. 



3 B. villo'sa. WooUy W. , Stipules small, lance-linear. Eaoemes erect. S. 



4 B. leuoantha. Stipules lance-linear, about as long as petioles. W. S. t 



5 B. alba. ' Stipules and bracts minute, early falling off. S. 



6 B. lanceola'ta. Leaflets narrow-elliptic. Flowers axillary. S. 



7 B. tinoto'ria, Leaflets small, round-obovate. Eacemes terminal. Common. 



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Fig. 451. Comtnon Pea: 

 fi, the large stipules; p^ tho 

 pod; f, the flower; t, the 

 tendrils on the eud of the leaf. 



Leaflets 



