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Calyx campanulate, 2-lipped, subequally B-toothed. Corolla exserted, the 

 standard very broad, the keel shorter than the wings. Stamens diadel- 

 phous, the mouth of the tube truncate. Ovary many-ovuled; style thick, 

 compressed. Pods strongly inflated, the valves rather thin. Seeds several, 

 globose. (From the ancient Greek name.) 



Species 6 in Europe and Asia, a single cultivated one in the Philippines. 



* 1. P. SATIVUM L. Chicharo (Sp.) ; Pea. 



An ascending, somewhat glaucous, glabrous, annual plant 0.5 m high or 

 less. Leaves alternate, ending in branched tendrils; leaflets 4 or 6, oblong 

 or elliptic-oblong, blunt or apiculate, 1.5 t^ 2.5 cm long, the stipules larger 

 than the leaflets, obliquely oblong or ovate, up to 3 cm long, base denticulate, 

 rounded and half -clasping the stem. Flowers white, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Pods 

 inflated, 4 to 8 cm long. 



Grown frorti imported seed for the local market, fl. Dec- Apr. A native 

 of Europe, now cultivated in all temperate and some tropical countries. 



38. A BR US Linnaeus 



Slender, climbing, somewhat woody vines with odd-pinnate leaves. Leaf- 

 lets small, numerous. Racemes rather dense, peduncled, axillary, njany- 

 flowered. Flowers small, pink or purplish. Calyx-teeth short. Standard 

 ovate, below adhering to. the staminal-tube; wings narrow; keel arched. 

 Stamens 9, the filaments united in a tube which is slit above, the 10th 

 wanting. Ovary many-ovuled, style short. Pod oblong, flat or turgid; 

 seeds black or black and red. (Greek "elegant," in allusion to the shining 

 red and black seeds.) 



Species about 5, cosmopolitan in the tropics, 2 in the Philippines. 



Pods oblong, turgid, 2.5 to 5 cm long, 3- to 6-seeded, the seeds red and black. 



1. A. precatorius 

 Pod ^a^rowly-oblong, thin, flat, 6 to 8 cm long, 6- to 12-seeded, the seeds black. 



2. A. laevigatus 



1. A. precatorius L. Saga, Saga-saga (Tag.). 



A slender, scandent, branched, annual vine reaching a length of 9 m or 

 less, sparingly pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 to 10 cm long. 

 Leaflets 20 to 40, oblong, mucronate, thin, 1 to 3 cm long. Racemes axillary, 

 usually shorter than the leaves. Flowers numerous, often crowded, pink 

 to pale-purple or salmon, about 1 cm long. Pods oblong, turgid, 2.5 

 to 5 cm long, about 1.5 cm wide. Seeds 3 to 5, shining, 6 mm long, half 

 black, half scarleti (Fl. Filip. pi. 156.) 



In thickets, occasional, fl. Aug.-Apr.; common and widely distributed 

 in the Philippines, possibly introduced. Tropics generally. 



2. A. laevigatus E. Mey. (A. pulchellus'Wa.ll.). 



A slender twining vine reaching a height of 1.5 to 3 m. Leaves 5 to 10 

 cm long, the leaflets 8 to 16 pairs, oblong, rounded, apiculate, 1 to 2.5 cm 

 long, slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers numerous, pink, 7 to 8 mm long. 

 Pod 'thin, flat, smooth, somewhat curved, 6 to 8 cm long. Seeds 6 to 12, 



In thickets, San Pedro Macati, fl. Oct.-Dec; widely distributed in the 

 Philippines. India to Africa and Malaya. 



