2S8 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Pisum sativum L., van arvense (L.) Poir. (of fields). 

 Field Pea. 



Rare. Waste places: Bridgeport (Eames). July. Fugi- 

 tive from Europe. 



Sometimes grown for forage. 



APIOS Ludwig. Groundnut. Wild Bean. 



Apios tuberosa Moench (bearing tubers). 

 Apios Apios MacM. 

 Groundnut. Wild Bean. 



Occasional to frequent. Moist thickets and near streams. 

 July — Sept. 



The tubers are said to be edible. 



PHASEOLUS L. Kidney Bean. 



Phaseolus polystachyus (L.) BSP. (many-spiked). 

 Phaseolus perennis Walt. 

 Wild Bean. 



Rare. Rocky woods and dry banks : Franklin (R. W. 

 Woodward), New Haven (D. C. Eaton, R. W. Woodward), 

 Huntington (Harger), Norwalk (Miss M. D. Lockwood, G. 

 P. Ells, Bissell). Aug. 



Phaseolus vulgaris L. (common). 

 Common or Kidney Pole Bean. 



Rare. Sometimes occurs as an escape in waste ground. 

 July — Aug. Native of Central and South America. A fugi- 

 tive, not persistent here. 



The var. nanus (L.) Taubert (dwarf), Field or Bush 

 Bean, rarely occurs in similar situations. 



STROPHOSTYLES Ell. 



Strophostyles helvola (L.) Britton (yellowish). 

 Strophostyles angulosa Ell. 

 Trailing Wild Bean. 



Open ground in sandy soil. Common along the coast, be- 

 coming rare or local northward. Aug. — Sept. 



