ORDER 46.—LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 193 
8. PI'SUM. Pea. 
Calyx divisions leaf-like, 2 upper shortest. 
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’vam. Common Garden Pea. Leaflets usually 4, 
ovate, entire. Stipules rather larger than the leaf- 
lets (2-8 long), ovate, half-cordate at base. Flow- 
ers 2 or more on axillary peduncles, large, white. 
Pods 2 or 8’ long, 5-9-seeded. A very valuable 
leguminous plant, all over smooth and glaucous. 
There are many varieties. Sune, (Also, Fig. 443.) 
9. BAPTIS‘IA. Wild Indigo. 
Calyx 4-5-cleft half way. Petals of about 
equal length, somewhat united. Banner roundish, yy) yoy ieee ae 
notched at the end. Stamens 10, distinct, decid-  , the large stipules; p, the 
uous. Pod inflated, many-seeded, raised on a pod; f the flower; 7, the 
stalk in the persistent calyx.—2 Large herbs tendrils on the ebd.ct theleat- 
with leaves palmately 3-foliate or simple. Flowers in racemes. Leaflets 
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 
a Flowers yellow, solitary, or in short racemmes....0 
b Stipules leaf-like, longer than the petioles....2, 8 
b Stipules much shorter, or not longer than the petioles....4, 5 
ce Flower-stalks not longer than the calyx....6, 7 
c Flower-stalks much longer than the calyx. S. Omitted. 
1 B. austra/lis. Austral W. Smooth. Lfts. obovate or oblong. Fils. large. W.S. ¢ 
2 B.leucophe’a. Whitish W. Stipules large, ovate. Racemes nodding. W. 
3 B. villo’sa. Woolly W. Stipules small, lance-linear. Racemes erect. 8. 
4 B, leucantha. Stipules lance-linear, about as long as petioles. W.S. t+ 
5 B.alba. Stipules and bracts minute, early falling off. 8S. 
6 B, lanceola’ta. Leaflets narrow-elliptic. Flowers axillary. S. 
7 B.tincto’ria. Leaflets small, round-obovate. Racemes terminal. Common. 
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