110 PULSE FAMILY. 



38. KENNEDTA. (Named for a distinguished English florist.) Aus- 

 tralian plants, of choice cultivation in conservatories. IJ. 



K. rubiCTinda, is hairy, free-climbing, with 3 ovate leaflets, and 2-4- 

 flowered peduncles, the dark red or crimson flowers over 1' long. 



39. RHTNCHOSIA. (Name from the Greek, means beaked, of no ob- 

 vious application.) Chiefly Southern : fl. summer. 2/ 



B. tomentdsa. Low, soft-downy, in several varieties, erect, spreading, or 

 the taller forms twining more or less, with one or three round or sometimes 

 oblong-oval leaflets, and clusters or racemes of small yellow flowers. Dry sandy 

 soil, from Maryland S. 



R. galaetoides. Bushy-branched, 2° -4° high, not at all disposed to 

 twine, minutely pubescent, with 3 small and rigid oval leaflets, hardly any 

 common petiole, and scattered flowers in the upper axils, the standard reddish 

 outside. Dry sand-ridges, from Alabama S. 



40. PISUM, PEA. (The old Greek and Latin name of the Pea.) ® 



P. sativum, Common Pea. Cult, from the Old "World : smooth and 

 glaucous, with very large leafy stipules, commonly 2 pairs of leaflets, branching 

 tendrils, and peduncles bearing 2 or more large flowers ; corolla white, bluish, 

 purple, or party-colored ; pods rather fleshy. 



41. LATHYRUS, VETCHLING. (Old Greek name.) Some species 

 closely resemble the Pea, others are more like Vetches. Fl. summer. 



# Cult, from Eu., for ornament : stem and petioles wing-margined: leaflets onepair. 



L. odord:tUS, Sweet Pea. Stem more or less roughish-hairy ; leaflets 

 oval or oblong ; flowers 2 or 3 on a long peduncle, sweet-scented, white with 

 the standard rose-color, or purple, with varieties variously colored. ® 



L. latifblius, Everlasting Pea. Smooth, climbing high ; stems broadly 

 winged ; leaflets oval, with parallel veins very conspicuous beneath ; flowers 

 numerous in a long-peduncled raceme, pink-purple, also a. white variety, scent- 

 less. 1). 



* * Native species : stems wingless or merely margined : leaflets 2 — 8 pairs, y, 



L. maritimus. Beach Pea. Sea-shore of New England especially N., 

 and along the Great Lakes : about 1° high, leafy, smooth, with stipules nearly 

 as largo as the 8-16 oval crowded leaflets, and the peduncle bearing 6-10 rather 

 large purple flowers. 



L. vendsus. Shady banks "W. & S. : climbing, with 10-17 more scattered 

 ovate or oblong leaflets, often downy beneath, small and slender stipules, and 

 peduncles bearing many purple flowers. 



L. ochroleucus. Hillsides and banks N. & W. : slender stems l°-3° 

 high ; the leaflets 6-8, glaucous, thin, ovate or oval, larger than the leafy 

 stipules ; peduncles bearing several rather small yellowish-white flowers. 



L. paltistris. Swamps and wet grounds N. & W. : low, l°-2° high, 

 with margined or slightly winged stems, small lanceolate stipules, 4-8 leaflets 

 varying from linear to oblong, and peduncles bearing 3-5 rather small purple 

 flowers. 



Var. myrtifblius, common W. & S., usually appears very distinct, climb- 

 ing 2° - 4° high, with oblong or oval leaflets, larger and more leaf-like upper 

 stipules, and paler flowers. 



42. VICIA, VETCH, TAKE. (The old Latin name of the genus.) 



§ 1. Flowers several or many on a slender peduncle, in spring or summer: pod 

 several-seeded: wild species in low ground, 1° - i° high, y, 

 » Peduncle 4 - S-flowered : plant smooth. 



v. Americ&na. Common N. & W. ; with 10 - 14 oblong and very blunt 

 veiny leaflets, and purplish flowers over ^' long. 



V. acutifdlia. Near the coast S. ; with about 4 linear or oblong leaflets, 

 and small blue or purplish flowers. 



