64 P^llse (Leguminbsce). [No. 7 



Fig. 32. — Beach-Pea. L. maHtimus, Big. 



Flowers, purple or blue, three quarters inch in length, in 

 clusters of six to ten blossoms. Cluster-stems, rather 

 shorter than the leaves. May and July. 



Leaflets, three to five pairs (oftenest five), with the lower 

 pairs largest, one to two inches long, thick, egg-shape 

 to oval. Stipules, nearly as large as the leaflets, 

 united, broad egg-shape, at the base heart-shaped, 

 with one lobe larger than the other, and oftenest 

 coarsely toothed. 



Pod, several-seeded. 



Found, along the sea-shore from New Jersey to the Arctic 

 Ocean, and on the lakes. 



A stout creeper, smooth or nearly so, with a four- 

 angled stem, one to two feet in length, resembling the 

 pea-vine of the gardens. 



Fig. 33. — Yellow-White Vetchling. L. ochroleiicus, Hook. 



Flowers, yellowish-white, in clusters of seven to ten blos- 

 soms. Cluster-stems, shorter than the leaves. June, 

 July. 



Leaflets, three to five pairs (oftenest three), one to one and 

 a half inches long, thin, egg-shape to oval. Stipules, 

 half heart-shape, often half the size of the leaflets. 



Pod, several-seeded. 



Found, from New Jersey to Iowa, and northward to the 

 Arctic Circle. 



A slender-stemmed climbing vine, smooth or nearly so, 

 one to three feet in length. Rare. 



