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LEGUMINOS^ 



curved style which bears a number of hairs on its concave side. 

 The fruit is a typical legume (Fig. 37). 



Varieties. — The following are the commoner varieties of 

 field peas : — 



Common Grey Field Pea. — A prolific late variety suited to 

 light chalky soils. The ' straw ' is liable to be long and on good 

 soils becomes ' laid ' before the pods and seeds are ripe. 



Fig. 127. — I. Flower of a field pea. 2. Section of same ; f* standard' ; w ' wing,' 

 and k 'keel' petals respectively. 3. Andrcecium ; / united filaments of nine 

 stamens ; _/" filament of single free stamen ; j stigma of gynaecium. 4. The 

 gynaecium ; o ovary, 5 style with hairy stigma. 



The legumes are almost cylindrical, and contain from six to 

 eight dun-grey or bluish-green self-coloured seeds. 



This kind is sometimes grown in mixture with Scotch horse 

 beans, which act as supports for the peas. 



Early Grey Warwick. — This is a rapid grower, and adapted 

 to late districts where the soil is in rich condition. It has dun- 

 coloured seeds spotted with purple. 



