304 Obdbe 46.— LEGUMINOS^. 



bent at a right angle -with the ovary, pubescent or villous along the in- 

 side next the free stamen ; legume oblong, several-seeded.— -Herbaceous, 

 mostly climbing. Lvs. abruptly pinnate, of 1 to several pairs of leaflets. 

 Petioles produced iuto tendrils. Pods axillary. 



^leaflets a single pair Southern, No. 1 Exotic, Nos, ^| 



* Leaflets commonly tlirec pairs. Perennial ^^^' *' ^ 



* Leaflets commonly 5 pairs. Perennial jMos. 4, 5 



1 L. pusillus Ell. St. winged ; Ifts. 2, linear-lanceolate, acute at each end ; stip. 

 conspicuous, lance-falcate, half-sagittate ; ped. long, 1 to 3-flowered. — S. Car. to 

 La. A weak, scrambling vine. Lfts. IJ to 2' long, 4 to 6" wide; stip. about a 

 third as long. Tendrils branching. Els. purple. Leg. linear-oblong, 15 to 20- 

 aeeded. Apr., May. 



2 L. oohroleiicus Hook. St. slender; lfts. about 3 pairs, broadly ovate ; stip. 

 semi-cordate, large ; ped. 1 to W-flowered, shorter thorn the leaves. — A small, delioate 

 species, rare, in shady places and on river banks, N. J. to Wise., N". to Arc. 

 circle. St. 2 to 3f long, leaning or climbing on other plants. Lfts. 1 to 1^ long, 

 f as wide, twice larger than the stipules. Corolla yellowish-white (oohroleucous). 

 Jn., Jl. (L. glauoifolius. Beck.) 



3 L. paWstris L. St. winged; stip. semi-sagittate, ovate, mucronate; lfts. 2 or 

 3 pairs, oblong-ovate, mucronate ; ped. 3 to 5-flowered, longer than the leaves, — 

 A slender climber, found in wet meadows and thickets, N. Eng. to Or. St. 

 slender, square, broadly winged at the angles, supported by the tendrils. Lvs, 

 pinnate-cirrhous ; lfts. broad, or narrow-ovate. Els. drooping, rather large, vari& 

 gated with blue and purple. Jn., Jl. 



/3. MYETiFOLius Gray. St. square, often slightly winged, weak ; lfts. oblong- 

 lanceolate, rather obtuse. — Can. to Md. and Ind. Els. pale purple. (L. 

 myrtifoliua Muhl.) 



4 Ii. venosus Muhl. St. 4-angled; stip. semi-sagittate, lanceolate, very smaU 

 ped. 8 to 16-flowered, shorter than the leaves; l/ts. 4, to 1 pairs, somewhaj; alter- 

 nate, obtusish, mucronate. — In shady grounds, Can. and TJ. S. St. erect, 2 to 3f 

 high, mostly smooth. Ped. axillary, 3 to 5' long. Lfts. ovate, IJ to 2' by 1', 

 the veins conspicuous. Els. rather large and showy, purple. Leg. flat and 

 narrow. Jn., JL 



5 L. marftimus Bw. Beach Pea. St. 4-angled, compressed; petioles flat 

 above ; stip. cordate-hastate, nearly as large as the S to 12 ovate leaflets ; ped. many- 

 flowered. — A pale green creeping plant, resembling the common pea, found on 

 sandy shores, N. Y. to Lab., W. to Greg. St. rigid, 1 to 2f in length. Stip. con- 

 nate. Lvs. ending in a branching tendril, the lower pairs of leaflets largest. 

 Els. large, blue. May — Jl. (Pisum maritimum Ph.) 



6 L. latifoliua L. Eveelasting Pea. Ped. many-flxiwered ; lfts. 2, lanceo- 

 late; Joints membranous, winged. — 11 A very showy plant for gai'dens and 

 arbors, native of England. St. 6f long, climbing, winged between the joints. 

 Fla. large, pink, clustered on a peduncle 6 to 10' iu length. Jl., Aug. 



7 L. odordtus L. Sweet Pea. Ped. 2-flowered; lfts. 2, ovate-oblong; leg. 

 hirsute. — (J) A well known garden flower, native of Sicily. The flowers appear 

 in June, are large, variegated with red and white. Tery fragrant. 



8 L. sativus L. Chick Pea. Ped. 1-flowered; lfts. 2 to 4; leg. ovate; com- 

 pressed, with two winged margins at the back. — Q Native of S. Europe, where it 

 has been sometimes cultivated for food ; but it proves to be a slow poison, both 

 to man and beast, producing ultimately entire helplessness, by rendering the 

 limbs rigid, but without pain. 



16. VIC'IA, L. Vetch. (Celtic ffwig, whence, Gr. PiKiov, Lat. vicia, 

 Fr. vesce, and Eng. vetch.) Calyx tubular, with the 3 inferior segments 

 straight, and longer than the 2 above ; vexillum emarginate ; stamens 

 10, diadelphous (9 and 1) ; style filiform, bent at right angles with the 

 ovary, villous beneath the stigma on the outside (next the keel) ; legume 

 oblong, several-seeded. — Herbaceous, mostly climbing. Lvs. abruptly 



