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hairy along the inner side. Legumes oblong, several-seeded, 

 2-valved, 1-celled. — Herbaceous mostly climbing plants with 

 abruptly pinnate leaves, and petioles produced into branching 

 tendrils. 



1. L. venosus, Muhl. Veiny Vetclding. 



Stem climbing, square, naked : leaflets 5 to 7 pairs ovate-oblong, obtuse, sub. 

 opposite, mucronate, veined, often downy beneath; stipules very small, semi-sagit- 

 tate peduncles many-flowered. 



Shady banks and low meadows. July, Aug. Per. .Stan 2 to 3 feet long, climbing, 

 mostly smooth. Leaflet* ~\}/ 2 to 2 inches long, variable in width. / 1 dundes many* 

 flowered, about the length of the leaves. Corolla purple. Ley/tones flat and narrow t 



2. L. PALUSTRUS, L. Marsh Vetclding. 



Stem slender, often wing-margined; leaflets 3 to 4 pairs, lanceolate, linear, or- 

 narrow-oblong, mucronate ; stipules semi-sagittate, acute ; peduncles 3 to 5-flowered, 



Low grounds, wet meadows and thickets. June. July. Per. Stem 2 to 3 feet 

 long, square, broadly-winged at the angles, supported by the tendrils. Leaflets 

 variable in width, somewhat coriaceous. Flowers drooping, rather large, variegated: 

 with blue and purple. 



3. L. MYRTIFOLIUS, Muhl. Myrtle-leaved Vetclding. 



Stem slender, weak, square; leaflets 2 to 3 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, acute, mucro-. 

 nate; stipules semi-sagittate, lanceolate,, acuminate; peduncles 3 to 6-fiowered, 

 longer than the leaves. 



River banks and marshy place?. July, Aug. Per. Stem about 3 feet long. 

 Leaflets I to 2 inches long, % as wide. Flowers pale-purple, somewhat resembling 

 L. palustrte, but has a more slender stem, and broader leaflets and stipules. 



4. L. ochroleucus, Hook. Pale Vetclding. 



St< m slender; leaflet* in 3 to 4 pairs, ovate, obtuse, mucronate, reticulate beneath ■ 

 stipules large, half-cordate ; peduncles 4 to 10-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 



Hillsides and banks of streams. June, July. Per. "Whole plant smooth, pale 

 and somewhat glaucous. Stem 1 to 2 feet long, often erect. Leaflets 1 to l]/ 2 inches 

 long,% as wide, larger than the stipules. Peduncles axillary. Flowers large, pals 

 yellow. Legume compressed, smooth. 



CULTIVATED EXOTICS. 



5. L. LATiFOLius, Everlasting Pea. 



Leaflets 2, lanceolate: joints membraneous, winged; peduncles many-flowered. A, 

 very showy perennial plant; native of England. Stem 6 feet long, climbing* 

 winged between the joints. Flowers large, pink, clustered on a peduncle 6 to 10. 

 inches long. 



G. L. onoRATUs, Sweet Pea. 

 Leaflets 2, ovate-oblong; peduncles 2-flowered; legume hirsute. A well known 

 garden annual, native of Sicily. The flowers appear in June, are large sweet 

 scented, varigated with red, purple and white. 



7. L. sativum, Chick Pea. 



Leaflets 2 to 4; peduncles 1-flowercd; legume ovate, compressed, with 2-winged 

 magins at the back. A common annual; native of S. Europe where it has boec. 

 sometimes cultivated for food; but has proved to be a slow poison. 



