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3. PISUM. Linn. Pea. 



Lat. pisum. pea. 



Calxt segments leafy, the 2 upper shortest. Banner 

 large, reflexed. Stamens 9 and 1-diadelphous. Style com- 

 pressed, carinate, villous on the upper side. Legume oblong, 

 tumid, many-seeded. Seeds globose, "with an orbicular 

 hilum. — Herbaceous climling plants, Kith abruptly pinnate 

 leaves, ending with branching tendrils. 



I. P. sativum, L. Common Garden Pea. 

 Zeafets ovate, entire, usually 4; stijniles ovate, semi-cordate at base, cren&te; 

 peduncles several-flowered. A valuable annual garden plant, cultivated from time 

 immemorial, so that its native country is unknown. "Whole plant smooth and 

 glaucous. Stem 2 to 5 feet long climbing by tendrils. Leaflets 2 to 3 inches long, 

 % as wide, obtuse, mucronate. Flowers 2 or more, on axillary peduncles, large, 

 •white. 



4. CICER. Toum. Chick Pea. 



The Latin name for a species of vetch ; applied to this genus. 



Calyx 5-parted, the 4 upper segments incumbent on the 

 vexillum; tube more or less gibbons at base on the upper 

 side. Legume turgid, 2-seeded. Seeds gibbous, mucron- 

 ate. — A cultivated annual, with odd-pinnate leaves, and white 

 solitary or axillary flowers. 



1. C. aiuetinum, L. Coffee Pea. Chick Pea. 

 Leaves edd-pinnate: leaflets cuneate-obovate, serrate; stipules lanceolate, sub- 

 denticulate; calyx slightly gibbous. Cultivated in gardens; the seeds are said to 

 afford a tolerable substitute for coffee. Stem 9 to 18 inches high, branching. 

 Leaflets in 4 to 6 pairs, y 2 inch long, 14 wide, with a terminal odd one. Flotcert 

 white. Legume nearly 1 inch long. Seeds gibbous, in form much resembling » 

 ram's head. 



5. FABA. Tourn. Windsor Bean. 



The Latin name for &.bean; appropriated to this genus. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, 2 upper segments shorter. Style 

 bent at a right angle with the ovary. Stigma villose. Le- 

 gume large, coriaceous, somewhat tumid. Seeds oblong 

 with a teiminal hilum. — Herbaceous plants, apparently without 

 tendrils, and simple, erect, axillary racemes of flowers. 



1. F. vulgaris, Moench. Horse Bean. 



Leaflets 2 to 4, oval, mucronate: stipules semi-sagittate, obliquely ovate. Native 

 ©f Egypt. Cultivated in gardens. Stem rigidly erect, with axillary, many-flowered 

 »»eemee, 1 to 2 feet high. Flwtrs white, with a large black epot on eaeh wing. 

 I*ywmt toruloie. 



