82 leguminos^. 



6. P. MULTiFLonus, L. Scarlet Pole Bean. 



Stem twining; leaflets orate, acute; raceme solitary, as long as the leaves; calyx 

 longer than the 2 oppressed hractfl at base; legume pendulous; seeds kidney-shaped. 

 Annual. Native of S. America. Fl/rwers scarlet, numerous, and very brilliant. 



7. P, kan us, L. Bush Bean. 



Stem smooth, very branching, erect; leaflets broad-ovate, acute; calyx shorter 

 than its 2 bracts at base; legume pendulous, compressed, rugose Annual. Native 

 of India. Stem 1 foot high. Flowers white. Seeds white, small. Much cultivated. 



7. APIOS. Boerb. Ground-nut. 



Gr. apios, a pear ; in allusion to the form of its tuberous roots. 



Calyx companulate, obscurely 2-lipped • tbe upper lip of 

 2 sbort rounded teetb. Standard very broad, with a longi- 

 tudinal fold in tbe centre, reflexed. Keel long, falcate, and 

 with tbe stamens and style at length spirally twisted. Le- 

 gume straight or slightly curved, rounded, many-seeded. — 

 A perennial twining herb, with pleasant tasted tubers on 'under- 

 ground shoots, pinnately 5 to 7 foliate leaves and dense, short, 

 often branching racemes of flowers on hnotty peduncles. 



1. A. tuberosa, Mocnch. Ground-nut. 



Stem twining; leaflets 5 to 7, ovate-lanceolate; raceme shorter than the leaves. 



Low grounds, thickets and shady woods. July, August. Boot producing oral 

 tubers about }/ 2 inch in diameter, very nutritious. Flowers in short oval racemes, 

 purple and brown, fragrant. 



8. GALACTIA. P. Brown. Milk Pea. 



Gr. gala, milk; in allusion to the juice of some of the species. 



Calyx 4-cleft, equal, tbe upper lobe broadest. Keel 

 scarcely incurved. Standard incumbent, broad. Legumes 

 compressed, linear, many-seeded. — Low mostly prostrate or 

 twining perennials, with pinnately trifoliate stipellate leaves, 

 and axillary racemes of flowers. 



1. G. GLABELLA, Michx. Smooth Milh Pea. 



Stem nearly smooth, prostrate, somewhat twining ; leaflets elliptical or ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse or notched, sometimes slightly hairy beneath; racemes axillary, 

 simple, few-flowered, on peduncles as long as the leaves; calyx smooth; legume 

 pubescent. 



Sandy woods. July, Aug. Root fusiform. Stem 2 to 4 feet long. Leaflet* 1 to 

 V/ 2 inches long by % to 1 inch wide, varying in form from elliptic through oblong 

 to ovate. Flowers rather large, reddish-purple, greenish externally. 



2. G. mollis, Michx. Soft Milk Pea. 



Stem twining, softly villous; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, nearly 6mooth above, 

 aoftly vjllosc and whitish beneath ; racemes longer than the leaves, pedunculate ; 

 $fiyx acuminate villous, legume compressed, villous, 



