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^VEILDS ASU USEFUL PLAXT6, 



by the Mexicans, and form tlie basis of the "'"'Liiisen Sonp " of xh-- Ger- 

 mans. It appears from Dr. J. I). Hooker's Xotes. that the ?c--J; nf ibis 

 plant are sometime? called ■• Gram."' in India ; but that name is believed 

 to be more usually applied to the seeds of Cicer. 



12. PI'SUM. ToimKyf. Pea. 



[Tiie Latin i^cme for the common Pea.] 



Calyx-segments foliaceous. the two upper ones shorter. YexUIum large, 

 reflexed. Style compressed, keeled, villous on the upper margin. Le- 

 gume oblong. Seeds numerous, globose, with an orbicular hilum. 

 1. P. SATi'vtrM. L. Leaflets rhombijid-ovate. rather obtuse, mucronate. 

 entire : stipules yery large, ovate, semi-sagittate, crenate-dentate at base ; 

 peduncles 2 or manv-flowc-red : legumes subcarnose. 

 Cultivated Pisum. Pea. Garden-pea. 

 Fr. Pois cuitive. Germ. Gemeine Erbse. Span. Guisante. 



Plant smooth and glaucous, i?''-:' ar.nu?.' . .^vjvi 1 - S --r 4 V.-r.z : faccid. c'.:mbiEg 

 by tendrils. Leafids usually 2 p-^::- ' - - - - - * ' - - ^ ' : -. :h- 



ing : sfipuZes larger than the leaflet- . , - - ; - . :th 



two flowers at summit. CbroIZa wLi: r^i^/X/ i. „l . l ,v- i-^g. 



sub terete. 



Gardens and lots : cultivated. Xative cotmtry unknown. Fl. June -July. J'r. July- 

 August. 



Ohi. Several varieties of this are cultivated i^one or more of them 

 in almost every £"ardeu i. chiefly for the young seeds, or " green peas."" 

 which aflbrd a favorite dish at table. In the Xorthern states, the field 

 cultm-e of Peas (for the mature seo-ds. ' is much attended to : but it is 

 rarely seen in Pennsylvania — or. I believe, south of that. The Sweet 

 Pea 'and the Everlasting Pea. cultivated for ornament, belong to the 

 genus Lathyrus of the same tribe. 



13. TI'CIA. Tournef. Tetch. 



jT-c- anciont Latin name fcr Tetca or Tare.] 



Calyx 5-cleft. or 5-toothed. the two upper teeth shorter. S^yh filiform, 

 bent ; stigma villous. Legume oblong, mostly many-seeded. Seeds 

 with the hilum lateral. 



1. T. SATi'vA, L. Annual : stem simple ; leaflets 5 - T pairs, obovate- 

 oblong to linear, refuse, mucronate ; flowers mostly in pairs, nearly 

 sessUe. 



CcLTiVATED TiciA. Commou Yetch. Tare. 



Stem 1-3 feet long, procumbent or climbing by tendrils. Lea.fiets Jl of an inch to an 

 inch and a half in length. Floioers violet purple, axillary. 

 Cultivated grotmds. Xative of Europe. Jtme - Augtist. 



Ohs. Tills species was formerly much cultivated, and seems still to 

 be highly prized, in Europe, as a fodder for cattle : but in this couiitry 

 it is regarded as a mere weed. 



