(A) Ground Nut; Wild Bean (Apios tuberosa) is 
an exceedingly beautiful climbing vine,, attaining lengths 
of four or five feet, crawling over walls or fences, or 
twisting itself about shrubs or other plants. Its pear- 
shaped, tuberous root is edible, as every country boy , 
knows. 
The leaves of the Ground Nut are compounded of 
five, or sometimes seven, ovate-pointed leaflets; they are 
toothless, smooth and light green. The flowers grow in 
dense, rounded clusters on slender stalks from between 
the angles of the leaves and the plant stem, and are 
maroon or lilac-brown. We find Ground Nut in bloom 
during August and September in damp ground, usually 
on the borders of swamps or wet meadows, from N. B. 
to Minn, and southwards to the Gulf. 
(B) Wild or Hog Peanut (Amphicarpa monoica) is 
a dainty, trailing vine 2 to 7 feet long. The delicate, 
light green leaves are thrice compounded, on slender 
stems from the angles of which are small, drooping clus¬ 
ters of magenta-lilac blossoms. Other fruitful blossoms 
at the base of the plant develop into pear-shaped pods 
with single large seeds. 
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