Pea family
Leguminosae
Poo-er-ray’ri-a. A genus of Asiatic and East Indian rapid-growing vines, related to Canavalia .
Description
Leaves compound, with 3 leaflets. Flowers blue or purple, pea-shaped, borne in racemes in leaf axils.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
Loo-pine’us. Lupine . A genus of many species found in North America, South America, and around the Mediterranean; all annuals or perennials except for a tree.
Description
Herbaceous stems, with leaves compound and finger-shaped. Flowers pealike, produced in dense terminal racemes.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
My-mo’sa. An immense genus of 400-500 species of mostly tropical American herbs, shrubs, and trees, only 2 much cultivated in the U.S.
Description
Leaves alternate, twice-compound, the leaflets numerous, usually very small, arranged feather-fashion. Flowers small, more or less tubular, in dense, ball-like clusters. Stamens protruding.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
Fa-see’o-lus. Twenty species of mostly tropical herbs, including important beans grown for food or forage. The species below grown for ornament.
Description
Chiefly twining plants with compound leaves, mostly with 3 leaflets. Flowers pealike, but the keel coiled, variously colored. Fruit a somewhat flattened or cylindrical pod, edible itself or grown for its highly nutritious seeds.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
Loo-pine’us. Lupine . A genus of many species found in North America, South America, and around the Mediterranean; all annuals or perennials except for a tree.
Description
Herbaceous stems, with leaves compound and finger-shaped. Flowers pealike, produced in dense terminal racemes.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
Hed-i-sar’rum. A large genus of chiefly Old World herbs, perhaps a dozen of its 150 species found in North America.
Description
Herbs or subshrubs with compound leaves, the leaflets arranged feather-fashion with an odd one at the tip. Flowers small, pealike, mostly in showy racemes.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
Cash’i-a. An immense genus of perhaps 500 species of herbs, shrubs, and mostly tropical trees, with a few herbs grown in the temperate zone.
Description
They have compound leaves, the leaflets arranged feather-fashion and without an odd one at the end. Flowers very nearly regular, but one of the clawed petals often a little larger than the other 4.
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Pea family
Leguminosae
La’thi-russ. An important group of over 100 species chiefly from the north temperate zone, several widely grown for ornament.
Description
Most cultivated species are tendril-bearing, vinelike plants, usually with winged or angled stems. Leaves alternate, compound, the leaflets usually few. Flowers typically pealike, often showy, especially in the cultivated strains of the Sweet Pea. Fruit a flattish pod.
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