. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 50. PEA FAMILY. 425 I. Vigna sinensis (L.) Endl. Cow Pea. China Rean. Fig. 2650. Dolichos sinensis L. Cent. PI. 2: 28. 1756. Dolichos Catjang L. Mant. i: 269. 1767. Vigna Catjang Walp. Linnaea 13: 533. 1839. Vigna sinensis End!.; Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 386. 1848. Annual, glabrous, or somewhat pubescent; stem twining or trailing, striate. Stipules ovate or o
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus 50. PEA FAMILY. 425 I. Vigna sinensis (L.) Endl. Cow Pea. China Rean. Fig. 2650. Dolichos sinensis L. Cent. PI. 2: 28. 1756. Dolichos Catjang L. Mant. i: 269. 1767. Vigna Catjang Walp. Linnaea 13: 533. 1839. Vigna sinensis End!.; Hassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 386. 1848. Annual, glabrous, or somewhat pubescent; stem twining or trailing, striate. Stipules ovate or ovate- lanceolate, acuminate, prolonged backward, 3"-io" long; petioles stout, often as long as the leaflets or longer; terminal leaflet rhombic-ovate, acute or blunt, 2'-6' long, often about as wide, long-stalked; lateral leaflets very obliquely ovate and inequilateral, about as large as the terminal one, short-stalked; flowers few near the knotty ends of the long peduncles, 8"-io" long; pod fleshy, 4'-7' long, 3"-4" thick, nearly straight; seeds with a dark circle around the scar of attachment. Escaped from cultivation, Missouri to Texas and Geor- gia. Native of Asia, and called chowley, towcok. Seeds edible. Black-eyed bean. July-Sept. Vigna repens (L.) Kuntze, a smaller vine with much shorter pods, widely distributed in tropical America, has been found in ballast about New Family 6i. GERANIACEAE J. St. Hil. Expos. Fam. 2: 51. 1805. Geranium Family. Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves, and axillary solitary or clustered perfect regular flowers. Stipules commonly present. Sepals 5 (rarely fewer), mostly persistent. Petals of the same number, hypogynous. Stamens as many as the sepals, or 2-3 times as many, distinct; anthers 2-celled, versatile. Ovary I, usually 5-lobed and 5-celled; ovules i or 2 in each cavity. Fruit capsular, Embryo straight or curved; cotyledons flat or plicate. About 12 genera and 470 species, natives of temperate re
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