. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. OXALIDACEAE (WOOD SORREL FAMILY) 8S LATHYRUS Closely resembling Vicia, but style dilated and fiattish, hairy only on the inner side. L. palustris, Marsh Pea. Slender and glabrous; stems usually- winged; stipules lanceolate, ovate, sharp-pointed at both ends; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, lanceolate to elliptic; pe- duncles 3 to S flowered; flowers purple. Banks of rivers and lakes. June to August. L. venosus. Wild Pea. Stout, climbing, usually somewhat hairy; stipules very small and slender; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oblong, ovate; peduncles many-flowered; flow
. A spring flora for high schools. Botany. OXALIDACEAE (WOOD SORREL FAMILY) 8S LATHYRUS Closely resembling Vicia, but style dilated and fiattish, hairy only on the inner side. L. palustris, Marsh Pea. Slender and glabrous; stems usually- winged; stipules lanceolate, ovate, sharp-pointed at both ends; leaflets 3 or 4 pairs, lanceolate to elliptic; pe- duncles 3 to S flowered; flowers purple. Banks of rivers and lakes. June to August. L. venosus. Wild Pea. Stout, climbing, usually somewhat hairy; stipules very small and slender; leaflets 4 to 6 pairs, oblong, ovate; peduncles many-flowered; flowers purple. Shaded banks. May to July. L. ochroleucus, Wild Pea. Stems slen- der, 3 to 9 dm. high; stipules semi-cordate, half as large as the ovate leaflets; pe- duncles 7 to 10 flowered; flowers yellowish-white. Hillsides. Lathyrus venosus. Wild pea. May to OXALIDACEAE (Wood Sorrel Family) Low herbs with sour, watery juice. Leaves palmate, with 3 obcordate leaflets. Flowers with 10 to 15 stamens and a superior ^-celled ovary. OXALIS Sepals 5, persistent; petals 5; stamens 10, usually united at base. Styles 5 and distinct. Pod cylindric. O. violacea, Violet Wood Sorkel. Stemless, nearly glabrous; base bulbous and scaly; leaves radical; stem naked, bearing an umbel of several violet flowers. Rocky places and open woods. O. stricta, Yellow Wood Sorrel. Pale green, pubescent or strigose; stems several, decumbent, stoutish; pedicels at length deflexed, mostly 2; petals pale yellow, often with a reddish spot near the base. Dry or .sandy soil. O. corniculata. Yellow Wood Sorrel. Coalescent, regular or de-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowles, Henry Chandler, 1869-1939; Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. joint author. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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