T.
They do. The glory of a corn|field is when it is ripe; but peas and beans look very shabbily at that time. But suppose we take a closer view of these blossoms. Go, you, George, and bring me a bean plant; and you, Har|ry, a pea.
[They go and bring them.
T.
Now let us sit down and compare them. Do you think these flowers much alike?
H.
O no—very little.
G.
Yes—a good deal.
T.
A little and a good deal! How can that be? Come, let us see. In the first place they do not much resemble each other in size or colour.
G.
No—but I think they do in shape.
T.
True. They are both irregular flowers, and have the same distribution of parts. They are of the kind called papilionaceous, from papilio, the Latin word for a butterfly, which insect they are thought to resemble.