RYE: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
29. Phaca serotina (A. Gray). 
Astragalus serotinus A. Gray, Pac. R. Rep. 12%: 51, 1860, 
Type Locauity: “On the Okanogan, near the Columbia River,” Washington. Collected 
by Cooper. 
Rance: Eastern Washington. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: “On the Okanogan, near the Columbia River, Lat. 48°, Oct. 
Cooper”; Walla Walla Region, Brandegee 733; Ritzville, Sandberg & Leiberg 473, 163; 
Conconully, Whited 1309; without locality, Vasey 273; Loomis, Griffiths & Cotton 343. 
ZONAL pistRiBUTION: Arid Transition. 
30. Phaca viridis (Nutt.). 
Astragalus viridis (Nutt.) Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Stud. 1%: 118. 1894. 
Kentrophyta viridis Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. FI. 353. 1838. 
Kentrophyta montana Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. FI. 353, 1838. 
Astragalus kentrophyta A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863: 60. 1863. 
Type Locauity: “Hills of the Platte.” Collected by Nuttall. 
Rance: South Dakota to New Mexico, Washington, and British America. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Walla Walla Region, Brandegee 734. 
ASTRAGALUS LANOCARPUS Sheldon, Minn. Bot. Studies 1: 144. 1894, was based on a 
plant collected by Joseph Howell in 1878 at Klickitat Prairie, Washington. We have not 
seen this species. It isa close ally of A. purshii, from which it is said to be distinguished 
by having narrow leaflets and stiff-hairy pods. 
VICIA. Vercu. 
Flowers in spikes or racemes on axillary peduncles. 
Annuals; peduncles few-flowered ; flowers very small, bluish- 
white _.....----------------+--+-------------- _.... 4. V. hirsuta. 
Perennials; peduncles mostly many-flowered. 
Flowers ochroleucous or tawny... ---.----.---------- 3. V. gigantea. 
Flowers violet or bluish-purple, rarely white. 
Raceme 1-sided, densely 15 to 40-flowered. .. -- - 1. V. eracea. 
Raceme loosely 5 to 20-flowered; leaflets ovate to 
oblong, acutish .........-----.------------- 2. V. americana. 
Leaflets truncate............------------- 2a. V. americana truncata. 
Leaflets linear...............-.-.--------- 2a.V. americana linearis. 
Flowers axillary, solitary or in twos, nearly sessile. 
Leaflets oblong to ovate; pods brown... ..-.----------- 5. V. sativa. 
Leaflets linear or linear-oblong; pods black ..---.------.- 6.V. angustifolia. 
1. Vicia cracea L. Sp. Pl. 2: 735. 1753. 
Type LocaLity: Europe. 
Rance: British Columbia to Newfoundland, New Jersey, and Kansas. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Whatcom County, Suksdorf 965; Gardner 418. 
2. Vicia americana Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1096. 1801. 
Vicia oregana Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 270. 1838. 
Vicia sparsifolia Nutt.; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1: 270. 1838. 
Tyre Locauity: ‘Habitat in Pennsylvania.” 
Rance: British Columbia to New York and southward to Mexico. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Montesano, Heller 3951; Clallam County, Elmer 2534; Mason 
County, Kincaid; Olympia, Kincaid; Tacoma, Flett 897; west Klickitat County, Suksdorf 
2014, 2122; North Yakima, Mrs. Steinweg; Wenache, Whited 150, 1266, 1080; Ellensburg, 
Whited; Cold Creek, Cotton 399; Sunnyside, Cotton 372; Little Spokane River, Kreager 
599; Crab and Wilson Creeks, Sandberg & Leiberg 308; Almota, Piper 1486; Tukanon 
River, Lake & Hull 437; Loomis, Griffiths & Cotton 339. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Upper Sonoran and Transition. 
