656 FABACEAE 
3. Vicia Crácca L. Perennial, usually finely pubescent. Stems 3-12 dm. long, 
sometimes tufted, climbing or trailing, mostly simple: leaves 5-10 cm. long; blades ses- 
sile or nearly so; stipules linear-subulate; leaflets 18-24, the blades linear or oblong- 
linear, 1-2 cm. long, acute or mucronulate: peduncles sometimes surpassing the subtend- 
ing leaves: racemes 3-10 cm. long, dense, 15-40-flowered, 1-sided: calyx about 5 mm. 
long, reflexed: corolla bluish purple, 10-12 mm. long: pods linear, 2-2.5 cm. long, 
5-8-seeded. 
In ary soil or cultivated grounds, Newfoundland to British Columbia, North Carolina, Kentucky 
and Iowa. Alsoin Europe and Asia. Summer. 
4. Vicia Caroliniàna Walt. Perennial, glabrous or strigillose. Stems branched 
at the base, the branches spreading or climbing, 4-12 dm. long: leaf-rachis termi- 
nating in a simple or forking tendril; leaflets 8-16, the blades oblong or oval-oblong, 
mucronate, short-stalked : peduncles becoming longer than the subtending leaves, many- 
flowered : pedicels 1-2 mm. long, curved: calyx glabrous or nearly so; tube thin, cam- 
panulate ; lobes triangular, much shorter than the tube: corolla white or bluish; keel- 
petals about 1 cm. long: pods oblong, 2.5-3 cm. long, oblique at each end. 
In open woods, Ontario to Minnesota, Georgia and Kansas. Spring and summer. 
5. Vicia Hügeri Small. Perennial, very slender, bright green, minutely and sparsely 
pubescent or glabrate in age. Stems ascending, decumbent or reclining, solitary or several 
together, 3-7 dm. long, more or less angled, sometimes branched above, rarely branched 
below: leaves 4-8 cm. long, the tendril simple or forked ; leaflets usually 10-12, the blades 
linear, 2-3.5 cm. long, mucronulate, straight or slightly curved, short-petioled : peduncles 
5-8 cm. long, ascending: flowers 10-14 in secund racemes: pedicels 1.5-2 mm. long: 
calyx campanulate, 1.5 mm. long ; lobes triangular, 1-3 as long as the tube, acute: corolla 
white or pale blue; keel-petals about 5 mm. long: pods linear-oblong, 2 cm. long. 
In open woods, Georgia and Alabama. Spring. 
6. Vicia acutifdlia Ell. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so. Stems branched at the 
base, the branches spreading or climbing, 5-12 dm. long, more or less branched: leaves 
2-6 cm. long ; rachis terminating in a simple or forking tendril ; leaflets 2-6, usually 4, the 
blades linear to linear-oblong, 1.5-4 cm. long, acute or mucronate, short-stalked : pe- 
duncles surpassing the leaves, few-flowered : pedicels 1-2 mm. long: calyx often minutely 
pubescent ; tube oblique ; lobes triangular, shorter than the tube: corolla pale blue; keel- 
petals about 6 mm. long; standard tipped with purple: pods linear, 2.8-3 cm. long, ob- 
lique and acute at both ends, 4—8-seeded. 
In sandy soil, mostly near the coast, Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Spring to fall. 
7. Vicia Reverchónii S. Wats. Annual, tomentose when young. Stems branched 
at the base, the branches ascending, decumbent or reclining, simple or branched: leaves 
numerous, terminating in simple or usually branching tendrils; leaflets 4-10, the blades 
elliptie, oblanceolate or oblong-cuneate, 5-12 mm. long, emarginate and mucronate at the 
apex: peduncles stout, shorter than the subtending leaves: pedicels 2-3 mm. long: calyx 
firm ; tube densely pubescent, turbinate-campanulate ; lobes lanceolate, the longer about as 
long as the tube: corolla blue or bluish ; keel-petals 6-7 mm. long: pods linear-oblong, 
nearly 3 cm. long. 
On dry prairies, Texas. Spring. 
8. Vicia Floridana S. Wats. Perennial, glabrous or nearly so, delicate. Stems 
weak, reclining, simple or sparingly branched, 3-8 dm. long: leaves 3-5 cm. long, ending 
in very slender tendrils; leaflets 4-6, the blades thin, oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 
0.5-1.5 em. long, mucronulate, very short-stalked : peduncles shorter than the subtending 
leaves, 1-2-flowered, sparingly glandular above: pedicels 1 mm. Jong: calyx more or - 
glandular ; tube campanulate ; lobes triangular-acuminate, shorter than the tube: corolla 
white or bluish ; keel-petals about 5 mm. long: pods linear-oblong, about 1.5 cm. long. 
Insandy soil, Florida. Spring to fall. 
9. Vicia Texàna (T. & G.) Small. Perennial, more or less densely strigillose. 
Stems branched at the base, the branches spreading or climbing, angled, 2-4 dm. ut 
branching : leaves 2-8 cm. long ; rachis terminating in a forking tendril ; leaflets 6-10, fhe 
blades linear, 8-15 mm. long, mucronulate, short-stalked : peduncles about as long as og! 
subtending leaves, few-flowered: pedicels 1 mm. long: calyx rather densely pubes? 
tube turbinate-campanulate, 1 mm. long; lobes filiform-subulate, longer than the tube: 
OA arar ; keel-petals 5-6 mm. long: pods 2-2.5 cm. long. [V. Caroliniana P Texana 
On plains and prairies, Arkansas to Mississippi and Texas. Spring and summer. 
10. Vicia Leavenwórthii T. &G. Perennial, with strigillose young foliage. uam 
reclining or climbing, 3-6 dm. long, branching: leaves 3-6 cm. long, ending in branc g 
