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10. L. neglecta (Britton) Mackenzie & Bush. Plant similar to L. E in 
habit and pubescence, but smaller: blades of the leaflets inen to line 
elliptic: calyx 2.5-3 m m, long; e lanceolate, those of the upper lip united 
mostly to above the middle : pod oval, 6—7 mm. long, short-beaked.—Dry s 
Coastal Plain and d. adj. provinces, Ga. to Tex., Mo., and N. x 
11. L. virginica (L.) Britton. Plant 3-11 dm. tall, appressed-pubescent: 
leaflets 12-35 mm. long; blades linear to linear- elliptic, sometimes finely 
5- 
pubescent beneath: calyx 3—4.5 mm. long: pod elliptic to ovate, 5-6 m . long, 
oe pubeseent.—Dry woods and barrens, various provinces, Fla. "m Tex., 
, Ont., and N. H. 
12. L. bicolor pole Plant up to 3 m. tall, finely appressed-pubescent: leaf- 
lets 11-65 mm. long; blades obovate, oval, elliptie, or ovate, pubescent beneath, 
espeeially on or nr WE midrib: ealyx 5—6 mm. long: pod elliptie to oval, 
narrowed at both 7-8 mm. long, oo and strigillose. — Roadsides, 
waste-places, and ood Fla. to N. C. Nat an. 
13. L. hirta (L.) El. Plant 5-12 oe tall, the hee villous: leaflets eee mm. 
r: calyx 
long; blades oval to suborbicular 6- e . long; lobes 3-4 t as 
long as the tube: style glabrous: pod 7-8 m zd ng.—Dry woods, Sd ade 
and fields, various 3 provinces, Fla. to Tex., Minn., Ont., and Me. 
14. L. capitata Michx. Plant 5-16 dm. tall, the stem usually velutinous with 
short spreading hairs: leaflets 25-35 mm. long; pmi o to oval, ser iceous, 
specially beneath: calyx about 9 mm. long: corolla 7-8 mm. long, yellowish- 
white: style pubescent: pod elliptic, 5-5.5 mm. a DUSTY. CLOVER. )—Dry, 
often sandy soil in woods, various provinces, Fla. to d Nebr., Minn., and 
15. L. ep nien. DC. Plant 5-12 dm. tall, the stem densely velutinous; leaflets 
bl 
25—60 mm. long; blades ae to linear- -elliptic, aga en sericeous, es pecially 
beneath: calyx about 8 mm. long: corolla 8-9 mm. long, w White: pod ae 
about 6 m ong. Bi ami and fields, various e nee Ala. to La., Ia. 
and Ky. 
16. L. yd rie (Pursh) Ell. Plant 6—10 dm. tall, e n closely fine- 
e hai . long; blades 
lin n 
those A the upper, id iai dr Seeks about 6 mm. long: corolla 
. long, whitish or cream-color: pod oval to suborbicular, about 4 mm. 
long Dry soil, open aed. and pi ec various provinces, Fla. to La., Mich., 
and Mas 
"72. VICIA [ Tourn.] L. Trailing or pen herbs. Leaflets few or 
many: blades entire, or toothed at the apex. Racemes few—many-flowered, 
usually l-sided. Calyx more or less 2-lipped: "dones of the lower lip usually 
longer than those of the upper. Corolla variously colored or white: blades of 
the wings more prominently aed than those of the keel-petals. Filaments 
usually a to near the tips. Style with a tuft of hairs at the apex, or pubes- 
cent on the side opposite the keel. Pod sonar flat. aod 130 species, of 
wide geographieal un s —BSpr.-s or all year S. TARES 
PEA-VINES.—Some species are grown as i dodder when others p their edible 
seeds—‘‘beans.’? Some species are used as ornaments —The corollas of our 
species are mostly purple. or pale-lavender. 
