Vicia,] . LEGUMINOSiE. 157 



abrupte pinnata pluri-juga, peUolo in cirrhum scepius ramosum producto, stipulis smpe 

 sagittatis, Pedunculi axillares aut elongati multijlori, ant \-flori breves, 



* Florihus peduncuiatis, 



1. F, CaroUniana; glabriuscula, foliolis 8-10 elliptico-lunccolatis subalternis obtusis 

 mucronatisj stipulis ovato-lanceolatis integerrimis parvis, pedunculis multifloris, floribus 

 distaiitibus, dentibus calycinis brevibus, stylis apice villosis, leguminibus lanceolatis glabris 

 oblique reticulatis. DC—" Walt FL Carol p. 182." Pursh, Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 472. Filiotf, 

 Carol, V. 2. p, 224. De Cand, Prodr, r. 2. p, 355. — y. parviflora. MicL Am. v. 2. p. 69. 



Hab. Upper Canada, near the Lakes. Douglas. 



2. F. Americana; glabriuscula, foliolis 8-12 elliptico-lanceolatis obtusis vel retusis 

 nonnunquam denticulatis mucronatis, stipulis semisagittatis profunde dentatis, pedunculis 

 folio brevloribus 6-8-floris, leguminibus linearl-oblongis conipressis reticulatis glabris. 

 Muhl, in Willd. Sp, PL v. 3, p, 1096, Purshy FL Am. v. 2. p. 472. Rich, in FranU. \st 

 Journ. ed. 2. App. p. 28, De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 355. — fi. minor; foliolis angustis lineari- 

 lanceolatis subrigidis, pedunculis 2-4-floris. 



Hab. Woody country from the Falls of Niag;ara to Bear Lake, Dr. Ricliardson: to the Rocky 

 Mountains, Drummond. Near the source of the Columbia. Douglas. /3. On the Saskatchawan about 

 Carl ton-House, Drummond; and at Red River. Douglas. — Flowers large, handsome, purple-blue. 



3. V. Cracca; caulibus ramosis, folils apice cirrhosis, foliolis numerosis oblongis 

 alternis oppositisque puberulis mucronatis, nervis subparallelis simpliciusculis, stipulis 

 semisao^ittato-linearibus, pedunculis multifloris folium aiquantibus vel superantibus, racemis 

 confertis secundis, dentibus calycinis inaequalibus, superioribus brevissimis inferioribus 

 tubo brevioribus, stylis apice pilosis, leguminibus oblongis coriaceis reticulatis compressis 

 glabris, seminibus globosis nigi'is, DC. — Linn. Sp, PL p. 1095. ilficA. Am. v. 2. p. 69. 

 Purshy Fl. Am. v. 2. p. 472. BigeL FL Bost ed. 2. p. 269. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 357. 

 Engl Bot. t. 1168. 



Hab. Canada. Michaux ; Lady DaJhousie; Mrs. Percival ; Mr. Cleghorn. Newfoundland. Mr. 



Morrison. 



4. V.gigantea; subpubescens, siccitate nigricans, caule sulcato, foliolis 20-26 oblongis 

 petiolulatis obtusis mucronatis, stipulis magnis semisagittatis basi profunde dentatis, 

 pedunculis folio multo brevioribus 5-10-floris, floribus congestis, stylo vix barbato, legu- 

 minibus lato-oblongis glabris obscure reticulatis. 



Hab. Open woods on the Columbia. Dr. Scmler; Douglas.— This k a very remarkable plant, with 

 long, trailing, deeply sulcated stems.anA one-tbird of au inch broad, hollow and herbaceous. The leaves are 

 eio-ht or nine inches long, excluding the tendrils; leajfefs full two inches, and stipules an inch and a half 

 in' length. Flowers apparently purple when recent, about as large as those of V. Americana, consequently 

 small in proportion to the size of the plant. Style linear, downy, but scarcely bearded below the stigma. 

 Legumes three inches long, and three-fourths of an inch broad. The whole plant turns nearly black in dry- 

 ing, like the V. nigricans, (Hook, and Arn. in Bot. of Capt. Beechey's Voy.\ from the western shores of 

 South America ; and others, from the Cordillera of the same country. 



* * Floribus sybsessilihus, 



5. V. saliva; foliis cirrhosis, foliolis 10-12 obovato-retusis vel oblongo-retusis mucronu- 



