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ViICIA ARGENTEA. SILVER-LEAVED VeETCcH. 
Class and Order. 
Diapetpuia Decanpris. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminosz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubulosus, 5-fidus, aut 5-dentatus, dentibus duobus 
superioribus brevioribus. Cor. papilionacea. Stam. dia- 
delpha. Stylus filiformis, angulum fere rectum cum ovario 
conficiens, superne et infra apicem subtus villosus. Legu- 
men oblongum, 1-loculare, polyspermum. Semina hilo 
laterali ovali aut lineari. D C. 
_ Specifie Character and Synonyms. 
Vicia * argentea; canescens, caulibus tetragonis, foliis cine- 
reo-argenteis cirrho destitutis, foliolis oblongo-linea- 
ribus mucronatis, stipulis semisagittato -lanceolatis, 
pedunculis multifloris folio sublongioribus, floribus 
secundis laxiusculis, laciniis calycinis subequalibus 
longitudine tubi, stylis elongatis subclavatis apice 
barbatis, leguminibus oblongis compressis tomento- 
sis, : 3 
Vicra argentea. Lapeyr. Abr. Pl. Pyr. p. 417. Hjusd. 
Suppl. p. 108. (excluding the Synonyms.) De Cand. 
Prodr. v. 2. p. 359. 4 
Vicia variegata. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 269. (not of 
Desr.) rye 
liens 
Descr. Root perennial, fusiform, slender, descending 
deep into the earth, and sending out a few branches and 
fibrous radicles. Plant every where clothed with ee 
we 7 s 
* From Gevig, in Celtic, according to Tuiis, whence Gvsor, in Greek. 
