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or oblong-elliptic, mucronulate; racemes many-flowered, 
longer than the leaves. Has. On the grassy alluvial 
plains of the Missouri, from its confiuence to its sources? 
Flowers as large as those of Pisum maritimum, and of a fine 
purple, variable however in size as well as the leaves, 
hence it appears to be /. decaphyllus, Pu. 2. p. 471. and 
Vicia stipulacea of the same, 2. p. 739. as both these speci- 
fic names are inexpressive and deceptive, I could not in 
candour do otherwise than reject them. 
Lathyrus containing near 40 species, is almost exclu- 
sively European; there are, at the same time, species in 
Northern Africa, $ around Mente Video, and 1 at the 
‘Straits of Magellan, near the extremity of South America. 
. VICIA. L. (Vetch.) 
Stigma transversely bearded on the under 
side. Calia emarginate and bidentate above, 
the 3 lower dentures long and straight. Veail- 
jum emarginate. 
Stem erect or scandent, often slender; leaves pseudo- 
pinnate; stipules smal}; flowers in pedunculate spikes, or 
Pm 1 to 3, subsessile and axillary. 
Spectres. 1. V. pusilla. 2. sativa. 3. americana. 4. _ 
sylvatica. Has. On the alluvial banks of the Missourias = 
far as Fort Mandan. Leaflets a little more obtuse than 
usual. 5. Cracca. Much smaller than the European plant 
and probably distinct. 6. earolintana. y 
A genus of near 50 species almost exclusively indige- 
nous to Europe. In this genus is included the common 
Bean (Vicia Fuba), so ituportant an article of diet, said 
to be still spontaneous not far from the Caspian Sea, onthe 
confines of Persia. oth _ 
498. PHACA. LZ. (Bastard Vetch.) 
Carina obtuse. Siyle beardless. Stigma ca- 
pitate. Legume 1-celled, somewhat turgid, the 
upper suture internally tumid and seminiferous, 
~DECANDOLLE. : 
Habit similar to Astragalus. 
Species. 1. P. villosa. Astragalus villosus. — Mich. 
This species ought te be compared with P. ate Has. 
Beonpia’ enon the high bills of th 3 of Soath ina and 
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