FLORA. 



lets 4-7 pairs, narrowly linear to linear oblong, 1.8-3.5 cm - l n & rather thick, the 

 apex not toothed, mucronate; stipules 4-9 mm. long, half-sagittate, acuminate, 

 their bases prolonged, sometimes dentate; racemes 2 6-flowered; flowers purple or 

 purplish, about 18 mm. long; pod about 2.5 cm. long, glabrous, short-stalked. In 

 dry soil, N. W. Terr, to Br. Col., S. Dak., Kans., N. Mex. and Cal. May-Aug. 



4. Vicia Caroliniana Walt. CAROLINA VETCH. (I. F. f. 2207.) Glabrous 

 or nearly so, slender, 6-9 dm. long. Stipules linear or oblong, entire, 4-6 mm. 

 long; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 8-18, oblong or linear -oblong, entire, obtuse or 

 emarginate, or sometimes acutish and mucronate, 1-2 cm. long; peduncles equal- 

 ling or shorter than the leaves; racemes 8-2O-flowered ; flowers nearly white, 9-11 

 mm. long, the keel bluish-tipped; pod glabrous, 1.73 cm - l n g? short-stalked, 

 5-8-seeded. Banks and cliffs, Ont. to Minn.. Ga., Ky. and Kans. May-July. 



5. Vicia micrantha Nutt. SMALL- FLOWERED VETCH. (I. F. f. 2208.) Per- 

 ennial (or sometimes annual?), glabrous; stems slender, 3-6 dm. long. Leaflets 

 2-5 pairs, narrowly linear to linear-oblong, thin, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, acutish or 

 emarginate, or those of the lower leaves obovate, oval or even obcordate, usually 

 shorter; peduncles 8-30 mm. long, i-2-flowered; flowers 4-6 mm. long, purplish; 

 pod slightly pubescent or glabrous, about 2.5 cm. long, 6- 1 2- seeded; seeds com- 

 pressed. On prairies and in thickets, Mo. to Tenn., Ala. and Tex. April-May. 



6. Vicia Ludoviciana Nutt. LOUISIANA VETCH. (I. F. f. 2209.) Glabrous, 

 or the young parts pubescent; stem rather stout, angled, 4-9 dm. long. Leaflets 

 elliptic, oval or obovate, thin, 1.2-2 cm. long, obtuse or emarginate; stipules very 

 narrow, rarely over 6 mm. long, linear or half-sagittate; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves, or about equalling them, i-6-flowered^ flowers 6-9 mm. long, bluish; 

 pod 2.5 cm. long, or rather more, glabrous, 4-6-seeded, the seeds compressed. 

 Kans. (?), Tex. and La. to Fla. April- May. 



7. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. SLENDER VETCH. SMOOTH OR LENTIL 

 TARE. (I. F. f. 2210.) Glabrous or nearly so, weak, slender, 1.5-6 dm. long. 

 Stipules linear, long-auriculate; leaves short- petioled; leaflets 6-12, thin, linear or 

 linear-oblong, commonly mucronulate, 12-17 mm. long; peduncles filiform, equal- 

 ling or shorter than the leaves, 1-6- flowered; flowers pale, blue or purplish, 4-6 

 mm. long; pod 8-13 mm. long. In meadows and waste places, N. S. and Ont. to 

 Va. Nat. from Europe. June-Sept. 



8. Vicia hirsuta (L.) Koch. HAIRY VETCH OR TARE. (I. F. f. 2211.) Spar- 

 ingly pubescent or glabrous, much resembling the preceding. Stipules linear, 

 long-auriculate and sometimes toothed; leaves nearly sessile; leaflets 12-14, oblong 

 or linear, obtuse, emarginate or truncate, mucronulate, 8-17 mm. long, narrowed 

 at the base; peduncles slender, mainly shorter than the leaves. 2-6-flowered; 

 flowers pale purplish-blue, about 3 mm. long; pod 8-13 mm. long. In fields and 

 waste places, Va. to Ohio, N. B. and Alberta. Nat. from Europe. May-Sept. 



9. Vicia sativa L. COMMON VETCH OR TARE. PEBBLE-VETCH. (I. F. f. 

 2212.) Pubescent or glabrate, spreading, 3-9 dm. long. Stipules broad, generally 

 sharply toothed ; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 8-14, obovate, oblong or oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse, truncate or retuse and mucronate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 1.83 cm - long! flowers bluish-purple, 1.8-2.5 cm - l n g> calyx-teeth about as long 

 as the tube; pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 4-8 cm. long, 5^iO-seeded. In fields and 

 waste places, frequent or occasional throughout our area, in the Southern States 

 and on the Pacific Coast. Adventive from Europe. May-Aug. 



10. Vicia angustifolia Roth. SMALLER COMMON VETCH. (I. F. f. 2213.) 

 Glabrous or puberulent; stem slender, 3-6 dm. long. Stipules mostly half-sagit- 

 tate, toothed or entire; leaves short-petioled, or nearly sessile; leaflets 8-16, linear, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, 9-35 mm. long, mucronuiate, those of the lower leaves 

 commonly obovate, broader and shorter; flowers I or 2 in the upper axils, purple, 

 12-17 mm - l n g; calyx-teeth as long as the tube or shorter; pod linear, glabrous, 

 2.5-5 cm - lng- In fields and waste places, N. S. to Fla. Nat. from Europe. April- 

 July. 



11. Vicia Sepium L. BUSH VETCH. WILD TARE. (I. F. f. 2214.) Per- 

 ennial by stolons, minutely pubescent; stem slender, 6-9 dm. long. Leaves short- 

 petioled, 5-15 cm. long; leaflets 10-18, ovate or oval, 1.2-2.5 cm. long, emarginate 

 or truncate at the apex, mucronulate, thin; stipules half-sagittate, i cm. long or 

 less; racemes 1-2.5 cm - long; flowers very short-pedicelled, pale purple, 1-2 cm. 



