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FABACEAE. 



12. VICIA [Tourn.] L. 



Climbing or trailing, herbaceous vines, rarely erect herbs, with pinnate 

 mostly tendril-bearing leaves, half-sagittate or entire stipules, and axillary, 

 mostly racemose flowers. Calyx-tube somewhat oblique, obtuse at the base, 

 its teeth about equal. Standard obovate or oblong, emarginate, clawed; wings 

 obliquely oblong, adherent to the shorter oblong curved keel. Stamens dia- 

 delphous (9 and 1), or monadelphous below. Ovules oo style very slender, 

 with a tuft or ring of hairs at its summit. Pod flat, dehiscent, 2-valved, con- 

 tinuous between the seeds. [The classical Latin name of the Vetch.] About 

 120 species of wide distribution. Type species: Vicia sativa L. 



Leaflets oblong, oval or obovate. 

 Leaflets narrowly linear to oblanceolate. 



1. V. sativa. 



2. V. angustifolia. 



2. Vicia angustifolia Roth. 



SMALLER COMMON VETCH. (Fig. 

 210.) Glabrous or puberulent; 

 stem slender, l-2 long. Stip- 

 ules mostly half -sagittate, toothed 

 or entire; leaves short-petioled, 

 or nearly sessile; leaflets 8-16, 

 linear, lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 5"-17" long, mucronulate, those 

 of the lower leaves commonly 

 obovate, broader and shorter; 

 flowers 1 or 2 in the upper axils, 

 purple, 6"-8" long; calyx-teeth 

 as long as the tube or shorter; 

 pod linear, glabrous, l'-2' long. 



Cultivated ground, Abbotsfofd, 

 1014. Widely naturalized in eastern 

 North America. Native of Europe. 

 Flowers in spring and summer. 



1. Vicia sativa L. COMMON VETCH 

 OR TARE. PEBBLE-VETCH. (Fig. 209.) 

 Pubescent or glabrate, spreading, l-3 

 long. Stipules broad, generally sharply 

 toothed; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 

 8-14, obovate, oblong or oblanceolate, 

 obtuse, truncate or retuse and mucro- 

 nate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 f'-li' long; flowers bluish-purple, about 

 1' long; calyx-teeth about as long as 

 the tube; pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 

 ir-3' long, 5-10-seeded. 



Fields and waste grounds. Naturalized 

 from Europe. Naturalized in North 

 America. Flowers in winter and spring. 



