LEGUMINOS^E 



LEGUMINOS^E PULSE FAMILY 



Vicia villosa, Roth. 



Violet and white Hairy Vetch, 



Winter Vetch. 

 June-September 



Vicia: for derivation see Cracca. 

 Villosa: Latin, full of hairs. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: waste fields. 



THE PLANT: trailing, one and one-half feet to two and one- 

 half feet long; the stem branched, angled, covered with 

 velvety hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; pinnately compound, the leaflets 

 on short petioles, long, taper-pointed at the apex, covered 

 with silky hairs, margins entire; the tendrils short, forked. 



THE FLOWERS: arranged in a spike, fifteen to forty, all 

 growing on long, hairy stems on one side of the main stem; 

 the corolla tube is deep magenta; the petals are violet, 

 veined with dark, or white tinged with purple. 



THE FRUIT: a pod. 



A very pretty, trailing plant, that has finely and regu- 

 larly divided silky-haired leaves and long stems, from one 

 side of which hang the tubular deep violet flowers with 

 white markings. 



LEGUMINOS^E PULSE FAMILY 



Lathyrus maritimus (L.), Bigel. 



Ruddy purple Beach Pea, 



Sea-side Pea, 



May- August Everlasting Pea, 



Vetchling. 



Lathyrus: Greek for a leguminous plant. 

 Maritimus: Latin for seaside. 



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