Class \VU. Order IV. 269 



stem, a little toothed at base. Petioles with a double channel 

 above, and ending in a branched tendril. Leafets about ten, 

 nearly oval, mucronated, reticulated with transparent veins. 

 Flov/ers large and shevvy. Racemes six to eight flowered with 

 a long, angular peduncle. Calyx ventricose, the two upper seg- 

 ments broadest and shortest. Banner reflexed, obcordate, purple. 

 Wings paler, with a large tooth above. Keel also pale and 

 toothed above. Stamens united into a tube. Germ oblong- 

 lanceolate, compressed. Style ascending, flat, never carinated, 

 pubescent above for about half its upper side. Legumes oblong, 

 subfalcated, turgid. Seeds globular, as large as pepper, turning 

 dark when dry. Beach, Dorchester, Chelsea. May, July. 

 Perennial. 



LATHYRUS TALUSTRIS. L. Marsh Lathyrus. 



Stem winged ; stipules semisagittate, lanceolate ; 



leafets six, lanceolate ; peduncles about three flowered. 



Stem slender, broadly winged, supported by the tall meadow 

 grass among which it grows. Leaves pinnate, the leafets oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute or slightly obtuse and mucronated, the common 

 petiole ending in a branched tendril. Peduncles much longer 

 than the leaves, with a few drooping, purple flowers. Wings of 

 the corolla with a tooth at base. Wet meadows, South Boston, 

 Brighton. June. Perennial. 



290. VICIA. 



VICIA CRACCA. L. Tufted Vetch. 



Peduncles many flowered ; flowers imbricate, leaf- 

 ets lanceolate, pubescent ; stipules semisagittate, mostly 

 entire. 



Stem square, slender, somewhat downy. Leaves of many 

 pairs, the leafets often alternate, linear lanceolate, mucronate, 

 downy or villous, the petiole terminating in a branched tendril. 

 Peduncles about twenty flowered ; the flowers purple ; forming 

 long, crowded, recurved, unilateral racemes. In fences &x. Cam- 

 bridge, Maiden. July. Perennial. 



