2e Ve cracca Le Herbage grayish green and softly hirsute-villous; stems 
slender, 50-60 cm. long, reclining on herbage, Stipules 35-4 mm, long, 
acute at both ends, entire; leaflets 11-15, 1-1.5 om, long, oblong or 
elliptical-oblong, 3-4 mn, wide, mucronate at the tip, subsessile, the 
tendrils well developed; flowers 15-25 in axillary racemes 8-9 om, long$ 
calyx 6 mms tong,.the tube 2,5-35 mmey -the mouth oblique, teeth very un- 
equal, acuminate, the lowermost 3 mm, long; corolla bluish-purple, 12-13 
mn, long, the wings and banner subequal, exceeding the keel by about 
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5 mm.; pod very flat, oblong, 5 cm, long, l cm. wide, glabrous. 
Near Moscow, along roadways, Epling and Houck 9150; naturalized from 
Hurope e 
3e Ve americana Muhl. Herbage glabrous and green, the stems slender, angled 
mare aria Ol Rtas eemaerin tb satblaras w 
but hardly winged, 1m. long or more; leaves 10-12 cm, long, sessile, the 
stipules semi-orbicular, 8-12 mm, broad, deeply and sharply toothed, the 
leaflets mostly 10-16, oval to lanceolate, 2,5-4 cm, long, 8-15 mm, wide, 
subsessile, blunt or truncate at the apex, and bearing a short mucro, the 
tendrils well developed; flowers 5-12 i j e about equal to 
the leaves; calyx campanulate-tubular, Diners pubescent, the mouth 
oblique, the teeth 1-2 mm, long, acute; corolla rose-purple, fading to bie, 
the barmer 16-18 mm, long, reflexed, the wings somewhat shorter, oblong, 
exceeding the keel vy 2 mm; pods 2,5-3 cm, long, 5-6 mm, wide, plum when 
mature, not flattened, tapering at both ends, the valves twisting after 
opening; seeds globose, velvety black, 3 mm, in diameter. (V. oregana Nutt.), 
Throughout our range in open placds at low elevations. 
var, truncata (lutt.) Brewer. Similar, the leaflets narrowly lanceolate to 
elliptical, 5-8 mm, wide, or some even linear, 4-5 cm, long, 2-3 m, wide, 
more or less truncave at the anoxe 
Clarkia, Epling and Offord 8259; Thatuna Hills, Eoling and Houck 9192, 
