1068 Excluded Species 



402. Lespedeza capitata var. stenophylla Bissel & Fern. Reported from 

 White County by Heimlich. He says the determination was made at the 

 Gray Herbarium. I have tried to rediscover this form where Heimlich 

 said he found it but all I could find are narrowleaf forms of the species. 

 Lespedeza capitata is so variable in the form of its leaflets and the amount 

 and length of its pubescence that it is a question whether it is advisable 

 to assign names to extreme forms. 



403. Lespedeza leptostachya Engelm. This species was reported by 

 Peattie as found "in dry open soil, prairies of the Calumet District." I have 

 seen no specimen from Indiana, and Buhl (Amer. Midland Nat. 16: 251. 

 1935) says the Peattie report lacks confirming specimens. I have searched 

 for it several times in the remnant prairie north of Hammond but failed 

 to find it. 



Prairies of 111. to Minn, and Iowa. 



404. Vicia angustifolia Reichard. Reported from Cass and Marion 

 Counties but there are no specimens to support these reports. It has, how- 

 ever, been found by Chas. M. Ek in both Cass and Howard Counties and I 

 have specimens. 



Nat. of Eu., w. Asia, and n. Africa; naturalized throughout the eastern 

 states. 



405. Vicia Cracca L. This species has been reported from Monroe, 

 Steuben, and Tippecanoe Counties. No doubt all of these reports should 

 be referred to some other species. There is a specimen in the herbarium 

 of DePauw University which was collected by Grimes along the New York, 

 Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (Nickel Plate Road) , 2 miles north of Tipton, 

 Tipton County. Since this is the only specimen, I am regarding this 

 species as a railroad migrant and not as an established plant of our flora. 



Nat. of Eurasia ; probably native in the north, Newf. to Minn, and B. C, 

 southw. to N. J., Ky., and Iowa. 



406. Vicia sativa L. Reported by Grimes as a weed in Russellville, 

 Putnam County. I have not been able to learn whether the species has 

 persisted or not. Charles M. Ek collected it along a railroad in Howard 

 County. This species is very variable and 19 varieties are recognized in 

 U. S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 1289: 1-20. 1925. Anyone interested in these 

 varieties or in its cultivation should consult this bulletin. 



Nat. of Eu., w. Asia, and n. Africa ; becoming naturalized especially in 

 the southern states and the Pacific coast. 



407. Lathyrus latifolius L. Perennial Pea. In 1918 I found a 

 colony of this species in the dense woods east of the old Donaldson home 

 which is now included in Spring Mill State Park, Lawrence County. This 

 species had escaped from the Donaldson garden into the woods and had 

 persisted there for more than 30 years. In 1937 I found a colony along 

 state road 152 in Tippecanoe County, doubtless started from a root dragged 

 from a colony near a house nearby. 



Nat. of Eu. ; escaped in Conn., D. C, and Wis. 



