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found in cultivated fields, probably introduced. Stem square. Leaflet^ in 

 5_G pairs, lanceolate, the lower ones abrupt. Flowers axillary, purple. Stip- 

 ules marked with a dark spot. J a. Ann. Cumvion Vetch. 



5. V. Cracca. 



Flowers in imbricated spikes; lenjlds lanceolate, pubescent ; stipnhs semi- 

 sagittate, linear-subulate, entire. A slender climber, 2—3 ieet long, about 

 fences, hedges, thickets, <^-c. Stem square, downy. Leaves of many pairs 

 of downy, iTuicronate leaflets, with a branched tendril at the end of the prin- 

 cipal stalk. Flowers blue and purple, arranged in a long, dense, one-sided 

 raceme. July. Per. Toficd Vetch. 



6, V. Faba. 



S:em many-flowered, rigidly erect; legumes subsessile, torulose; leaflets 

 oval, entire, acute ; s<j/;uZes sagittate, dentate at base. Native of Egypt. This 

 epecies is one of our most valuable field or garden legumes. Among its nu- 

 merous varieties, the Magazan is the earliest and tlie Windsor the largest. 

 June. Ann. Garden Bean. IVindsur Bean. 



3. PISUM. 



Calyx segments leafy, two upper ones a little shorter than 

 the rest; vexillum with 2 protruding Iblds ; style compressed, 

 carinate, villous on the upper side; suture of the legume 

 without down. 



Celtic pis a pea. Cor. papilionaceous. Fil. 10, united into a tube open on 

 upper edge. Leaves abruptly pinnate, ending with branching tendrils. 



P. SATl'VUM. 



Petioles round ; stipules round at base, crenate ; ■pedundcs many-flowered. 

 One of the most valuable of leguminous plants. It has been cultivated from 

 time immemorial, so that its native country is unknown. It has many varie- 

 ties, of which the most remarkable is /3. hvmile, the dwarf pea, with an erect, 

 bushy stem not climbing, and roundish leaflets. Jn. Ann. Common Gard. Pea. 



4. ERVUM. 



Calyx 5-parted, with acute, linear and nearly equal seg- 

 ments^ about the length of the corolla ; stigma capitate, smooth. 



Celtic erw, tilled lands; to which this plant is a pest.— Annual herbs. 

 Leaflets numerous. Petioles produced into tendrils. 



1. E. hirsu'tum. 



Peduncles many-flowered ; legumes hirsute, 2-seeded ; leaflets linear, trun- 

 cate. A leguminous, creeping weed, 1 — 3 feet in length, found in cultivated 

 fields. Flowers purple. June. Ann. Creeping Vetch. 



2. E. LENS. 



Peduncles 2-flowered ; seeds compressed ; leaflets entire. Native of orien- 

 tal countries, France, &.C. A legume of the highest antiquity, known and 

 valued in Esau's time, and among eastern nations ever since. In Egypt and 

 Syria, Lentils are parched and taken bv travelers in long journies. The plant 

 is prostrate or climbing, 1 foot in length. Flov.'ers pale purple. May. Jn. 

 Annual. Lentil. 



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