niADELPHIA DECANDKIA. 



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568. LATHYRUS. Gen. pL 1186. 



1. L. caule alato, stipulis semisagittatis lanceolalis^ foliolis palustns 



sex lineari-lanceolatisacutis, pedunculis sub-3-floris.-— 



Willi, sp. pi. 3. p. lOQO. 

 Icon. Fl. dan. Spg. Engl. lot. \6g. 

 In low grounds of Canada. Michoux. 1/ . July, Aug. 



V. s. Flowers pale purple, of middle size. 



2. L. caule nudo tetragono, stipulis seraisagittatis lanceola- myrtifoUus. 



tis acuminatis, foliolis qnatuor oblongo-lanceolatis 

 acutis niucronatis venoso-reticulatis, pedunculis folio 

 longioribus sub-3-floris. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. IO9]. 

 In salt-marshes : Pensylvania and New York ; particu- 

 larly plenty about Lake Onondago. 1/ . July, Aug. 

 v.v. Resembles the foregoing species 3 flowers smaller, 

 purple and rose-coloured. 



3. L. caule nudo tetragono, stipulis semisagittatis ovatis acu- venosus, 



rainatis, foliolis numerosis subalternis ovatis obtusis 

 mucronatis venosis, pedunculis folio brevioribus 5 — 

 10-floris. — JVilld. sp.pl. 3. p. lOQ'l. 

 In low meadows : Pensylvania. % . July, Aug. v, s. 

 Flowers purple. 



4. L. caule tetragono, stipulis semisagittatis linearibus, foliis decaphyllus. 



5-jugis : foliolis oblongo-ellipticis mucronatis, pedun- 

 culis 3-4-floris. 

 On the banks of the Missouri. 1/ . v. s. Flowers 

 purple, large ; pods large. 



069. VICIA. Gen.pl. IIS7. 



1. V, pedunculis solitariis unifloris capillaribus, stipulis se- pusilla. 



misagittatis integerrimis, foliolis subsenis lineari-lan- 

 ceolatis obtusiusculis, leguminibus parvis oblongis gla- 

 bris. — JVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. IIO6. 

 In low grassy grounds : Pensylvania to Virginia. G • 

 July, Aug. V. V. Flowers exceeding small, white, 

 with a tinge of red. 



2. V. floribus binis subsessilibus, stipulis dentatis macula saliva. 



notatis, foliolis oblongo-uvatis ietusis mucronatis, le- 

 guminibus erectis subtereti-linearibus glabris. — JVilld. 

 sp. pi. 3. p. 1104} fVali.Jl, car. 183. 

 In Lower Carolina. O- July, Aug. v. s. Flowers 

 purplish-blue. • 



3. V, pedunculis submuhifloris folio brevioribus, stipulis americana, 



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