98 LEGUMINOSJ. (PULSE FAMILY.) 
4. A. Tennesseensis, Gray. Villous with white hairs; stems pros- 
trate or ascending ; leaflets about 20, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or emar- 
ginate, smooth above, more or less hairy beneath; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 
adnate to the petioles; peduncles as long as the leaves ; racemes somewhat capi- 
tate, 10-15-flowered ; calyx-teeth subulate, much shorter than the tube; legume 
oblong, curved, thick and fleshy, reticulate-rugose when dry, 2-celled, many- 
seeded, at length smoothish.— Hills near Nashville, Tennessee, Lesquereux, and 
Lagrange, Alabama, Prof. Hatch. March and April. | — Stems 4' - 6' long. 
Flowers 8" — 9! long, apparently purple. 
* * Legume 1-celled ; the ventral suture thickened and sometimes slightly inflexed. 
5. A. villosus, Michx. Villous and hoary; stems prostrate; leaflets 
about 13, oval or oblong, commonly emarginate ; stipules lanceolate, peduncles 
as long as the leaves; racemes ovate, dense-flowered ; calyx-teeth longer than . 
the tube: legume oblong, curved, 3-angled, even, I-celled. (Phaca villosa, 
Nuit.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. api and May. Y — 
Stems 4'- 6/ long. Flowers small, dull yellow. r 
18. VICIA, Tourn. Vercm. TARE. 
Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, the two upper teeth usually shorter. Style filiform, 
hairy at the apex, or on the side facing the keel. Legume 2- many-seeded, 2- 
valved. Seeds orbicular. Cotyledons thick. — Slender climbing herbs. Leaves 
pinnate; the petiole terminating in a tendril. Stipules mostly semi-sagittate. 
Flowers axillary. 
* Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 1 — 2-flowered. 
1, V. sativa, L. (Vrrcu or Tare.) Pubescent; stem simple; leaflets 
10-12, varying from obovate-oblong to linear, emarginate; flowers by pairs, 
nearly sessile, pale purple; legume linear, several-seeded. — Cultivated grounds. 
Introduced. eR peer 3' long. Stem 1°-2° long. 
2. V. micrantha, Nutt. Smooth; leaflets 4-6, linear, obtuse or barely 
acute; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; flowers minute, pale blue; legume sabre-shaped, 
4 — 10-sceded, — Banks of rivers and shaded places, West Florida to North Ala- 
bama, and westward. April. @ — Stems 29 - 39 long. Seeds black. 
* * Peduncles commonly longer than the leaves, 3 — many-flowered. 
3. V. hirsuta, Koch. Hairy; leaflets 12-14, oblong-linear, truncate ; 
peduncles 3 — 6-flowered, about as long as the leaves, calyx-teeth equal; flowers _ 
small, bluish-white ; legume short, oblong, 2-seeded. (V. Mitchelli, Raf. Er- 
vum hirsutum, L.)— Cultivated ground. Introduced. April and May. 
4. V. ac acutifolia, Ell. Smooth ; leaflets about 4, linear or rarely oblong, 
acute or truncate; peduncles 4—-8-flowered, usually longer than the leaves; 
flowers pale blue, the keel tipped with purple ; legume linear, 4 ~ 8-seeded. — 
were Bn roe a March - May. l} — Stems 
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