98 LEGUMlNOSiE. (fL'LSE FAMILY.) 



4. A. Tennesseensis, Gray. Villous with white hairs ; stems pros- 

 trate or asceiuling ; 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- 

 U\te, 10- 15-flowered ; calyx-teeth subulate, much shorter than the tube ; legume 

 oblong, curved, thick and fleshy, reticulate-inigose when dry, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded, at length smoothish. — Hills near Nashville, Tennessee, Lesquereux, and 

 Lagrange, Alabama, Prof. Hutch. March and April. IJ. — Stems 4' - 6' long. 

 Flowers 8" -9" long, apparently purple. 



* * Legume \-celkd ; ihe ventral suture thickened and sometimes slir/hthj injlexed. 



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, 1 -celled. (Phaca villosa, 

 Niitt.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. April and May. y. — 

 Stems 4' - 6' long. Flowers small, dull yellow. 



18. VICIA, Tourn. Vetch. Tare. 



Calyx tubular, 5-clcft, 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-Jlow(rrd. 



1. V. sativa, L. (Vktch 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- 

 Introiluccd. ® — Corolla ^' long. Stem 1° - 2° long. 



2. V. micrantha, Nutt. Smooth ; leaflets 4-6, linear, obtuse or barely 

 acute; peduncles 1 - 2-flowcred ; flowers minute, pale blue ; legume sabre-shaped, 

 4 - 10-sccdcd. — Banks of rivers and shaded places, West Florida to North Ala- 

 bama, and westward. April. ® — Stems 2° - 3° long. Seeds black. 



* * Peduncles commonly lonfjer than the leaves, 3 - many-floxcered. 



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-wliite ; legume short, oblong, 2-seeded. (V. Mitchelli, 7?o/ Er- 

 vum hirsutum, L.) — Cultivated ground. Introduced. April and May. 



4. V. acutifolia, Ell. Smooth ; leaflets about 4, linear or rarely oblong, 

 acute or truncate; peduncles 4-8-flowered, usu/iUy longer than the leaves; 

 flowers pale blue, the keel tipped with purple ; legume linear, 4 - 8-seeded. — 

 Damp soil near the coast, Florida and Georgia. March - May. H — Stems 

 angled, 2° - 4° long, branching. 



.5. V. Caroliniana, Walt. Smoothish; leaflets 8-12, linear or linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or barely acute ; stipules small, subulate ; peduncles many-flow- 



