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LEGUMINOSJE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 
fields and thickets. July. — Flowers blue with purple, ^ long, one¬ 
sided in the spike, reflexed. 
5. V. Caroliniaiia, Walt. (Straggling Vetch.) Near¬ 
ly smooth ; leaflets 8-12, oblong , obtuse , scarcely mucronate ; pedun¬ 
cles loosely flowered; calyx-teeth very short. — River-banks, &c. 
May. — Stem weak, 2°-4° high, climbing; the flowers more scat¬ 
tered than in No. 4, whitish, the keel tipped with blue. 
6. V. Americana, Muhl. (American Vetch.) Glabrous; 
leaflets 10 -14, elliptical or ovate-oblong , very obtuse, many-veined, 
peduncles 4i-&-flowered. — Moist thickets, New York to Michigan. 
June-Plant 1°-2P high : flowers purplish-blue, |' long. 
2. lAtHYRIJS, L. Vetchling. Everlasting Pea. 
Calyx 5-cleft, the upper teeth shorter. Style flattish, not 
grooved above, hairy along the inner side (next the free stamen). 
Pods oblong, several-seeded. (AaBvpos, a leguminous plant of 
Theophrastus.) — Our wild species are perennial and mostly 
smooth plants. 
1- 1*. maritimus, Bigelow. (Beach Pea.) Stem stout , 
leaflets 4-8 pairs, crowded, oval or obovate ; stipules broadly halber 
shaped , nearly as large as Ike leaflets; peduncles 6-10-fl° wer ’• 
lower calyx-teeth longer than the tube. — Sea-coast, and shore of t e 
Great Lakes. June-Aug. — Stems 1° high: flowers large, blue-pur 
pie. Leaflets very veiny, as also are those of the other species. 
2. L.. vendsus, Muhl. (Veiny Vetchling.) Stem climb¬ 
ing; leaflets 5-7 pairs, scattered, oblong-ovate, often downy 
stipules very small and usually slender , half arrow-shaped; pedunc ^ 
many-flowered. — Shady banks, Michigan and southward. J un ®‘ 
A large species: flowers purple. 
3. Ij. oclirolciicus, Hook. (Pale Vetchling.) Stem 
der; leaflets 3-4 pairs, ovate or oval, smooth, glaucous, 
t ties half heart-shaped , about half as large as the leaflets ; pedunc 
7- 10-flowered ; corolla yellowish-white. — Hill-sides from W 
moot westward and northward. July. — Flowers smaller than m 
foregoing, as large as in the following. 
4. L. myrtilolius, Muhl. (Myrtle-leaved Vktchli^ 
Stem slender; leaflets 2-3 ( rarely 4) pairs , ovate-elliptical , or 0 
obtuse ; stipules half ovate-arrow-shaped , rather large ; pedunc e 
6-flowered; corolla pale dull purple. —W. New England to * ^ 
igan. July —Aug. — Leaves sometimes narrow and verging to 
next species. 
5. palustris, L. (Marsh Vetchling.) Stem s ^ en ^’ 
often wing-margined; leaflets 3-4 pairs, lanceolate , linear , or nar 
