326 PAPILIONACEAE. (Vor. II. 
Flowers sessile or very nearly so, few, axillary. 
Flowers I or 2 in the axils; annuals. 
Leaflets oblong, oval or obovate. 9. V. saliva. | 
Leaflets, except those of lower leaves, linear, or linear-oblong. 10. V. angustifolia. 
Flowers 2-6 in a short nearly sessile raceme; perennial. 11. V. Septum. 
1. Vicia Cracca L. ‘Tufted or Cow 
Vetch. Blue Vetch. (Fig. 2204.) 
Vicia Cracca Y,. Sp. Pl. 735. 1753. 
Perennial, finely pubescent or sometimes gla- 
brate, stems tufted, slender, weak, climbing or trail- 
ing, 2°-4° long. Stipules linear, acute, entire, 1//-4’/ 
long; leaves nearly. sessile; leaflets 18-24, thin, 
linear or linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, mucron- 
ate, 8’’-10’’ long, 14’/-2’’ wide; peduncles axillary, 
shorter than or equalling the leaves; spike-like 
racemes dense, 1/-4’ long; flowers bluish-purple, 
5/’-6”’ long, reflexed; pod short-stalked, glabrous, 
9/’-12’’ long, about 3’’ wide, 5-8-seeded. 
In dry soil, Newfoundland to British Columbia, south 
to New York, New Jersey, Kentucky and Iowa. Also 
in Europe and Asia. Tinegrass. Cat-peas. June-Aug. 
(2. Vicia Americana Muhl. American 
Vetch. Pea Vine. (Fig. 2205.) 
Vicia Americana Muhl.; Willd. Sp. Pl. 3: 1096. 1803 
Perennial, glabrous or with some appressed pu- 
bescence, trailing or climbing, 2°-3° long. Leaves 
nearly sessile; stipules broad, foliaceous, triangular- 
ovate, sharply toothed, 2//-5/’ long; leaflets 8-14, 
elliptic, ovate or oblong, obtuse or sometimes emar- 
ginate and mucronulate at the apex, rounded at the 
base, 8’’-18’’ long, 3/’-7’’ wide; peduncles usually 
shorter than the leaves; racemes loose, 3-9-flowered; 
flowers bluish-purple, 8’/-9’’ long, spreading; pod 
short-stalked, glabrous, 1/-1}4’ long, 4-7-seeded. 
In moist ground, New Brunswick to Manitoba and 
British Columbia, south to Virginia, Kentucky and 
Nevada. Leaflets of lower leaves sometimes narrow. 
Ascends to 3500 ft. in Virginia. May-Aug. 
Vicia Americana truncata (Nutt.) Brewer, in Brew. & 
Wats. Bot. Cal. 1: 158. 1876. 
Vicia truncata Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1: 270. 1838. 
Leaflets thick, oblong or obovate, truncate and dentate at the apex. Nebraska to California, 
north to Vancouver. 
3. Vicia linearis (Nutt.) Greene. Narrow- 
leaved American Vetch. (Fig. 2206.) 
Lathyrus linearis Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. 1:276. 1838. 
Vicia Americana var. linearis S. Wats. Proc. Am. 
II: 134. 1876. 
Vicia linearis Greene, Fl. Francis. 3. 1891. 
Perennial, glabrous or nearly so, stems weak, 
often zigzag, 1°-2° long. Leaflets 4-7 pairs, nar- 
rowly linear to linear-oblong, 9’’-18’’ long, '4//— 
2/’ wide, rather thick, acute or obtusish, the apex 
not toothed, mucronate; stipules 2’’-4’’ long, half- 
sagittate, acuminate, their bases prolonged, some- 
times dentate; peduncles shorter than the leaves, 
or about equalling them; racemes loose, 2-6-flow- 
ered; flowers purple or purplish, about 9’ long; 
pod about 1’ long, 3’ wide or rather more, gla- 
brous, short-stalked. 
In dry soil, Northwest Territory to British Columbia, 
Kansas, New Mexico and California. May-Aug. 
