PAPILIONACEAE. (Vou. II. 
7. Vicia tetraspérma (L,.) Moench. 
Slender Vetch. Smooth or Lentil 
Tare. (Fig. 2210.) 
S Ervum tetraspermum I,. Sp. Pl. 738. 1753. 
9 Vicia tetrasperma Moench, Meth, 148. 1794. 
Annual, glabrous or nearly so, weak, slen- 
der, 6’-24’ long. Stipules linear, long-auric- 
ulate at the base; leaves short-petioled; leaf- 
lets thin, 6-12, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse 
or acutish, commonly mucronulate, 6//-8’’ 
> long; peduncles filiform, equalling or shorter 
” than the leaves, 1-6-flowered; flowers pale 
blue or purplish, 2’/-3/’ long; pod 4//-6/’ 
long, glabrous, 3-6-seeded. 
In meadows and waste places, Nova Scotia and 
Ontario to Virginia. Naturalized from Europe. 
Native also of northern Asia. June-Sept. 
8. Vicia hirstta (L.) Koch. Hairy Vetch or Tare. (Fig. 2211.) 
Ervum hirsutum \. SD: Pl. 738. 1753. 
ee Mitchelli Raf. Prec. Decouv. 37. 
1814. 
Vicia hirsuta Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 191. 
1837. 
Sparingly pubescent, or glabrous, 
annual, much resembling the preced- 
ing species. Stipules linear, long- 
auriculate and sometimes toothed; 
leaves nearly sessile; leaflets 12-14, 
oblong or linear, obtuse, emarginate 
or truncate, mucronulate, 4’’-8/’ long, 
narrowed at the base; peduncles slen- 
der, mainly shorter than the leaves, 
2-6-flowered; flowers pale purplish 
blue, about 112’ long; pod oblong, 
pubescent, 4’’-6’’ long, 2-seeded. 
In fields and waste places, Virginia to 
Ohio and New Brunswick. Naturalized 
from Europe. Native also of Asia. Called 
also Tine-tare, Strangle-tare. May-Sept. 
og) 
g. Vicia sativa I. Common Vetch or Tare. 
Pebble-vetch. (Fig. 2212.) 
Vicia sativa I,. Sp. Pl. 736. 1753. 
Annual, pubescent or glabrate, spreading, ascending 
or climbing, 1°-3° long. Stipules broad, generally 
sharply toothed; leaves short-petioled; leaflets S-14, 
obovate, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, truncate or 
retuse and mucronate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 
9//-15’’ long, 2’’-4’’ wide; flowers 1 or 2 in the axils, 
sessile or short-peduncled, bluish-purple, 9’’-12’’ long; 
calyx-teeth about as long as the tube; pod linear-ob- 
long, glabrous, 134’-3’ long, about 4/’ wide, 5~-I0- 
seeded. 
In fields and waste places, frequent or occasional through- 
out our area, in the southern States and on the Pacific 
Coast. Adventive from Europe, where it is extensively 
cultivated for fodder. May-Aug. 
