Vor, II.] PEA FAMILY. 329 
to. Vicia angustifolia Roth. Smaller Common Vetch. (Fig. 2213.) 
Vicia angustifolia Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 310. 
Vie vation var. angustifolia Ser. in DC. Prodr. 
2: 361. 1825. 
Annual, glabrous or puberulent; stem slen- 
der, 1°-2° long. Stipules mostly half-sagit- 
tate, toothed, or entire; leaves short-petioled, 
or nearly sessile; leaflets 8-16, linear, lanceo- 
late, or oblanceolate, 4//-18’’ long, 1//-2// 
wide, acute, obtuse, truncate or emarginate 
at the apex,*mucronulate, those of the lower 
leaves commonly obovate, broader and shorter; 
flowers I or 2 in the upper axils, purple, 
6/’-8’ long; calyx-teeth as long as the tube 
or shorter; pod linear, glabrous, 1/-2/ long. 
In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to Flor- 
ida, mostly near the coast. Naturalized from 
Europe. Widely distributed as a weed in tem- 
perate regions. April-July. 
11. Vicia Sépium I. Bush Vetch. 
Wild Tare. (Fig. 2214.) 
Vicia Sepium V,. Sp. Pl. 737. 1753. 
Perennial by slender stolons, minutely 
pubescent; stem slender, 2°-3° long. Leaves 
short-petioled, 2’-6’ long; leaflets 10-18, ovate 
or oval, 6/’-12/’ long, 3//-7/’ wide, emargi- 
nate or truncate at the apex, mucronulate, 
thin; stipules half-sagittate, 5’” long or less; 
racemes in I or more of the upper axils, 2-6- 
flowered, %’-1’ long, nearly sessile; flowers 
very short-pedicelled, pale purple, 6’/—10/’ 
long; calyx-teeth unequal, shorter than the 
tube; pod 10/’/-15’’ long, about 3/’ wide, 
glabrous. 
Railway embankment near Hamilton, Ontario. 
Adventive or fugitive from Europe. Native also 
of Asia. Called also Crow-peas. May-July. 
Ervum Léns J,., the Lentil, aistingiiehed from 
all our species of Vicia by its elongated calyx- 
lobes and oval, 1-2-seeded pod, is collected oc- 
casionally as a waif, not established. 
372 VADER U'S) Wesp. Pll 720.5756: 
Herbaceous vines, rarely erect herbs, with pinnate mostly tendril-bearing leaves, and 
racemose or sometimes solitary flowers. Calyx oblique or gibbous at the base, its teeth 
nearly equal or the upper ones somewhat shorter than the lower. Corolla nearly as in Vicia, 
but commonly larger. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), or monadelphous below. Ovary 
sessile or stalked; ovules generally numerous; style curved, flattened, hairy along its inner 
side. Pod flat, or sometimes terete, 2-valved, dehiscent, continuous between the seeds. 
[Ancient Greek name of some leguminous plant. | 
About 110 species, natives of the northern hemisphere and of South America. Besides the fol- 
lowing, about 25 others occur in the southern and western parts of North America. 
Leaflets 3-6 pairs; flowers purple. 
Stipules broad, foliaceous; plant of the seashore and the Great Lakes. 1. L. marttimus. 
Stipules half-sagittate or small, or wanting; inland plants. 
Plants climbing or trailing; stipules present; pod sessile. 
Leaflets ovate or oval, large; flowers 10-20. 2. L. venosus. 
Leaflets linear, oblong or oval, smaller; flowers 2-6. 
Leaflets linear or linear-oblong; stem winged. 3. L. palustris. 
Leaflets oblong or oval; stem wingless. 4. L. myrtifolius. 
Plants mainly erect; stipules often wanting; pod stipitate. 
Leaflets lanceolate or oblong. 5. L. decaphyllus. 
Leaflets linear. 6. L. ornatus. 
Leaflets 3-5 pairs; stipules foliaceous; flowers yellowish-white. 7. L. ochroleucus. 
Leaflets 1 pair; stipules foliaceous; flowers bright yellow. 8. L. pratensis. 
