78 BIcKNELL: FERNS AND FLOWERING PLANTS OF NANTUCKET 
times becoming quite prostrate. On Chappaquiddick Island, 
where the vegetation in general is more like that of Nantucket 
than on Marthas Vineyard proper, no plant of this species was 
found that showed any prostrate tendency. 
On Nantucket, like several other Lespedezas, this species 
develops as unusual degree of pubescence, the stems becoming 
velvety-cinereous, the leaflets conspicuously whitened and almost 
felted on both surfaces with a velutinous canescent or appressed 
silky indument. Stems a few inches long June 2, 1909; first 
flowers Aug. 11, 1906; in full flower Aug. 28, 1904; no flowers left 
Sept. 2, 1907. 
Nothing was seen of L. capitata Michx., although it may be 
expected to occur since it was found at one station on Marthas 
Vineyard. The name appears in Mrs. Owen’s catalogue but 
of course refers to the allied species, which was not recognized 
until many years later. 
*VICIA VILLOSA Roth. 
Occurs sparingly at one locality in Quaise, where it is found 
running through the grass about an isolated and long-abandoned 
dwelling. First flowers June 15, 1911; in full flower Aug. 16, 1906, 
Sept. 17, 1907. 
*VICIA TETRASPERMA (L.) Moench. 
Not observed until 1909, when it was found not far from the 
old mill along a roadside bank and intricately entangled over 
many rods of an adjoining field. The next year it was seen at 
the foot of the “ Cliff”’ and in quantity by a roadside southwest 
of the town. Near Union Street, 1904, Mrs. Nellie F. Flynn; 
near Orange Street, 1905, J. R. Churchill, fide F. G. Floyd. Just 
in flower June 15, 1910; in full flower June 13, 1909, June 26, 1910. 
Corolla larger than in V. hirsuta, purplish and pinkish tinged, the 
standard purple-lineate. 
*VICIA HIRSUTA (L.) Koch. 
One station north of the town, where there isa tangled growth 
in a hollow of a sloping sandy field; near the docks, 1895, Mrs. 
Nellie F. Flynn, fide F.G. Floyd. Not yet any flower buds May 30, 
1909; first flowers June 12, 1909; June 15, I910; June 15, 1911. 
Corolla smaller than in V. tetrasperma, bluish and white, the stand- 
ard without darker lines. 
