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"Related to sy. Laiesinlnes from a it is 
the leaves linear-lanceolate (not ovate-lanceolate), 
longer than the petals (not shorter). 
. Vicia SITCHENSIS 129. Plant many feet high. | 
Stem subsimple, terete, striate, glabrate, here : 
pilose, especially at the base of the petiole. Leaves | 
sessile, ace leaflets about 24, alternate, onorens 
lens, ro lines to an eh long, three ne broad at the “nid! 
Petiole angled, channeled above, sparsely hairy, ending in a ten- 
dril. Stipules opposite, semisaggitate, oblong, incised- dentate _ 
at base, pilose. Peduncles axillary, pubescent, equaling the leaf. 
Flowers racemose, 12-18, secund, shortly pedicelled, about 6 — 
lines long. Calyx 5-toothed; teeth unequal, the lower larger, 
subulate, pilose. Vexillum oblong, the apex slightly emargi- 
nate. Wings a little shorter than the vexillum, the blade ob- 
long, provided with recurved teeth at the base, the claw long 
and slender. Keel obtusish, including the sexual organs. Sta- 
mens diadelphous, the length of the pistil. Ovary linear; style 
filiform, incurved, the stigmatic apex bearded. Legume ob- 
long, compressed, attenuate and incurved at the base, the apex 
hooked, an inch and a half and more long, 5 lines wide, very 
smooth. Seeds about 5, globose, tawny (?) hilum about a line 
in diameter. 
EPILOBIUM AFFINE 135. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate- 
lanceolate, irregularly setrulate-dentate, pubescent, petals bifid, 
obcordate, scarcely longer than the calyx, stigma clavate, undi- 
vided. 
Plant 1 %-2 feet. 
Root fibrous. Stem erect, sparingly branched; branches 
short, terete, glabrous, the apex only pubescent as thick as a 
goose quill. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate-lanceolate, irregu- 
larly serrulate-dentate, pale beneath, veined, 2-3 inches long, 
