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which they adhere to whatever touches them. 



D. nudiflorum. Leaves pinnately 3 foliate, crowded 

 at top of a flowerless stem; flowers on a long- 

 slender leafless stem, l^j to 2% ft. long-, Pi., J. 



D. acuminatum. Leaves crowded at top of stem 

 from which rises a loig- naked peduncle bearing- 

 a raceme of P. flowers; Ju. Jl. Woods. 



D. rptundifolium . Prostrate, covered with soft 

 hairs; leaflets nearly round; flowers scattered, 

 P. 12 to 20 in., Ju'. J. Woods. 



D. canescens. Brect, channeled, hairy branching- 

 leaflets longf-ovate. obtuse, whitish or netted 

 below; pods 4 to 7 joints; flowers in dense 

 spikes, larger than in other species, G. P. ; 3 to 

 4 ft. J. Aug-. Borders of woods. 



D. cuspidatum. Very smooth except the panicle; 

 leaflets oblong--oval, acuminate, thinish; flowers 

 rather scattered and panicle spreading-. P. 2/^ 

 to 4 ft. Aug-. Open woods. 



LESPKDEZA. P. Bush Clover. Leaves pinnately 

 3 foliolate, without stipules. Flowers P. or W. 



L. procumbens. Slender, prostrate, hairy, except 

 upper surface of leaves; leaflets small l /2 in., 

 oval; flowers P. Dry rocky places. 



L. violacea. Uprigfht or spreading 1 , slender branch- 

 ing 1 , leaflets thin, broad-oval; flowers few, Vi. 



L. capitata. Rigid, wooly; petioles short; leaflets 

 oblong 1 , thickish and nettled; flowers in dense 

 heads; W. with a P. spot. Dry soils. 

 111. L, ang-ustifolia. Silky; leaflets linear; heads on 



distinct peduncles. 



VICIA, Vetch. Tare Herbs climbing- by tenrlrils at 

 the end of the pinnate leaf. 



V. America na Smooth; leaflets 10 to 14; ellipti- 

 cal, obtuse, veiny; flowers 4 tc 8 on a peduncle; 

 P., Ju. Moist fields. 



