DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



aiders it very distinct. "It is," he says, "distinguished by 

 mucli larger leaves on much longer petioles, its stem is much 

 more diffusely branched, the peduncles long with the flowers 

 scattered and distinctly racemose." 



9. L. procumbens Mich: slender, procumbent, every where pubes- 

 cent ; leaves on long petioles ; leafets oval, obtuse, mucronate ; pe- 

 duncles very long, setaceous ; racemes short, subumbellate ; flowers 

 in pairs, distinct ; legume oval, nearly smooth. Hedysarum lespedcza 

 1st in. 



HAB. Sandy woods. Can. to Car. W. to Miss. Aug., Sept. 

 If. Stem 2 3 feet long. Fioicers purple, with yellow spots. 



10. L. prostrata Pursh : smooth, prostrate ; leaves on very short pe- 

 tioles ; leafets obovate-elliptic, obtuse ; racemes axillary and terminal, 

 subpaniculate ; peduncles very long; legumes oval, subpubescent. 

 Hedysarum prostratum Mulit. in Wittd. 



HAB. Sandy soils. N. J. to Car. Aug. 2_(. Very similar to 

 the preceding species. Flotcers violet. 



11. L. repens Bart. : leaves ternate ; leafets roundish-elliptical; 

 emarginatc ; racemes axillary; legume repand. Hedysarum repens 

 Willd. 



HAB. Woods. Penn. and Virg. Muhl. July. 2^. This may 

 be identical with the last. 



18. VICIA. Linn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft or 5- toothed ; two upper teeth shorter. 

 Corol papilionaceous. Stamens diadelphous.' Style filiform, 

 bearded beneath the stigma. Legume oblong, 1 -eel led, many- 

 seeded. Diadclphia. Decandria. 



* Flowers on peduncles. 



1. V. caroliniana Walt. : smoothish ; leafets 8 10, elliptical -lanceo- 

 late, subalteniate, obtuse, mucronate ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, entire; 

 peduncles many-flowered, as long as or longer than the leaves ; flow- 

 ers distant ; teeth of the calyx short > style villous at the top ; legume 

 lanceolate, smooth, obliquely veined. V. parviflora Mich . 



HAB. Mountains. Penn. to Car. May, June. If. Stem long 

 and climbing. Fkncers small, white. Standard black at the tip. 



2. V. americana Muhl. : leafets 812, elliptical-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 smooth, mucronate ; stipules semisagittate, deeply toothed ; pedun- 

 cles 4 10-flowered, shorter than the leaves. . 



HAB. Shady woods. Penn. W. to Miss. June. 2J..-Siem 

 long. Leaves distant. Flowers purple. American Vetch. 



3. V. cracca Linn. : stem branching ; leafets numerous, oblong, al- 

 ternate and opposite, mucronate, pubescent ; stipules semisagittate- 

 linear ; peduncles many-flowered, as long as or longer than the leave*; 



