LEGUMINOSAB 55 



10 pairs, sublinear, truncate; flowers 3 to 6; legume 2-seeded, 



hairy. 



Ervum hirsutum. L. $ Fl. Cestr. ed. 2. p. 426. 



HIRSUTE VICIA. Hairy Vetch. 



Stem 2 to 3 feet long. Leaflets about half an inch long. Flowers pale purplish- 

 blue; common peduncles axillary, about an inch in length. 

 Hob. Banks of Schuylkill : rare. Nat of Europe. FL May. Fr. July. 



3. V. Crdcca, L. Leaflets in 10 to 12 pairs, oblong-lanceolate, 

 strongly mucronate; racemes densely many-flowered, longer than 

 the leaves. 



TUFTED VETCH. 



Stem 18 inches to 3 feet long, 4-angled, branching, pubescent, climbing by ten- 

 drils. Leaflets about an inch long, silky-pilose beneath. Flowers pale violet-pur- 

 ple, retrorsely imbricated in dense secund racemes; common peduncles axillary,! 

 to 3 inches long. Seeds subglobose, nearly black. 

 Hob. Borders of woods ; indigenous ? not common. FL June. Fr. Aug. 



4. V. AmcriciiBi Jl, MuhL Leaflets in 4 to 7 pairs, elliptic or 

 ovate-oblong, very obtuse ; racemes 4- to 8-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves. 



AMERICAN VICIA. Wild Vetch, 



Stem 2 to 3 feet long, smooth, branching near the base. Leaflets half an inch to 

 an inch and half long, smooth. Flowers pale purple, rather large ; common pedun- 

 cles axillary, about an inch long. 

 Hob. Banks of the Schuylkill : rare. Fl. June. Fr. 



89. ER/YUM, Tournef. 

 [The Latin name for a species of Vetch,] 



Calyx 5-parted ; segments lance-linear, about as long as the corolla. 

 Style ascending; stigma, glabrous. Legume 2- to 4-seeded. 

 1. E. LENS, L. Erect; branching; leaflets in 3 to 6 or 8 pairs, 

 elliptic-oblong; peduncles 2- or 3-flowered; legumes short and 

 rather broad ; seeds lenticular. 

 Lentil. Common, or Garden Lentil. 



Annual. Stem 6 to 12 inches high, slightly pubescent. Leaflets half an inch to 

 an inch long; common petioles 1 to 2 inches long. Flowers white; common pedun- 

 cles axillary, half an inch to an inch in length. Legumes about half an inch long. 

 Hob. Gardens: Nat. of Europe. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. It appears from Dr. J. D. HOOKER'S Note*, that the seeds 

 of this plant are sometimes called "Gram," in India; but that name 

 is believed to be more usually applied to the seeds of Cicer. 



90. PrSUM, Tournef. 

 [The Latin name of the Pea.] 



Calyx-segments foliaceous. Vexillum large, reflexed. Style com- 

 pressed, villous on the upper margin. Legume oblong. Seeds nu- 

 merous, globose, with an orbicular hilum. 



1. P. SATiVuM, L. Leaflets in 2 pairs, rhombic-ovate ; stipules very 

 large, ovate ; peduncles 2- or several-flowered ; legumes subcarnose. 

 CULTIVATED PISUM. Pea. Garden Pea. 

 Annual ; smooth and glaucous. Stem 18 inches to 4 feet long, somewhat branch- 



