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* * All the flowers perfect, in close spikes or heads. 



2. L. hirta, L. Stem erect, wand-like, tall, pubescent. Leaf- 

 lets roundish or oval, pubescent. Spikes dense, on peduncles 

 longer than the leaves. Corolla yellowish-ivhite, with a purple spot 

 on the standard. 



3. L. capita'ta, Michx. Peduncles and petioles short. Leaflets 

 varying from oblong to linear, silky underneath. Flowers in 

 dense heads ; corolla as in No. 1. Calyx much longer than the 

 pod. Both species are found in dry soil. 



9. VICIA, Tourn. VETCH. 



1. V. sati'va, L. (COMMON VETCH or TARE.) Stem simple, 

 somewhat pubescent. Leaflets 10-14, varying from obovate- 

 oblong to linear. Flowers purple, large, one or two together, sessile 

 in the axils, or nearly so. Cultivated fields and waste grounds. 



2. V. Cracca, L. (TUFTED V.) Downy-pubescent. Leaflets 

 20-%4> oblong-lanceolate, strongly mucronate. Peduncles long, 

 bearing a dense one-sided raceme of blue flowers, bent downward in 

 the spike, and turning purple before withering. Borders of 

 thickets, and pastures. Chiefly eastward. 



3. V. Carolinia'na, Walt. Smooth. Leaflets 8-12, oblong. 

 Peduncles bearing a rather loose raceme of ivhitish flowers, the keel 

 tipped with blue. Low grounds and river-banks. 



4. V. America'na, Muhl. Smooth. Leaflets 10-14, val or 

 ovate-oblong, very veiny. Peduncles 4~8-flowered, flowers purple. 

 Moist places. 



5. V. hirsu'ta, Koch. Stem weak. Leaflets 12-16, linear. 

 Peduncles 3-6-flowered. Pods hairy, 2-seeded. Chiefly eastward. 



10. I^ATH'YRUS, L. EVERLASTING PEA. 



1. L. marit'imus, Bigel. (BEACH PEA.) Stem stout, about a 

 foot high. Leaflets 8-16, oval or obovate. Stipules broadly 

 halberd- shaped, about as large as the leaflets. Flowers large, 

 purple. Sea-coast, and shores of the Great Lakes. 



2. L. veno'sus, Muhl. ( VEINY E.) Stem 2-3 feet high. Leaf- 

 lets 10-14. Stipules very small, slender, half arrow-shaped. 

 Flowers numerous. Shady banks, chiefly westward and south- 

 ward. 



