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Leaflets (six to eight pairs), a quarter to two thirds inch 

 long, scarcely one twelfth inch wide, widest above, 

 with the apex squared. 



Pod, short, hairy. Seeds, two. 



Found, from New York to South Carolina. 



A hairy, very slender creeping vine one to three feet in 

 length. 



Fig. 29. Tufted Vetch. V. crdcca, L. 



Flowers, many, twelve to twenty or more in a long, 

 densely blossomed, one-sided cluster ; blue, becoming 

 purple, one half inch in length, reflexed. Calyx, with 

 its teeth unequal and shorter than its tube. Cluster- 

 stem, lengthened. July. 



Leaflets (ten to twelve pairs), one half to two thirds inch 

 long by one sixth to one quarter inch wide with short 

 stems, oblong to lance-shape, strongly bristle-pointed, 

 downy. 



Pod, several-seeded. 



Found, from Newfoundland to New Jersey. 



A slender climber, slightly downy, with square stem, 

 two to three feet in length. 



Fig. 30. Carolina Vetch. V. Carolinihna, Walt. 

 Flowers, small (one quarter inch long or a little more), 

 whitish, in loose clusters of six to twelve blossoms. 

 Keel, tipped with blue. Calyx, teeth unequal, the 

 two upper very short. Cluster-stem, usually rather 

 shorter than the leaves. May. 



Leaflets (four to eight pairs), half to one inch in length, 

 mostly alternate, oblong or narrow. Apex, rounded, 

 slightly pointed, or sometimes notched. 



