l62 PRINCIPAL INTRODUCED NONGRASSLIKE FORAGE HERBS 



Hairy vetch is readily recognized by the dense gray hairs which 

 occur on all parts of the plant, and by the crowded clusters of 

 slender, deep-blue flowers. This species is well adapted to both 

 warm and cold climates, seldom winter-killing even in southern 



Fig. 54- — X'ELVET BEAN (Mucuna uiUis) IN FUI-L POD. 



Canada. In the South the vetches do well in the black prairie 

 alluvial regions, where they are often grown with a nurse crop, 



