256 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Vicia Faba L. (classical name for this species). 

 European Garden Bean. 



Rare. Waste or ballast ground: Southington (Bissell), 

 Waterbury (A. E., Blewitt), Bridgeport (Eames). July — 

 Sept. Fugitive from the Old World. 



From prehistoric times has been cultivated for food. In 

 the maritime provinces of Canada it is grown for fodder, but 

 in most parts of the United States, where the summers are hot 

 and dry, it does not thrive. 



Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench (four-seeded). 

 Slender Vetch. 



Dry grassland. Rare or local in most districts : Norwich 

 (W. A. Setchell), Southington (Andrews), Hamden (Har- 

 ger). Becoming occasional from Milford (Eames, C. K. 

 Averill) westward along the coast. Late May — June. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 



Vicia hirsuta (L.) S. F. Gray (hairy). 

 Hairy Vetch or Tare. 



Rare. Stamford, in waste ground (W. H. Hoyt). May — 

 Sept. Fugitive from Europe. 



Vicia Cracca L. (classical name for some leguminous plant). 

 Cow, Tufted or Blue Vetch. 



Fields, meadows and roadsides. Frequent along the Con- 

 necticut River ; rare, local or occasional elsewhere. June — 

 Aug. For the most part introduced from the West or North 

 or from Europe. 



Inclined to be troublesome in grassland wherever estab- 

 lished. 



Vicia villosa Roth (hairy). 

 Hairy or Winter Vetch. 



Rare. Borders of fields as an escape from cultivation : 

 Southington (Andrews), Salisbury (M. L. Fernald). June — 

 Sept. Adventive from the Old World. 



Grown to a considerable extent as a cover-crop. 



LENS Hill. Lentil. 



Lens esculenta ^Moench (fit for eating). 

 Ervum Lens L. 

 Lentil. 



