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3. Lespedeza capitata Michx. 



Dry woods and fields; common. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. 



4. Lespedeza stuvei Nutt. 



Dry fields and woods; frequent. Ang:.-Sept. Eastern U.S. 



5. Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Ell. 



. Dry woods and fields; frequent. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. (L. stuvei of Ward's 

 Flora, in part.) 



6. Lespedeza virginica (L.) Britton. 



Dry Avoods and fields; common. Aug.-Oct. Eastern U. S. (L. reticulata angvsti- 

 Jolin of Ward's Flora.) 



Lespedeza sieboldii Miq., a Japanese species, with large flowers, was collected along 

 a roadside near Riverdale, Sept., IdOo. (House). Escaped from cultivation. 



7. Lespedeza prociimbens Michx. 



Dry woods and fields; frequent. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U.S. 



8. Lespedeza nuttallii Darl. 



Dry woods; occasional. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. 



9. Lespedeza violacea (L.) Pers. 



Dry woods and fields; frequent. Aug.-Sept. Eastern U. S. 



10. Lespedeza repens (L.) Bartr. 



Dry woods and fields; common. July-Sept. Eastern U. S. 



15. VICIA L. Vetch. 



Leaflets 1-3 pairs, most of them 2 cm. wide or larger. Flowers large, sessile or nearly 



so in the axils; leaflets and stipules toothed 1. V. narbonensis. 



Leaflets more than 3 pairs in all or most of the leaves, less than 1 cm. wide. 



Flowers sessile or nearly so in the axils of the leaves 2. V. angustifolia. 



Flowers in long-stalked racemes. 



Flowers 1-6 in each raceme, 4 mm. long or smaller 3. V. tetrasperma. 



Flowers more than 6 in most of the racemes, usually much more numerous, 7 mm. 

 long or larger. 

 Plants very hairy; flowers 1.5 cm. long or larger, violet; pods about 1 cm, wide. 



4. V. villosa. 



Plants glabrous or nearly so; flowers 1 cm. long or shorter, bluish white; pods 



5-7 mm. wide 5. V. caroliniana. 



1. Vicia narbonensis L. French vetch. 

 Well established in fields near Chevy Chase Lake. May-June. Native of Eur.; 



cultivated and sometimes escaping. 



Vicia faha L., the broad bean, with large entire leaflets, was collected in waste 

 ground, Hyattsville, June, 1907 (Mrs. E. S. Steele). Native of Asia and Africa; 

 much grown for food in Eur., and rarely in N. Amer. 



2. Vicia angustifolia L. 



Fields and waste gi-ound; frequent. Apr .-June. Native of Eur.; widely natur- 

 alized in N. Amer. 



Often reported from our region as V.'sativa L., a species so far not found here. 



3. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. 



Fields and waste ground; occasional. May-July. Native of Eur. and Asia; 

 naturalized in eastern N. Amer. 



Vicia hirsuta (L.) Koch, with hairy 2-seeded pods, was collected near the Long 

 Bridge, June, 1898 (Steele). Native of Eur. and Asia; occasionally naturalized in 

 N. Amer. 



