BLUE AND PURPLE 



MARSH VHTCHLiNG. 



Lathy rus palustris. Pulse Family. 



Stems. Slender; one to three feet long. Leaves. Divided into two to 

 four pairs of narrowly oblong to linear leaflets. Flowers. Purple ; papi- 

 lionaceous ; clustered. 



The marsh vetchling is found in wet places from New York 

 northward and westward. 



Strophostyles angulosa. Pulse Family. 



Stems. Branched; one to six feet long; prostrate, or climbing. Leaves, 

 Divided into three leaflets, which are more or less prominently lobed 

 toward the base, the terminal two-lobed; or some or all without lobes. 

 Flowers. Purplish or greenish; on long flower-stalks. Pods. Linear; 

 straight, or nearly so. 



This somewhat inconspicuous plant is found back of the 

 sand-hills along the coast, often in the neighborhood of the 

 beach pea, and climbing over river-banks, thickets, and fences 

 as well. It can usually be identified by its oddly lobed leaflets. 



BLUE VETCH. 



Vicia Cracca. Pulse Family. 



Leaves. Divided into twenty to twenty- four leaflets, with slender tips. 

 Flowers. Papilionaceous; blue, turning purple; growing in close, many- 

 flowered, one-sided spikes. 



This is an emigrant from Europe which is found along road- 

 sides and in some of our eastern fields and thickets as far south 

 as New Jersey. It usually climbs more or less by means of the 

 tendril at the tip of its divided leaves, and sometimes forms 

 bright patches of vivid blue over the meadows. 



Another member of this genus is V. sativa, the common 



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