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ftnd mucronate at the apex ; pod linear, several-seeded. Cultivated fields an J 

 waste places; both the common form, and the var. ANGUSTIF6LIA, with longer 

 and narrow leaflets. (Adv. from Eu.) 



# # Annual: peduncles elongated: flowers small. (Species of Ervum, L.) 



2. V. TETRASPERMA, L. Peduncles 1 - 2-flowered ; leaflets 4-6 pairs, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse ; calyx-teeth unequal ; pods narrowly oblong, ^-seeded, smooth. 



Waste or open places, near the coast. An insignificant plant, 6' -12' high, 

 with whitish flowers. (Nat. from Eu.) 



3. V. HiRstiTA, Koch. Peduncles 3 - S-flowered ; leaflets 6-8 pairs, trun- 

 cate ; calyx-teeth equal ; pods oblong, 2-seeded, hairy. (Ervum hirsutum, L.) 

 Massachusetts to Virginia. A slender straggling plant, with small purplish- 

 blue flowers. (Nat. from Eu.) 



* * * Perennial: peduncles elongated; calyx-teeth very unequal: pod several-seeded. 



4. V. Crtacca, L. Downy-pubescent; leaflets 20-24, oblong-lanceolate, 

 strongly mucronate; peduncles densely many-flowered; calyx-teeth shorter than the 

 tube. Borders of thickets, New England to Kentucky and northward. July. 



Flowers blue, turning purple, ' long, one-sided in the spike, reflexed. (Eu.) 



5. V. Caroliniana, Walt. Nearly smooth; leaflets 8-12, oblong, ob- 

 tuse, scarcely mucronate ; peduncles loosely flowei'ed ; calyx-teeth very short. - 

 Kiver-banks, &c. May. Flowers more scattered than in No. 4, whitish, the 

 keel tipped with blue. 



6. V. AmericilBia, Muhl. Glabrous; leaflets 10-14, elliptical or ovate- 

 oblong, very obtuse, many-veined; peduncles 4 - 8-flowered. Moist thickets, 

 New York to Kentucky and northward. June. Flowers purplish-blue, 1' 

 long. 



21. L. A THY KITS, L. VETCHLING. EVERLASTING PEA. 



Style flattish, not grooved above, hairy along the inner side (next the free sta- 

 men). Otherwise nearly as in Vicia. (Aatfvpos, a leguminous plant of Theo- 

 phrastus.) Our wild species are perennial and mostly smooth plants. 



1. JL. marifinius, Bigelow. (BEACH PEA.) Stem stout (1 high); 

 leaflets 4-8 pairs, crowded, oval or obovate ; stipules broadly halberd-shaped, 

 noirly as large as the leaflets; peduncles 6 - 10-flowered. Sea-coast, from New 

 Jersey northward, and shore of the Great Lakes. June - Aug. Flowers large, 

 purple. Leaflets very veiny, as also are those of the other species. (Eu.) 



2 L.. veildsus, Muhl. Stem climbing (2 -5 high); leaflets 5 - 7 pairs, 

 scattered, oblong-ovate, often downy beneath ; stipules very small and usually slen 

 der, half arroiv-shaped ; peduncles many-flowered; corolla purple. Shady banks, 

 Michigan, Wisconsin, and southward. June. 



3. 1.. ocliroleucus, Hook. Stem slender (1- 3 high); leaflets 3-4 

 pairs, ovate or oval, smooth, glaucous, thin ; stipules half heart-shaped, about half 

 asla.rg- as the leaflets; peduncles 7 - 10-flowered; corolla yellowish-white. Hill- 

 sides, W. Vermont to Penn., and westward and northward. July. 



4. l<. palttstris, L. (MARSH VETCHLING.) Stem slender (l-2 

 high), often wing-margined ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, lanceolate, linear, or narrowly 



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