596 sturtevant's notes on edible plants 



V. gemella Crantz. smooth tare. 



Eiarope and the Orient; a weed of Britain, which is said to be cultivated in some 

 places. It is now nattiralized in the United States near the coast. 



V. gigantea Hook. 



California to Sitka. The seeds are eaten by the Indians.' Gray remarks that the 

 seeds are eatable, when young, like green peas. 



V. hirsuta S. F. Gray, hairy tare. 



Europe, northern Africa and Asia. This species is said by Loudon ' to be cultivated 

 in some places as a lentil. This plant is naturalized in the United States from Massa- 

 chusetts to Virginia.' 



V. monanthos Desf. 



Mediterranean region. This is a lens cultivated by the French.* 



V. narbonensis Linn, narbonne vetch. 



Orient and Mediterranean region. This species is supposed by Targioni-Tozzetti * 

 to be the original of the English bean. The seeds are of excellent quality.' 



V. pallida Turcz. wood vetch. 



Himalayan regions. This vetch has been cultivated chiefly in cold, northern regions, 

 being remarkably hardy. It is fotmd wild even within the arctic regions.' 



V. pisiformis Linn. 



Europe. This is the lentille du Canada of the French and, according to Loudon,* 

 is cultivated in some places as a lentil. 



V. sativa Linn. tare, white vetch. 



Eiu-ope, North Africa and the Orient. In 1686, according to Ray,' this tare was 

 grown throughout Europe for feeding animals. There are a number of varieties, the 

 most prominent of which are the spring and winter tares. The seed of the white vetch 

 is eaten in some countries. The seeds are said by Johnson '" to be neither very palatable 

 nor nutritious. In many cantons of France, the seeds are, however, eaten in soup and 

 enter into the composition of flours vised for breadmaking." 



V. sepitun Linn, bush vetch. 



Northern Asia, Himalayan regions and Europe. The seeds may be used as food." 



Brown, R. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 9:382. 1868. 



' Loudon, J. C. Enc. Agr. 843. 1866. (Ervum hirsulum) 

 ' Gray, A. Man. Bot. 139. 1868. 



Vilmorin Les Pis. Polag. 320. 1883. (Ervum monanthos) 

 ' Targioni-Tozzetti Journ. Hort. Soc. Land. 9:138. 1855. 

 Mueller,?. Sel. Pis. $05. 1891. 8th Ed. 



'Morton Cyc. i4gr. 2:1071. 1869. {V. sylvatica) 

 Loudon, J. C. Enc. Agr. 843. 1866. 

 Loudon, J. C. Enc. Agr. 841. 1866. 

 " Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gl. Brit. 80. 1862. 

 " Bon Jard. 621. 1882. 

 " Johnson, C. P. Useful Pis. Gt. Brit. 81. 1862. 



