rULSE FAMILY. 137 



L. latifdlius, Linn. Everlasting Pea, Perenmai, Pka. Smooth, 

 rlunliiiig high ; stems broailly winged ; leaflets oval, with parallel veins 

 very cdnspicnous beneath ; flowers numerous in a long-peduncled raceme, 

 pink-purple ; also a white variety ; scentless. 21 



* * Stems iriiKjIess or mcrchj margined ; leaflets 2-8 pairs; native. % 



-H- Stipules large and broad. 



L. maiitimus, Bigol. Bkach Pea. 1*^ high, leafy, smooth ; stipules 

 broadly ovate, hastate; leaflets oval, crowded; peduncle bearing 6-10 

 r.ither large jmrple fluwers. 8ea-shore N. J. N., and on the Great Lake.s. 



L. ochroleilcus. llnok. Stems slender, l°-3° high ; leaflets glaucous, 

 tliin, ovate, or oval, twice larger than the semi-cordate stipules ; peduncles 

 with 7-10 rather small yellowish-white flowers. Hillsides and banks X. 



-<- +- Stipules narrow, semi-sagittate, acuminate. 



L. ven63us, .Muhl. Climbing; leaflets 8-12, scattered, ovate, or ob- 

 long, often downy beneath; peduncles bearing many purple flowers. 

 Shady banks W. and S. 



L. paliistris, Linn. Slender, l°-2°high; stems margined or slightly 

 winged ; leaflets 4-8, linear to oblong ; peduncles with 2-6 rather small 

 purple flowers. \Vet grounds \. and W. 



Var. myrtif61ius. (iray. (limbing 2°-4° high; leaflets oblong or 

 oval; uijper siijiules larger and more leaf-like; flowers paler. Same 

 range, and s. to X. ('. 



49. viciA. VKTCH, TAKE. (I'lie "1^1 I^atin name of the genus.) 



* Fhnrprs several or mamj, mi a slf it der peduncle, in spring or summer ; 



pod several-seeded ; loild spcni-s in low ground, l°-4° high. 11 



^- Pednnch' -l-ij-jiou-ered : plant smooth. 



V. Americana, .Mtilil. Leaflets 10-14, oblong, very blunt, veiny; 

 flowers purplish, over .,' long. Common X. and \V. 



■>- 1- I'i'ilinirh' hf'iiriiHj veri) manj/ small, soon rcjlexedjloiners. 



V. Caroliniana. \Valt. Smoothish ; leaflets 8-24, oblong, blunt ; 

 flowers small, white, or inirplish-tipped, r;itlier loose in the slender 

 raceme. Can. to (Ja. and W. 



V. Cracca, Linn. Rather downy ; leaflets 2(t-24, lance-oblong, mu- 

 criuiate-poinied ; spike dense ; flowers blue (nearly .[' long), turning 

 2)urple. Only \. and W. 



* ♦ Floirers 1— '> on a uli-udir jicdmirlf. in summer or .spring, very small ; 

 leaflets nhloiKi-l ill far, 4-8 pairs; pud ohhmg, only '^-4- seeded ; slender 

 and delirnlr Em-opcon annmih in jields and ira.<ite places, X. K. 

 coast. 



V. ietrasperma, Linn. Leaflets blunt; corolla whitish ; pod 4-seeded, 

 smooth. 



V. hirsuta, Koch. Leaflets tnineale ; corolhi bluish; pod 2-seeded, 

 hairy. 



* * # Floioers 1-2, sessile, or on peduncles .><horti'r than leaves, pretty 



large; pod several-seeded ; strm simple, Imr, not climbing. (T) 



I/. sat)fa, Linn. Com.mo\ Vetch or Tare. Somewhat hairy ; leaflets 

 10-14, oblong or obovate to linear, :\]^ox notched and nmcronate ; flowers 

 mostly in i)airs and se.ssile, viold-purple : seeds tumid. En. Nat. N. 

 Cult, "for stock. 



V. micrdntha, Nutt. Smooth; leaflets linear, obtu.se. 4-() ; flowcre 

 minute, pair blue; seeds black. N. .\la., W. 



