280 BLUE AND PURPLE 



COW VETCH; TARE: Blue or Tufted Vetch: 

 Cat Peas: Tinegrass. Vicia Crdcca. 



Pulse Family. June — Aug. 



Found in fields, waste land. Newfoundland 

 to New Jersey, westward to Kentucky, Iowa 

 and Minnesota. 



Flowers — Small, violet-blue, closely set on a 

 1 -sided spike. Fruit a small pod. 



Leaves — Tendril-bearing, divided into 18—24 

 narrow leaflets with bristle-like points. 



AMERICAN VETCH: Tare or Pea Vine. 



V. americana. 

 Flowers 3-9, slightly larger than those of the 

 preceding. Leaflets 8-14, blunt; distinctly 

 veined. Found in moist places. New York 

 to Virginia and westward. 



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