PAPILIONACEAE. [VOL. II. 



7. Vicia tetrasperma (I,.) Moench. 



Slender Vetch. Smooth or Lentil 



Tare. (Fig. 2210.) 



Ervum leiraspermum L. Sp. PI. 738. 1753. 

 Vicia letrasperma Moench, Meth. 148. 1794. 



Annual, glabrous or nearly so, weak, slen- 

 der, 6 / -24 / long. Stipules linear, long-auric- 

 ulate at the base; leaves short-petioled ; leaf- 

 lets thin, 6-12, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse 

 or acutish, commonly mucronulate, 6 // -8 // 

 long; peduncles filiform, equalling or shorter 

 than the leaves, i-6-flowered; flowers pale 

 blue or purplish, 2 // -3 // long; pod 4 // -6 // 

 long, glabrous, 3-6-seeded. 



In meadows and waste places, Nova Scotia and 

 Ontario to Virginia. Naturalized from Europe. 

 Native also of northern Asia. June-Sept. 



8. Vicia hirsuta (L.) Koch. 



Ervum hirsutum 1,. Sp. PI. 738. 1753. 



Vicia Milchelli Raf. Prec. Decouv. 37. 

 1814. 



Vicia hirsula Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 191. 

 1837- 



Sparingly pubescent, or glabrous, 

 annual, much resembling the preced- 

 ing species. Stipules linear, long- 

 auriculate and sometimes toothed; 

 leaves nearly sessile; leaflets 12-14, 

 oblong or linear, obtuse, emarginate 

 or truncate, mucronulate, 4 // -8 // long, 

 narrowed at the base; peduncles slen- 

 der, mainly shorter than the leaves, 

 2-6-flowered ; flowers pale purplish 

 blue, about \W long; pod oblong, 

 pubescent, 4 // -6 // long, 2-seeded. 



In fields and waste places, Virginia to 

 Ohio and New Brunswick. Naturalized 

 from Europe. Native also of Asia. Called 

 also Tine-tare, Strangle-tare. May-Sept. 



Hairy Vetch or Tare. (Fig. 2211.) 



9. Vicia sativa I,. Common Vetch or Tare. 

 Pebble-vetch. (Fig. 2212.) 



J 'icia saliva L. Sp. PI. 736. 1753. 



Annual, pubescent or glabrate, spreading, ascending 

 or climbing, i-3 long. Stipules broad, generally 

 sharply toothed; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 8-14, 

 obovate, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, truncate or 

 retuse and mucronate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 9f / -i5 // long, 2 // -4 // wide; flowers i or 2 in the axils, 

 sessile or short-peduncled, bluish-purple, 9 // -i2 // long; 

 calyx-teeth about as long as the tube; pod linear-ob- 

 long, glabrous, 1%'-$' long, about 4" wide, 5-10- 

 seeded. 



In fields and waste places, frequent or occasional through- 

 out our area, in the southern States and on the Pacific 

 Coast. Adventive from Europe, where it is extensively 

 cultivated for fodder. May-Aug. 



