VICIA 



1927 



glabrous, 2-5 in. long: fls. yellowish white: cymes long- 

 peduncled, terminal, lK-3 in. broad: fr. almost black, 

 ovoid. May, June. New Brunswick to Minn., south to 

 N. C. Em. 2:414.— It grows fairly well in drier situa- 



2fi64. Viburnum Opulus (X %). 

 Single form of the common Snowball as it grows i 



Lthe 





decorative in 



tions under trees. The foliage assumes a handsome 

 dark purple fall color. 



27. paucifldrum, Raf. Straggling shrub, attaining 5 

 ft.: Ivs. orbicular to oval, coarsely dentate, with 3 short 

 lobes above the middle or often without, glabrous or 

 slightly pubescent beueath when young, 2-3K in. long: 

 cymes few-fld., small, on lateral, short, usually 2-lvd. 

 branchlets : fr. scarlet, subglobose. June. Labrador to 

 Alaska, south to Vt. and Colo, in the mountains. G.P. 

 3:5. — It does not usually .succeed well in cultivation; 

 requires shade and moist porous soil. 



28. dpulUB, Linn. ( V. AmericAunm., Mill. V. tntolmm., 

 Marsh, y. opaloldes, Uiih]. K. Wh^. Piirsh, V. Oj-y- 

 crfccws, Pursh.). Craneekry-bush. Hich Chanherry. 

 Figs. 2664, 2665. Shrub, attaining 12 ff., with rutlier 

 smooth light gray branches and stiiiis: Ivs. broadly 

 ovate, 3-lobed, with coarsely dpiif:it.' -^.-n-ati-, :icumi- 



nate lobes, pubescent or alm.ist uhiln s l.i-neatli, 2-4 



in. long: fls. white, in pediuHJ, <| 



fr. subglobose to oval, scaihi, Mr 



wick to Brit. Col., south to N. .1, 



and Asia.— Handsome native slin 



fruit, which begins to color by the end of July, remains 



on the branches and keeps its bright scarlet color until 



the following spring. The berries are not eaten by birds. 



Var. n^num, Jacq. A very 

 dwarf, compact, small- 

 leaved forni; flowers but 

 very rarely. Var. sterile, 

 DC. ( r. rdsenm, and rosd- 

 ceiim, Hort.). Guelder 

 Rose, Snow - ball. Fig. 

 2666. All fls. sterile, form- 

 ing large, globose heads. 

 Gng. 1 :9. Gn. 56, p. 83.— 

 This is a very showy var., 

 but it lacks the decorative 

 fruits. There are also 

 variegated forms of the 

 type and of the sterile va- 

 riety. The American Cran- 

 berry-bush is considered 



<'"i tinct.""i|H''i','s"',^!Ml,.r the 



Mill..lnii,|iriri-vijii|,.frora 



2665. Fruits of Viburnum the Eur.i|i.an f..rin, ••liiefly 



Opulus (XK). *'y ";/: ■""«• vigorous 



growth, by the petioles 



having a shallow rather broad channel and small glands, 



and by the shorter peduncles and shorter stamens. 



29. Sirgentii, Koehne. Similar to the preceding, of 

 more upright, denser habit: bark of stems darker, fis- 

 sured and somewhat corky, young branchlets with prom- 



inent lenticels: Ivs. of thicker texture, pubescent or 

 glabrous beneath, the upper Ivs. with much elongated 

 and usually entire middle lobe and small, short, spread- 

 ing lateral lobes; petioles with large glands: sterile 

 fls. larger, sometimes to 1!4 in. across; anthers purple: 

 fr. globose, in usually upright cymes. N. China, Japan. 

 — Introduced under the name Vibnrmim Opulus from 

 Pekin. It does not seem to fruit as profusely as V. 

 Opulus. 



r. Burejcrticum, Herd. & Rcffel (V. Bnrejanum, Herd.). 

 Similar to V. Lantana. Lvs. ii;iiro\vi-r tnw 



Linurland. 

 hiifolium, 



Gt. 11:384.- 



but cymes without raiii 



the Ivs. Himalayas.— I /' I ;: attaining 



6 ft.: Ivs. broadly o\ai'- i ■ ■ ! Ii-.rtn, 



in short, small panieli's i: ; . i' in : W < ^ ii. 



— Y. densiflbmin, Cliaptu ■ ■ ■ i i . \ : r-.i. 



Lower: Ivs. smaller. 1- i n i ■ 



cymes denser. W. Kla - i . i|-i ^nul. aiijiii- 



liptic-oblong : n in. long. Wash, to 



Calif.— F. /").. I ' ail to V. alnifolium, 



bnt of upright i • i than corolla. Jap., 



China.— F. i/.i,r --.'.." \l.i< \lli"l '> \'- tomentosum: Ivs. 

 broader, with fe\y teeth abi.ve the nii.Mlf, S. China. Tender. 

 Seems not in cultivation. See No. 22.— V. orientate. Pall. Al- 

 lied to V. acerifolium: shrub, attaining 4 ft.: Ivs. wit. i simple, 

 not fascicled hairs on the veins bencith and not glandular 

 dotted beneath; fr red. June, Jidy. W.Asia. Gt. 17:567. 

 Alfred Kehder. 



2666. Snowrball— Viburnum Opulus, var. sterile (X M)- 



All the fertile flowers are changed to sterile, showy ones. 



VlCIA (classical Latin name). Vetch. Tare. More 

 than 100 species of herbs, mostly climbing, with pinnate 

 foliage, closely allied to Lathyrus, Pisum and Lens, but 

 differing in minute floral characters: wings adhering to 

 the keel; style very slender, with beards or hairs all 

 around the upper part or only at the apex; pod flat, 2- 

 many-seeded, 2-valved and dehiscent, the seeds either 

 globular or flatfish; stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). 

 Flowers mostly blue or violet, sometimes yellowish or 

 white. The Vicias are widely spread in the northern 

 hemisphere and some of them in South America. About 

 two dozen species occur in North America, some of the 

 species introduced. Most of the Vicias are weedy or in- 

 significant looking plants, but a few are grown for the 

 bright flowers, others of late for green-manure crops 

 (see Cover-Crops)^ and one { C Faba ) is a garden bean. 

 The species are mostly cool-season plants of easy cul- 

 ture. The interest in the Vetches in this country is 

 mostly for their value as soil covers and for foliage. V. 

 sativa and V. villosa are the important species here at 

 present. 



