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6. A. utalieiisis T. & G. Sheep-pod; Lady-slipper; "Wild 

 Sweet Pea." Herbage soft-woolly, tue pubescence appressed. 

 Stems short, prostrate from a stout, perennial root. Leaves 

 odd-pinnate. Inflorescence loosely capitate. Flowers about 

 an inch long. Calyx long-cylindric. Corolla pink-purple, 

 fading to blue. Legume very soft-woolly; short, leathery, ses- 

 sile. In dry, gravelly soil. April-November. 



7. A. jig-rest is Dougl. (A, goniatus Nutt. ; A, hypoglottis 

 Auct. Amer., not L.) Stems slender, procumbent or ascending, 

 3-10 inches high. Leaflets 13-21, oblong, rather thick. 

 Peduncles erect, bearing a capitate cluster of erect, purplish 

 flowers. Calyx loosely pubescent with whitish hairs. Corolla 

 violet or yellowish-purple. Legume sulcate dorsally, silky- 

 villous with black hairs. In wet meadows. May-June. 



8. A. lentiginosuH Dougl. Many-stemmed; more or less 

 hoary-pubescent witn appressed hairs. Stems decumbent or 

 ascending, 4-15 incnes long. Leaflets 11-19, obovate; obtuse 

 or retuse. Corolla white or yellowish, the wings and keel 

 often purple-tipped. Legume ^-1 inch long; ovate; slightly 

 puberulent. Rather moist places. May-June. Includes A. 

 aiphysus A. Gray and A. ineptus A, Gray. 



9. GL.YCYRRHIZA. Wild Licorice. 



Glandular-viscid perennials from a long, sweet tap-root. 

 Leaves odd-pinnate, with minute stipules. Inflorescence axil- 

 lary; spicate, on long peduncles. Flowers white or bluish. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1), with 1-celled anthers. Legume 

 1-celled, almost indehiscent, densely armed with hooks, re- 

 sembling a miniature cockle-bur. 



1. G. lepidotu Nutt. Stems erect, branching; 1-3 ft. high. 

 Leaflets 15-19. Spike erect, short. Pod light-brown. 



10. VICIA. Vetch. Wild Pea. 



Climbing or trailing, annual or perennial herbs with pin- 

 nate leaves terminated by a tendril; stipules semi-sagittate. 

 Inflorescence axillary; racemose or solitary. Flowers showy. 

 Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1) or monadelphous at base. 

 Style slender, tipped by the hairy and capitate stigma. Legunr.e 

 flat; dehiscent; continuous between the seeds. 



1. V. americana Muhl. Pea. Vine. Perennial, 2-3 ft. long, 

 glabrous or with appressed pubescence. Leaflets broadly 

 elliptical, with obscure veinlets. Flowers 3-9, in loose racemes; 

 bluish -purple. In moist shady places, near streams. May- 

 August. Not common. Usually represented by the var. truit- 

 cata (Nutt.) Brewer. (V. Oregana Nutt.) This is distinguished 

 from the type by the thicker, strongly-veined leayes, which are 

 truncate at^ the apex and not so broadly elliptical. Stipules 

 broadly semi -sagittate. The common form. Both forms are 

 locally called "Wild Sweet Pea." 



