8(J ORDER 43. LEGUMINOS^E. 



3 !< paliistr * L. St. winged: stip. seiuisagittate, mucronate; Ifts. 2 or 3 pairs 



lance-linear or oblong, uiucronate; ped. 3-5-flowered, equalling the leaves. Wet 

 thickets. N. Eng. to Oreg. 1 2f. Blue-purple. June July. 



4 L. niyrtifoltus Muhl. St. slender, 4-angled; Ifts. elliptic-oblong, obtuse; Blip. 



ovate, entire ; ped. longer than Ivs.. 5-flwd. N. E. to Va and Ind. 2-4f. Pale purp. JL 



5 JL. veiiosus Muhl. St. 4-angled; slip, semisagittate, lanceolate, very small; ped. 



S-16-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; Ifts. 4 7 pairs, somewhat alternate, obttisish, 

 mucronate. Shady banks. 2 3f. Flowers large, purple. June. July. 



6 Li. maritlinus Bw. Beach Pea. St. 4-angled, compressed : petioles flat abovr ; 



stip. cordate-liastate, nearly as large as the 8 12 ovate leaflets : ped. many-flowered. 

 Sandy shores. N. Y. to Oreg. 1 2f. Leaves pale green. Flowers blue. May, Juno. 



7 li* LATIFOLIUS. Everlasting Pea. Ped. many-flowered ; Ifts. 2, lanceolate, liter 



nodes membranous-winged. 7f Eur. 6f. Flowers large, pink. July, Aug. 



8 Ei. ODORATUS. Sweet Pea. Ped. 2-flowered ; Ifts. 2. ovate-oblong ; leg. hirsute y) 



Sicily. Flowers very large, fragrant, red-white. June. 



9 E>. SATIVUS. Chick Pea. Ped. 1-flowered ; Ifts. 2 4 ; leg. ovate, compressed, with 



2 winged margins at the back. (T) S. Eur. An unhealthy food. 



10 L. VERNUS. Lfts. 6, ovate, acuminate; fls. red-purple-blue. Europe. If. April. 



1 1 Li. NIGER. Lfts. 12, ovate-oblong ; fls. dark purple. Europe. 3f. July. 



12 Li. ATROPURPUREUS. Lfts. linear, 3 pairs, acute ; fls. dark purple. Algiers. If. May. 



17. VICIA, L. VETCH. (Celtic gwig, whence Gr. fiiniov, Lat. vicia, Fr. 

 vesce, and Eng. vetc?i.) Style filiform, bent at right angles with the ovaiy, 

 villous beneath the stigma on the outside (next the keel). Otherwise 

 nearly as in Lathyrus. 



* Peduncles 1-2-flowered, shorter (in flower) than the leaves Nos. 13 



* Peduncles 3-20- flowered. o Leaflets 3 6. very narrow No. 4 



a Leaflets 8 20. b Stipules loner- toothed No. 5 



b Stipules entire Nos. (3 6> 



1 V. saliva L. Vetch. Tares. Fls. solitary or in pairs, snbsessile; Ifts. 10 12, ob' 



long obovate, often linear, retuse, mucronate ; pod linear, erect, 4-8-seeded. Fields. 

 2 3f. Fls. 6", pale purple. June. Eur. 



2 V. tetrasperm a Loisel. Ped. 1-2-flowered, in fl. shorter (in fr. longer) than the 



Ivs. ; pod 4-seeded ; Ifts. 46, small, linear, obtuse. Fields, Can. to Penn. St. very 

 slender, 1 2f. Fls. bluish-white. Pod 5". July. 



3 V. mlcrantha N. Lfts. 4 6, linear, acute, obtuse or retuse ; fls. mostly solitary, 



minute, pale ; pod 1', sabre-shaped, erect, 6-10-seeded ; seeds black. S. 2 3f. 



4 V. acutifolia Hll. Leaflets 36, linear, acute; stip. lance-linear; tendrils mostly 



simple ; rac. 3-9-flowered, longer than the leaves. Ga. Fla. 2 4f. Whitish. 



5 V. Americana Muhl. Ped. 4-8-flowered, shorter than the Ivs. ; stip. Bemisagit- 



tate, deeply dentate ; Ifts. 10 14, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse ; pod oblong- linear, com- 

 pressed, reticulated. N. Y. westward. 1 3f. Blue-purple. May. 



6 V. Carolinlana Walt. Pedicel 6-12-flowered, rather shorter than the avcs ; flu. 



loose ; calyx teeth very short ; stip. lance-linear ; Ifts. 8-12, linear-oblong or linear, 

 smoothish ; pod oblong. Woods and banks. 4 (if. Pale purple. May. 



7 V. Cracca L. Tufted Vetch. Fls. imbricated, 1220 or more in the raceme ; IftB 



12 24, oblong, puberulent ; stip. semisagittate, linear-subulate, entire Thickets 

 2 3f. Flowers blue-purple, 4". July. 



8 V. Itlrsuta Koch. Hairy; Ifts. 820, linear, truncate, irucronate; ped. 3-6-flwd. 



e-horter than leaves ; leg. hirsute, 2-seeded. Fields. 1 3f. June. 



18. ZORNIA, Grnel. (For John Zorne, M. D., of Bavaria.) Calyx bila- 

 biate, upper lip obtuse, emarginate, lower 3-cleft. Vex. orbicular, with the 

 oides revolute. Sta. monadelphous, the alternate anthers different. Pod 



