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serrate, glabrous, stem procumbent, rooting at the base. Probably a vari- 

 ety of Llie last. 9-18 i. 



serpyllifo'lia, (b. M. to Au. %.) racemes spiked, many-flowered ; leaves ovate, 

 slightly crenate; capsules broad-obcordate ; stems procumbent, 3-5 inches 

 long, sometimes creeping; flowers pale, in a long terminal spike, or ra- 

 ceme. Meadows. Introduced. 



scutella'ta, racemes axillary, alternate; pedicels divaricate; leaves linear, 

 dentate-serrate; stem erect, weak. 6-12 i. Flowers flesh-coloured, ra- 

 cemed. Moist places. 



agres"lis, flower peduncled ; leaves on short petioles, cordate-ovate, deeply 

 serrate; segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate; stem procumbent; flow- 

 ers small, pale blue, axillary, solitary. Sandy fields. Can. to Car. 



VEXILLARIA. 16 — 10. {Legumuiosm.) [From vexitlum, a banner.] 



virginia'na, (butterfly weed, p. Ju. %..) stem twining, and with the ovate 

 leafets glabrous or sub-pubescent ; peduncle 1-4-flowered ; calyx 5-parted ; 

 about as long as the lanceolate bracts ; legume linear, compressed ; flowers 

 larger than those of any other North American, papilionaceous plant. 

 Hedges. Penn. to Car. 



maria'na^ stem climbing, glabrous; leaves ternate ; leafets lance-oval ; pe- 

 duncles solitary, 1-3-flowered; calyx tubular-campanulate, glabrous, much 

 longer than the bracts; legume torulose. Banks of streams. Flowers 

 large, pale blue. 



VIBURNUM. 5—3. {Caprifolia.) 

 oxijcoc"cus, (high cranberry, r-w. J. Yi.) leaves 3-lobed, acute at the base, 3- 

 nerved ; lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and obtusely toothed ; peti- 

 oles glandular ; cymes radiate ; flowers of the ray large, abortive. Small 

 shrub with spreading branches; fruit large, red, acid. 5-8 f. Mountain 

 woods. 

 lantanoi'des, (hobble-bush, w. M. I7.) branches flexuose, often procumbent; 

 leaves orbicular-ovate, abruptly acuminate, unequally serrate; nerves and 

 petioles pulverulent-tomentose; cymes closely sessile ; fruit ovate. 4-8 f. 

 Fruit red, black when fully ripe. Mountains. 

 pyrifo'lium, (w. J. l^.) smooth; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crenate, serrate; 



petiole naked; cymes sub-pedunculate ; fruit oblong-ovate. 5-10 f. 

 lenta'go, (sheep-berry, w. J. Vj.) glabrous; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, 

 hook-serrate; petioles margined, undulate; cymes sessile. The branches 

 when full-grown often form a fastigiate top. Berries black, oval, and 

 pleasant tasted; somewhat mucilaginous. 8-15 f. 

 acerifo'lduni, (maple guelder-rose, dockmackie, w. J. I7.) leaves heart-ovate, 

 or 3-lobed, acuminate, sharp serrate, pubescent beneath; cymes long pe- 

 duncled ; stem very flexible ; lea es broad and sub-membranaceous. 4-5 f. 

 Leaves applied to inflamed tumours by the Indians. 

 Exotic. 

 op"ulus, (guelder-rose, snow-ball, w. J. T^.) leaves 3-lobed, sharp-toothed; pe- 

 tioles glandular, smooth; flowers in compact cymes, surrounded with radi- 

 ating florets. Var. roseuvi, has the whole cyme made up of radiating flo- 

 rets. 

 li'nus, (laurestine, r-w. T^.) leaves ovate, entire, with tufts of hair in the axils 

 of the veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 



VICIA. 16—10. {Leguminosm.') [From vincio, to bind together, as the tendrils of this plant 

 twine around other plants.] 



carolinia'na, (M. %.) smoothish; leafets 8-10; stipules lance-oval, entire; 

 peduncles many-flowered; flowers distant; teeth of the calyx short; style 

 villose at the top; legume smooth, obliquely veined ; stem long and climb- 

 ing; flowers small, white, thestandard tipped with black. Mountains. 

 Penn. to Car. 



sati'va, (common vetch-tare, b. J. ©.) leafets 10-12 ; stipules with a dark spot 

 beneath ; style bearded at top ; flowers small. 1-2 f 



crac"ca, (tufted vetch, p. Au. 11-.) stem sub-pubescent; leaves pinnate; flow- 

 »rs small, pale, numerous, drooping, imbricated. Meadows. New E. 



fa'Oa, (garden-bean, windsor-bean, w. and black, J. ©.) stem many-flowered, 



