Trees, Shrubs and Vines 
14. Yellowish Carrion-flower. (Smilax tamnifolia.) 
LEAF: as in 13, but narrower to lance-shaped, 5—7-veined. 
FLOWER: as in 13, but clusters smaller (10-20-flowered). New 
Jersey, and south ; tendrils as in 13; no prickles. 
15. Laurel-leaved Smilax. (S. laurifolia.) 
LEAF: 2’-5', simple, alternate, entire, lance-shaped to narrow, 
thickish, evergreen, smooth. FLOWER: as in 13, but not mal- 
odorous, 6—30-clustered ; June-August ; berries black. New Jer- 
sey, south; tendrils from leaf-stem ; seldom prickly ; woody vine. 
(Pl. II.) 
16. Vetches. (Vicia.) (PI. II.) 
In six species, all with pinnate alternate leaves; leaflets en- 
tire, small, main leaf-stem ending in a tendril ; flower small, pea- 
shaped, one- to many-clustered ; fruit a flat, oblong pod; in all 
these points the vetches are like the vetchlings (17) ; the differ- 
ences are: in vetches, leaflets are 4-12-paired, 1’ or less .n length 
and the style thread-like, and hairy only at apex ; in vetchlings, 
leaflets are 1-6-paired, usually 1'-2' long, and the style flattened 
and hairy along one side. 
The six species of vetches are distinguished as foilows: 
CoMMON VETCH (V. sativa): 4affets 10-14, long-obovate to 
linear, apex notched and bristle-pointed, 24’-1' long; flower vio- 
let-purple, %4’ long, almost stemless, single or paired ; June. 
FOUR-SEEDED VETCH (V. tetrasperma): a/flets 8-12, narrow, 
apex blunt, %4’-%’ long ; flower whitish, very small, with stem, 
single or paired; July. New England to New Jersey, near coast. 
Harry VeETCcH (V. hirsuta) : aflets 12-16, apex square, 
\{'-24' long ; flower pale bluish, small, 3-6-clustered ; June; pod 
hairy. Massachusetts to Virginia; a slender, creeping. hairy vine. 
TUFTED VeETCcH (V. cracca): /aflets 20-24, rather lance- 
shaped, apex bristle-pointed, %’—24' long, downy; /fower blue, 
then purple, %4’ long, in long, close, ove-sided clusters; July. 
New England to Kentucky, and north ; somewhat rare. 
CAROLINA VETCH (V. caroliniana): /aflets 8-16, usually al- 
ternate, rather oblong, %’-1' long, apex variable ; flower whitish 
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