FABACEAE 409 



Racemes loose flowered, 1-20 flowered. 

 Flowers 1.5-2 cm. long. 

 Flowers 4-10 mm. long. 

 Introduced annuals. 



Pods glabrous, 3-6-seeded. 

 Pods pubescent, 2-seeded. 

 Flowers sessile or nearly so, few, axillary. 

 Leaflets oblong, oval or obovate. 

 Leaflets, except those of the lower leaves, linear-oblong. 



i. V. Cracca L. In dry soil: Newf. to B. Col., N. J., Ky. and 

 Kan. Also in Europe and Asia. 



Rather common as a weed throughout the range, except the 

 coastal plain of N. J. 



2. V. americana Muhl. In moist ground: N. B. to Man., Br. 



Col., Va., Ky. and Nev. Rare. 



Apparently confined in our area to the drainage of the Delaware 

 and Lehigh rivers, in Warren, Hunterdon, and Mercer counties in 

 N. J. and Northampton, Monroe, Lehigh, Bucks and Chester 

 counties in Pa., otherwise unknown. 



3. V. caroliniana Walt. Banks and cliffs: Ont. to Minn., Ga., 



Ky., and Kans. 



Apparently confined to the limestone areas in Warren, Sussex 

 and Hunterdon counties in N. J. and to Northampton and Bucks 

 counties in Pa., otherwise unknown. 



4. V. tetrasperma (L.) Moench. In meadows and waste places: 



N. S. and Ont. to Va. Naturalized from Europe. 



Not uncommon as a weed near the larger cities and towns. 



5. V. hirsuta (L.) Koch. In waste places: N. B. to Ohio and Va. 



and Alberta. Naturalized from Europe. 



Frequent locally as a weed, in most parts of our range. 



6. V. sativa L. In fields and waste places: throughout E. N. Am. 



Adventive from Europe. 

 Common locally as a weed. 



7. V. angustifolia Roth. In fields and waste places: N. S. to 



Fla. Naturalized from Europe. 



Occasional as a weed. 



Among the waifs, from time to time collected on ballast and in waste places, are: 

 V. Sepium L., V. villosa Roth., V. narbonensis L. and V. Faba L. It is doubtful if 

 any are thoroughly established. 



