No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 



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Lespedeza frutescens (L.) Britten (shrubby). 

 Lespedeza Stuvei Nutt., var. intermedia Wats. 



Frequent. Dry woods and sandy banks. Aug. — Sept. 

 Lespedeza simulata Mackenzie & Bush (imitating). 



Rare. Dry sandy ground: Groton (Graves), Southington 

 (Bissell). Aug. 



Lespedeza hirta (L.) Hornem. (hairy). 

 Lespedeza polystachya Michx. 



Occasional or frequent. Dry sandy soil. Aug. — Sept. 



Lespedeza capitata Michx. (having a head, referring to the 

 compact flower clusters). 

 Common. Dry fields and sandy places. Aug. 

 Lespedeza capitata Michx., var. velutina (Bicknell) Fernald 

 (velvety). 

 Lespedeza velutina Bicknell. 

 Lespedeza Bicknellii House. 



Dry sandy or sterile places. Rare or perhaps occasional 

 growing with the typical form. Aug. 



CICER L. Chick Pea. 



Gicer arietinum L. (ram's-head, referring to the shape of the 

 flowers) . 



Rare. One plant in waste ground: Waterbury (A. E. 

 Blewitt). July. Fugitive from Europe. 



VICIA L. Vetch. Tare. 

 Vicia sativa L. (sown). 

 Spring Vetch. 



Rare. Waste ground as an escape from cultivation. June 

 — Aug. Adventive from Europe. 



Sometimes cultivated as a forage plant or for a cover-crop. 



Vicia angustifolia Reichard (narrow-leaved). 

 Common Vetch or Tare. 



Roadsides and waste ground. Rare in its typical form. 



The var. segetalis (Thuillier) Koch (of corn fields), 

 Vicia sativa of Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L., is occasional or 

 frequent near the coast, becoming rare northward. June — 

 Aug. Naturalized from Europe. 



