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Less Common Species. — There are a number of other Vicia spp. that are 

 cultivated to some extent, as follows: Narrow-leaved vetch {Vicia angustifolia) 

 is a native of the eastern United States, and is grown somewhat in Georgia 



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Broad or Windsor bean (Vicia faba). 



as a hay crop. Black bitter vetch {Vicia ervilia) is an Asiatic species, cultivated 

 somewhat as a winter green-manure crop in California. Purple vetch {Vicia 

 atropurpurea) resembles hairy vetch from which it differs, however, in being 

 smooth. It is cultivated on the Pacific Coast and in the South. Scarlet 



