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out tendrils; stipules half-arrow-shaped, slightly toothed ; fioivers 

 in loose, i-sided, 6 — 20-flowered racemes, purplish-white. — 

 Rocky woods, mostly in the north. — Fl. May — September. 

 Perennial. 



6. V. syh'dtica (Wood Vetch). — A large and beautiful species, 

 with a long stem, 3 — 6 feet high, climbing by means of its 

 branched tendrils; leaflets about i6, elliptical, abrupt, with a 

 short point ; stipules crescent-shaped, deeply toothed at the base ; 



\'iciA CR \CCA {Tllftcci T'fh/l). 



floiucrs in loose, i-sided, 6 — 18-flowered racemes, cream-coloured, 

 with bluish veins. — Mountainous woods ; not common. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



■■ ** Leaflets many : flo-ivers few : style tufted below stii^ma 

 on one siJe 

 7. r. sepii/ni (Bush ^'etch). — Leaflets 12 — 16, ovate, obtuse, 

 decreasing in size towards the apex of the leaf; floicers in nearly 



