08 LKGU-MINOS^. (rULSE FAMILY.) 



4. A. TeunesseensiS, Gray. Villous with white hairs ; stems pros- 

 trate or ascending ; luaiicts al)out 20, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or emar- 

 ginate, smooth above, more or less hairy beneath ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 

 adnate to the petioles ; peduncles as long as the leaves ; racemes somewhat capi- 

 tate, 10-15-flowered; calyx-teeth subulate, much shorter than the tube; legume 

 oblong, curved, thick and fleshy, reticulate-rugose when dry, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded, at length smoothish. — Hills near Nashville, Tennessee, Lesguereux, and 

 Lagrange, Alabama, Prof. Hatch. March and April. 1). — Stems 4' -6' long. 

 Plowcrs 8" -9" long, apparently purple. 



* * Legume l-celled; the ventral suture thickened and sometimes slightJij injiexed. 



5. A. villosus, Michx. Villous and hoary ; stems prostrate ; leaflets 

 about 13, oval or oblong, commonly emarginate ; stipules lanceolate, peduncles 

 as long as the leaves ; racemes ovate, dense-flowered ; calyx-teeth longer than 

 the tube- legume oblong, curved, 3-angled, even, l-celled. (Phaca villosa, 

 Nutt.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. April and May. 1). — 

 Stems 4' - 6' long. Flovvers small, dull yellow. 



18. VICIA, Tourn. Vetch. Take. 



Calyx tubular, 5-clcft, the two upper teeth usually shorter. Style filiform, 

 hairy at the apo.\, or on the side facing the keel. Legume 2 - many-seeded, 2- 

 valved. Seeds orbicular. Cotyledons thick. — Slender climbing herbs. Leaves 

 pinnate ; the petiole terminating in a tendril. Stipules mostly semi-sagittate. 

 Flowers axillary. 



* Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 1 - 2-flowered. 



1. V. sativa, L. (Vetch or Take.) Pubescent; stem simple; leaflets 

 10 - 12, varying from obovatc-oblong to linear, emarginate; flowers by pairs, 

 nearly sessile, pale jAirple ; legume linear, several-seeded. — Cultivated grounds- 

 Introdiu'cd. ® — Corolla J' long. Stem l°-2° long. 



2. V. mierantha, Nutt. Smooth ; leaflets 4-6, linear, obtuse or barely 

 acute ; peduncles 1 - 2-flowered ; flowers minute, pale blue ; legume sabre-shaped, 

 4 - lO-sccded. — Banks of rivers and shaded ])laces, West Florida to North Ala- 

 b.mia, and westward. April. ® — Stems 2° - 3° long. Seeds black. 



* * Peduncles commonly longer than the leaves, 3 - many-Jioivered. 



3. V. hirsuta, Koch. Hairy; leaflets 12-14, oblong-linear, truncate; 

 peduncles 3-6-flowered, about as long as the leaves, calyx-teeth equal ; flowers 

 small, bluish-white ; legume short, oblong, 2-secded. (V. Mitchelli, 7J(7/1 Er- 

 vum hirsutum, L.) — Cultivated ground. Introduced. April and May. 



4. v. acutifolia, Ell. Smooth ; leaflets about 4, linear or rarely oblong, 

 acute or truncate ; peduncles 4 - 8-flowered, usually longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers pale blue, the keel tipped with purple ; legume linear, 4 - 8-seeded. — 

 Damp s6il near the coast, Florida and Georgia. March - May. 1). — Stems 

 angled, 2°-'(° long, branching. 



5- V. Caroliniana, Walt. Smoothish; leaflets 8-12, linear or linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or barely acute ; stipules small, subulate ; peduncles many-flow- 



