Genus 40. 



PEA FAMILY. 



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7. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. 



Slender Vetch. Smooth or Lentil 



Tare. Fig. 2619. 



Erviim tetraspermum L. Sp. PI. 738. 1753. 



Vicla tetrasperma Moench, Meth. 148. 1794. 



Annual, glabrous or nearly so, weak, slen- 

 der, 6'-24' long. Stipules linear, long-auriculate 

 at the base; leaves short-petioled; leaflets thin, 

 6-12, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse or acutish, 

 commonly mucronulate, 6"-8" long; peduncles 

 filiform, equalling or shorter than the leaves, 

 i-6-flowered ; flowers pale blue or purplish, 

 2"-3" long; pod 4"-6 ' long, glabrous, 2-(>- 

 seeded. 



In meadows and waste places. Nova Scotia to 

 Ontario, Florida and Mississippi. Guadeloupe. 

 Naturalized from Europe. Native also of north- 

 ern Asia. June-Sept. 



8. Vicia hirsuta (L.) Koch. Hairy 



Vetch or Tare. Tineweed. 



Fig. 2620. 



Erviim hirsntum L. Sp. PI. 738. 1753. 

 v. Mitchelli Raf. Prec. Decouv. 37- 1814. 

 V. hirsuta Koch, Syn. Fl. Germ. 191. 1837. 



Sparingly pubescent, or glabrous, an- 

 nual, much resembling the preceding 

 species. Stipules linear, long-auriculate 

 and sometimes toothed ; leaves nearly 

 sessile; leaflets 12-14, oblong or linear, 

 obtuse, emarginate or truncate, mucron- 

 ulate, 4"-8" long, narrowed at the base ; 

 peduncles slender, mainly shorter than 

 the leaves, 2-6-flowered ; flowers pale 

 purplish blue, about il" long; pod ob- 

 long, pubescent, 4"-6" long, 2-seeded. 



In fields and waste places. Nova Scotia 

 to Virginia, Alberta, CJregon, Florida and 

 Ohio. Naturalized from Europe. Native 

 also of Asia. Called also tine-tare, tare- 

 vetch, strangle-tare. May-Sept. 



9. Vicia sativa L. Common Vetch or Tare. 

 Pebble-vetch. Spring-vetch. Fig. 2621. 



Vicia sativa L. Sp. PI. 736. 1753. 



Annual or winter-annual, pubescent or glabrate, spread- 

 ing, ascending or climbing, i°-3° long. Stipules broad, 

 generally sharply toothed ; leaves short-petioled ; leaflets 

 8-14, obovate, oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, truncate 

 or retuse and mucronate at the apex, narrowed at the 

 base, 9"-is" long, 2"-4" wide; flowers i or 2 in the 

 axils, sessile or short-peduncled, bluish-purple, 9"-iS" 

 long; calyx-teeth about as long as the tube; pod linear- 

 oblong, glabrous, ii'-3' long, about 4" wide, 5-10-seeded. 



In fields and waste places, frequent or occasional nearly 

 throughout our area, in the Southern States and on the 

 Pacific Coast. Bermuda ; Jamaica. Adventive from Europe. 

 Cultivated for fodder. Native also of Asia. May-Aug. 



