316 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 
45; Europe, 61; Russian Europe, 22; North America, 10-12; 
Mid. Calif., 6; Canada, 6; S. Sts., 7; Rocky mts., 3; E. Sts., 3; 
W. Tex., 5; Pl. King., 1; Pl. Wheel., 1. . 
Fossil species: Lrvites, (Saporta) Tertiary of Aix. 
Lower Oligocene. 
Vicia americana MunL. Willd. Spec. III, 1096 (1802). 
Orobus diffusus NuTT. Fras. Cat. (1813). 
Vicia sylvatica Nutr. Gen. II, 97 (1818). 
V. tridentata Scuw. Appx. Long. Exp. 116 (1825). 
V. sparsifolia and oregana Nutr. T. and G. FI. I, 270 (1838). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 148; Britt., Fl. N. J. 88; Webb., 
Fl. Neb. 130; Coult., Fl. Colo. 72; Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Brew. and Wats., 
F). Calif. I, 157; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 121,512; Greene, Fl. Fran. 3; Wats., King 
Exp. 78; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 162 in var.; Cov., Fl. Ark. 176; Wats., Bibl. 
Ind. I, 267. 
North America: N. Br., Niagara river, N. of Lake 
Superior, Brit. Col. to Pac. and Alaska; 8S. to Washington, 
Oregon, Calif. and N. Mexico; E. to Minn., Ark., Kan., Neb., 
Ind., N. Y. and N. J. 
Minn. valley: Forest district and W. to Chippewa 
valley; moist woods and banks. 
HERB.: Ballard 780, Swan lake, Carver Co.; Ballard 
472, Prior’s lake, Scott Co.; Ballard 631, Chaska, Carver Co.; 
Ballard 363, Helena, Scott Co.; Ballard 215, Jordan, Scott Co.; 
Ballard 109, Carver; Ballard 690, Waconia; Taylor 676, Minne- 
sota lake; Taylor 270, Janesville; Taylor 69, Elysian; Sheldon 
150, Madison Lake; Holzinger 59, Winona Co.; Holzinger 60, 
Winona; Herrick 79, Minneapolis; Hammond 14, Lake City; 
Herb. Sheld. 1899, Minneapolis; Herb. Moyer 63, Black Oak lake, 
Chippewa Co. 
Vicia caroliniana Watt. Fl. Car. 182 (1788). 
V. parviflora Micwx. Fl. N. Am. II, 60 (1803). 
Cracca caroliniana ALEF. Bonplandia 1X, 124 (1861). 
Wats. and Coult., Gray’s Man. 6 ed. 143; Britt. Fl. N. J. 88; Chap., 
Fl. S. St. 98; Upham, Fl. Minn. 46; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 120, 512; Cov., Fl. 
Ark. 176; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 268. 
North America: Ont. to N. Y. and N. J.;S. to Ga.; 
W. to Minn., Kan. and Ark. 
Minn. valley: N. EH. district and probably to Blue 
Earth Co.; edges of woods and river banks. 
Hers.; ?Kassube 55, Minnehaha; Herb. Sheld. 1898, 
Minneapolis. 
Vicia cracca LINN. Spec. 735 (1753). 
Ervoum cracea TRAvUTY. FI. Sib. 46 Act. Hort. Petr. V, 1, (1877). 
