424 DIADELPHIA DECANDIilA 



right angle with the ovary ; stigma villose. Legume large, coriaceous 

 somewhat tumid. Seeds oblong ; hi I urn terminal. 



1. F. vulgaris, Moench. Leaflets 2 to 4, oval, mucronate ; tendrils 

 obsolete ; stipules semi-sagittate, obliquely ovate. DC. Prodr. 2 u 

 354. ' ^ 



Vida Faba. Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1 1 1 1. Pers. Syn. 2. p. 308. Ait. Kew. 

 4. p. 31G. Florul. Cestr. p. 131. Lindl. Ency. p. 622. Eat. Man. p' 

 388. 



Commox Faba. Vulgo — Horse Bean. Windsor Bean. 

 Gallice — Five de marais. Germ. — Die Feld-bohne. Hisp. — II/iba. 

 Root astnual. Stem 1 to -feet high, erect, simjrie, striate, smooth. Leaflets 2 to 



3 inches long, and 1 to 2 inches icide, elliptic, or ovate, sometimes nearly rhomboid 

 entire, smooth ; stipules large. Flowers in simple erect axillary racemes. Calyx 

 smooth; tube about half an inch long ; segments lance- linear. Corolla white 

 with a large black spot on each wing. Legume torulose. Seeds very large, xcUh 

 the hilum at one end. 



Hab. Gardens : frequent. F\. June— July. Fr. August. 



Obs. Often cultivated for the table ; but not generally admired. It is the only 

 species of the ge?ius. 



346. VICIA. L. jXutt. Gen. 597. 

 [The Latin name fur the Vetch, or Tare.] 



Calyx tuhular, 5-toothed, the 2 upper teeth shorter. Style filiform 

 bent at a right angle with the ovary ; stigma villose. Legume oblong, 

 many-seeded. Seeds with the /alum lateral, oval, or linear. 



1. V. amehicana, MuhL Leaflets 8 to 12, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 mucronate, smooth; stipules semi-sagittate, deeply toothed; racemes 



4 to 8-flowcred, shorter than the leaves. Beck, Bot. p. 88. 



Amkiucan Vicia. 



Root perennial. Stem 2 to 3 feet loner, somewhat 4-angled, striate, smooth, 

 branching near the base, slender, climbing and supported by the tendrils at the 

 end of the common petioles. Leaflets half an inch to an inch and half long, and 

 1 fourth to near 2 thirds of an inch wide, elliptic-lanceolate, or oblong, mostly ob- 

 tuse, often slightly retusc at apex, mucronate, sometimes obscurely repand-dentic- 

 ulate, smooth ; common petioles about 3 inches long, pinnate to the base, termin- 

 ating in a slender branching tendril ; stipules semi-sagittate, tapering to an acute 

 point, with several coarse lanceolate acute teeth near the base, nerved, smooth. 

 Racemes 4 to 6 or 8-flowered ; peduncles about an inch long, axillary, angular, 

 slightly pubescent ; pedicels 1 to 2 lines long. Calyx smoothish, nerved ; segments 

 lance-ovate, rather short, sparingly ciliate. Corolla palish-purple, rather large 

 (about 3 fourths of an inch long). Ovary compressed, lance-linear, or oblattceo- 

 late, narrowed at base, smooth ; style about a line in length, turned up at a right 

 angle with the ovary ; stigma bearded with a white villus. ILegumt iinear-ob. 

 long, compressed, reticulate, smooth. Hook.'] 



Uab. Banks of the Schuylkill, at Black Rock : rare. Fl. June. Fr. 



Obs. Collected at the above locality, in 1829, by D. Townseni>, Esq. and subse- 

 quently by Miss A. Kimbkr. I have not seen the fruit. 



2. V. Cracca, 1*. Leaflets numerous, lance-linear, or oblong, mucro- 

 nate, pubescent beneath ; stipules lance-linear, with a divaricate subu- 



