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FLORA. 



lets 4.-7 pairs, narrowly linear to linear oblong, 1.8-3.5 cm - l° n g< rather thick, the 

 apex not toothed, mucronate; stipules 4-9 mm. long, half-sagittate, acuminate, 

 their bases prolonged, sometimes dentate; racemes 2-6-flowered; flowers purple or 

 purplish, about 18 mm. long; pod about 2.5 cm. long, glabrous, phort-stalked. In 

 dry soil, N. W. Terr, to Br. Col.. S. Dak., Kans., N. Mex. and Cal. May-Aug. 



4. Vicia Caroliniana Walt Carolina Vetch. (I. F. f. 2207.) Glabrous 

 or nearly so, slender, 6-9 dm. long. Stipules linear or oblong, entire, 4-6 nun. 

 long; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 8-18, oblong or linear-oblong, entire, obtuse or 

 emarginate, or sometimes acutish and mucronate, 1-2 cm. long; peduncles equal- 

 ling or shorter than the leaves; racemes 8-20-flowercd ; flowers nearly white, 9-11 

 mm. long, the keel bluish-tipped; pod glabrous, 1.7-3 cm - l° n g? short- stalked, 

 5-8-seeded. Banks and cliffs, Ont. to Minn., Ga.. Ky. and Kans. May-July. 



5. Vicia micrantha Nutt Small- flowered Vetch. (I. F. f. 2:08.) Per- 

 ennial (or sometimes annual?), glabrous; stems slender, 3-6 dm. long. Leaflets 

 2-5 pairs, narrowly linear to linear-oblong, thin, 1-4 cm. long, obtuse, acutish or 

 emarginate, or those of the lower leaves obovate, oval or even obcordate, usually 

 shorter; peduncles 8-30 mm. long, i-2-flowered; flowers 4-6 mm. long, purplish; 

 pod slightly pubescent or glabrous, alxxit 2.5 cm. long. 6- 12-seeded ; seeds com- 

 pressed. On prairies and in thickets. Mo. to Tenn., Ala. and Tex. April-May. 



6. Vicia Ludoviciana Nutt Louisiana Vetch. (I. F. f. 22C9.) Glabrous, 

 or the young parts pubescent; stem rather stout, angled. 4-9 dm. long. Leaflets 

 elliptic, oval or obovate, thin, 1.2-2 cm. long, obtuse or emarginate; stipules very 

 narrow, rarely over 6 mm. long, linear or half-sagittate; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves, or about equalling them, I— 6-flowered; flowers 6-9 mm. long, bluish; 

 pod 2.5 cm. long, or rather more, glabrous, 4-6-seeded, the seeds compressed. 

 Kans. (?), Tex. and La. to Fla. April -May. 



7. Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench. Slender Vetch. Smooth or Lentil 

 Tare. (I. F. f. 2210.) Glabrous or nearly so, weak, slender, 1. 5-6 dm. long. 

 Stipules linear, long-auriculate; leaves short-petioled; leaflets 6-12. thin, linear or 

 linear-oblong, commonly mucronulate, 12-17 mm. long; peduncles filiform, equal- 

 ling or shorter than the leaves, I -6- flowered ; flowers pale, blue or purplish. 4-6 

 mm. long; pod 8-13 mm. long. In meadows and waste places, N. S. and Ont. to 

 Va. Nat. from Europe. June-Sept. 



8. Vicia hirsuta (L.) Koch. Hairy Vetch or Tare. (I. F. f. 221 1.) Spar- 

 ingly pubescent or glabrous, much resembling the preceding. Stipules linear, 

 long-auriculate and sometimes toothed; leaves Dearly sessile; leaflets 12-14. oblong 

 or linear, obtuse, emarginate or truncate, mucronulate, 8-17 mm. long, narrowed 

 at the base; peduncles slender, mainly shorter than tin- haves. 2-6-fi\>\vered; 

 flowers pale purplish-blue, about 3 mm. long; pod 8— 1 3 mm. long. In fields and 

 waste places, Va. to Ohio. X. 1!. and Alberta. Nat from Europe. May-Sept. 



9. Vicia sativa L. Common Vetch or Tare. Pebble-vetch. (I. F. f. 

 2212.) Pubescent or glabrate, spreading, 3-0 dm. long. Stipules bread, generally 

 sharply toothed; Leaves short-petioled; leaflets 8-14. obovate, oblong oroblanceo- 



. obtuse, truncate or refuse and mucronate at tin- apex, narrowed at the base, 



; 1 ni. long; flowers bluish-purple, 1.8-2.5 CIU - l° n gi calyx-teeth about as long 



as*the tube; pod linear-oblong, glabrous, 4-8 cm. long, 5 10-seeded. In fields and 



waste places, frequent <>r occasional throughout our area, in the Southern States 



.md on the Pacific Coast Adventive from Europe. May-Aug. 



10. Vicia angustifolia Roth. Smaller Common Vetch. (I. J\ f. 2213.) 

 Glabrous or puberulent; stem slender, 3-6 dm. long. Stipules mostly half-sagit- 

 tate, toothed or entire; leaves short-petioled, or nearly sessile; leaflets 8-16. linear, 

 lanceolate or oblanceolate, 0-35 mm. long, mucronulate, those of the lower leaves 



commonly Obovate, l>ro.td<T and shorter; flowers I or 2 in the upper axils, purple, 

 12-T7 mm. long; calyx-teeth as long .1- the tube or shorter; pod linear, glabrous, 



2.5— 5 cm. long. In fields and wa>te place-. N. S. to Fla. Nat. from Europe. April- 

 July. 



11. Vicia Sepium L, Bush Vetch. Wild Tare. (I. I*, f. 2214-) Per- 

 ennial by stolons, minutely pubescent; stem slender, o 9 dm. long. Leaves short- 

 petioled. 5-15 cm. long; Leaflets 10 i\\ te or oval, 1.2-2.5 cm. long, emarginate 

 or truncate at the apex, mucronulate, thin; stipules half-sagittate, 1 cm. long or 



Dies I J. 5 cm. Ion.;; !; w I ■ a t-pedn elled. pale purple, 1-2 cm. 



