98 LKGUMlNOSiK. (rt'LSE FAMILY.) 



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

 trate or ascending ; Leaflets about 20, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or emar- 

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

 adnatc 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-cellcd, many- 

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

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

 Flowers 8" -9" long, apparently purple. 

 * * Legume l-celled; the ventral suture thickened and sometimes slightly in flexed. 

 • r >. 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-anglcd, even, 1-eclled. (Phaea villosa, 

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

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



18. VICIA, Totirn. Vktch. Taiik. 



Calyx tubular, 5-elcft, the two upper teeth usually shorter. Style Aliform, 

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

 valvcd. 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 /eaves, 1 - 2-Jlowered. 



1. V. sativa, L. (Vktch or Task.) Pubescent; stem simple; leaflets 

 10 - 12, varying from obovato-oblong to linear, emarginate; flowers by pain, 

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

 Introduced. ® — Corolla £' long. Stem 1°- 2° long. 



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

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

 4 - 10-sccded. — Banks of rivers and shaded places, "West Florida to North Ala- 

 bama, and westward. April, (j) — Stems 2° - 3° long. Seeds black. 



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



3. V. hil'SUta, Koch. Hairy; leaflets 12-14, oblong-linear, truncate; 

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



: mall, bluish-white ; legume short, oblong, 2-seeded. (V. Mitchelli, Raf. Er- 

 vimi hirsutUm, L.) — Cultivated ground. Introduced. April and May. 



4. V. aCUtifolia, E1L Smooth : leaflets about 4, linear or rarely oblong, 



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



Roweri pale bine, the keel tipped with purple; legume linear, 4 - 8-seedcd. — 

 Damp soil near the COBSt, Florida and Georgia, March - May. }J. — Stems 

 angled, 2° -4° long, branching. 



• r >. V. Caroliniana, Walt. Smoothish; leaflets 8-12, linear or linear- 



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



