VEXILLARIA-VICIA. 
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serrate, glabrous , stem procumbent, rooting at the base. Probably a vari- 
ety of the last. 9-18 i. 
serpyllifo'lia^ (b. M. to Au. %.) racemes spiked, many-flowered ; leaves ovate, 
slightly crenate ; capsules broad-obcordate ; stems procumbent, 3-5 inches 
long, sometimes creeping ; flowers pale, in a long terminal spike, or ra- 
ceme. Meadows. Introduced. 
scutella'ta, racemes axillary, alternate ; pedicels divaricate ; leaves linear, 
dentate-serrate; stem erect, weak. 6-12 i. Flowers flesh-coloured, ra- 
cemed. Moist places. 
agres"tis, flower peduncled ; leaves on short petioles, cordate-ovate, deeply , 
serrate ; segments of the calyx ovate-lanceolate ; stem procumbent ; flow- 
ers small, pale blue, axillary, solitary, Sandy fields. Can. to Car. 
VEXILLARIA. 16—10. {Leguminos(B.) [From vexillum, a banner.] 
virginia'na, (butterfly weed, p. Ju. %.) stem twining, and with the ovate 
leafets glabrous or sub-pubescent ; peduncle 1-4-flowered ; calyx 5-parted; 
about as long as the lanceolate bracts ; legume linear, compressed ; flowers 
larger than those of any other North American, papilionaceous plant. 
Hedges. Penn. to Car. 
ma,ria'na, stem climbing, glabrous ; leaves ternate ; leafets lance-oval ; pe- 
duncles solitary, 1-3-flowered ; calyx tubular-campanulate, glabrous, much 
longer than the bracts ; legume torulose. Banks of streams. Flowers 
large, pale blue. 
VIBURNUML 5—3. {Caprifolim.-) 
oxycoc'^cus, (high cranberry, r-w. J. >2-) leaves 3-lobed, acute at the base, 3- 
nerved ; lobes divaricate, acuminate, remotely and obtusely toothed ; peti- 
oles glandular ; cymes radiate ; flowers of the ray large, abortive. Small 
shrub with spreading branches; fruit large, red, acid. 5-8 f. Mountain 
woods. 
lantanoi^des, (hobble-bush, w. M. Pj.) branches flexuose, often procumbent; 
leaves orbicular-ovate, abruptly acuminate, unequally serrate; nerves and 
petioles pulverulent-tomentose; cymes closely sessile ; fruit ovate. 4-8 f. 
Fruit red, black when fully ripe. Mountains. 
pyrifo^lium, (w. J. ^2-) smooth; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crenate^ serrate; 
petiole naked ; cymes sub-pedunculate ; fruit oblong-ovate. 5-10 f. 
Unta'go, (sheep-berry, w. J. Yi.) glabrous ; leaves broad-ovate, acuminate, 
hook-serrate; petioles margined, undulate; cymes sessile. The branches 
when full-grown often form a fastigiate top. Berries black, oval, and 
pleasant tasted ; somewhat mucilaginous. 8-15 f. 
acerifo'lium, (maple guelder-rose, dockmackie, w. J. 17.) leaves heart-ovate, 
or 3-lobed, acuminate, sharp serrate, pubescent beneath ; cymes long pe- 
duncled ; stem very flexible ; lea es broad and sub-membranaceous. 4-5 f. 
Leaves applied to inflamed tumours by the Indians. 
Exotic. 
op"ulus, (guelder-rose, snow-ball, w. J. T^.) leaves 3-lobed, sharp-toothed ; pe- 
tioles glandular, smooth; flowers in compact cymes, surrounded with radi- 
ating florets. Var. roseum, has the whole cyme made up of radiating flo- 
rets. 
IVnus, (laurestine, r-w. l^-) leaves ovate, entire, with tufts of hair in the axils 
of the veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 
TICIA. 16 — 10. iLeguminosai.) [From vincio, to bind together, as the tendrils of this plant 
twine around other plants.] 
carolinia'na, (M. Tj..) smoothish; leafets 8-10; stipules lance-oval, entire; 
peduncles many-flowered ; flowers distant ; teeth of the calyx short ; style 
villose at the top; legume smooth, obliquely veined ; stem long and climb- 
ing; flowers small, white, the standard tipped with black. Mountains. 
Penn. to Car. 
sati'va,,{common vetch-tare, b. J. leafets 10-12 ; stipules with a dark spot 
beneath ; style bearded at top ; flowers small. 1-2 f. 
crac^ca, (tufted vetch, p. Au. %.) stem sub-pubescent; leaves pinnate; flow- 
ers small, pale, numerous, drooping, imbricated. Meadows. New E. 
fa^da, (garden-bean, windsor-bean, w. and black, J. stem many-flowered, 
