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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 An. A ) 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. 
agrcs"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. ( Legaminosa .) [From vexillum, a banner.] 
Virginia'na, (butterfly weed, p. Ju. 'Zj..) 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. 
maria'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. 
VIBURNUM. 5—3. (Capr (folia.) 
oxycoc"cus , (high cranberry, r-w. J. h>.) 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. T 7 .) 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. T 7 .) smooth; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, crenate, serrate; 
petiole naked; cymes sub-pedunculate; fruit oblong-ovate. 5-10 f. 
lenta'go , (sheep-berry, w. J. T 7 .) 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~ 
dyncled ; stem very flexible ; leaves broad and sub-membranaceous. 4-5 f. 
Leaves applied to inflamed tumours by the Indians. 
Exotic. 
op"ulus , (guelder-rose, snow-ball, w. J. I 7 .) leaves 3 lobed, sharp-toothed; pe¬ 
tioles glandular, smooth; flowers in compact cymes, surrounded with radi¬ 
ating florets. Yar. roseum , has the whole cyme made up of radiating flo¬ 
rets. 
li'nus , (laurestine, r-w. T 7 .) leaves ovate, entire, with tufts of hair in the axils 
of the veins beneath ; flowers in smooth cymes. 
VICIA. 16—10. ( Leguminosa .) [From vincio, to bind together, as the tendrils of this plant 
twine around other plants.] 
carolinia'na, (M. Of-) 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. 7(..) stem sub-pubescent; leaves pinnate; flow¬ 
ers small, pale, numerous, drooping, imbricated. Meadows. New E. 
fa'ba , (garden-bean, windsor-bean, w. and black, J. ©.) stem many-flowered ? 
