. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. WEEDS AND WEED SEEDS. 47 incur with the tips slmrp and 2 inciics lonK, 4 to 12-s('('(li'(l. Wild Tare or Wild Pea {Vicia angustifolia (L.) Reichard) is an introduced jinnual, wicJelj' distributed in cereal crops and ii8 a wayside weed in eastern Canada. The phmt is hairless or downy. Stem slender, simple or branched at the base. Leaves are composed of 2-5, rarely (3, pairs vf linear or lance-shaped leaflets. I'lowers \ to J inch h)nK, purjile, 1 or 2 in the upper axils of the leave;
. Weeds and weed seeds illustrated and described [microform]. Weeds; Mauvaises herbes; Mauvaises herbes; Weeds. WEEDS AND WEED SEEDS. 47 incur with the tips slmrp and 2 inciics lonK, 4 to 12-s('('(li'(l. Wild Tare or Wild Pea {Vicia angustifolia (L.) Reichard) is an introduced jinnual, wicJelj' distributed in cereal crops and ii8 a wayside weed in eastern Canada. The phmt is hairless or downy. Stem slender, simple or branched at the base. Leaves are composed of 2-5, rarely (3, pairs vf linear or lance-shaped leaflets. I'lowers \ to J inch h)nK, purjile, 1 or 2 in the upper axils of the leave; I'ods black and turned upwards. The seed is round, ranj;in>t from ,'â to ,\ of an inch in diameter, velvet}- black or olive brown, mottled with white and dotted »vith fine. Iilack spots; the whitish scar about ! the circumfer- ence of the .seed in leiinth, thin, threadlike. The seeds are a common im- purity in grain grown in the Maritime Provinces, Queliec and [larts of Ontario They are especially objec- tionable in oats requirc(l for mdling. .V short rotation of crops designed to prevent Wild Tare from seeding will suppress it. Wax-ball or Three-seeded Mercury [Acnlypha virginiai L.) is a native jinnual common in river ami low fields in Ont.'irio and eastward. It is a leafy plant, 1 (o 2 fi'et high, with long-stalked, ovate leaves. It givc> trouble in pa-tures, meadows and fields. On accoun' of its acrid juice it is avoided by livt! stock and entails con- *,- â¢iideruble waste wherever it occurs. The seed is about ,'^ of an â --' inch long, comparatively .soft, with a thin coat finely striated, uray to yellow brown spotted with dark brown, sometimes reddish brown free from spots. It is ovoid, pointed at one end, rounded at the other. There is a dark slightly raided line running from the round end to the scar on the same side of the seed. Thi' scar is one-third tlie length of the seed, ol)iong, raised and wliile. The seeds are (piite frecpiently found in clo
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