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LEGUMINOS^. CLXIX. Vicia 



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veined; seeds roundish, with the hylum h'near. i;. H. Na- Variegated-flowered Y etch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt, 1816. Plcl 



tive of America and Europe, in bushy and shady places, par- — .^ • . . 



ticularly in Austria, Switzerland, Piedmont, France, and Ger- 

 many. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. with a figure. Oxypo- 

 gon elegans, Rafin. in litt. V. tetragona, hort. par. in litt. 

 This species differs from F, pisiformis in the flowers being pur- 

 plish-blue, and in the deep-green and longer leaflets, with the 



lower pairs not approximating the stem. 



Hedge Vetch. Fl. May, June. CIt. 1752. 



PL cl. 



Fl. May, June. 

 6 V. Menziesii (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 267.) leaflets ovate, 

 smooth, near an inch and a half long ; stipulas lunate, with 

 sharp teeth ; peduncles few-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 l)etals all strongly recurved ; calycine teeth taper-pointed. 1/ . ^ 



11 V. purpu'rea (Stev. m mem. soc. mosq. 4. p. 53, et 

 Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 468.) plant hardly canescent ; leaflets nu- 

 merous, oval, mucronate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, quite 

 entire ; peduncles many-flowered, rather longer than the leaves- 

 racemes crowded with secund flowers; calycine teeth much 

 shorter than the tube, the superior ones almost obsolete. i;.H. 

 Native of Tauria. Flowers purple. 



Var. /J, minor (Stev. 1. c.) leaves small; flowers paler. '^.H. 

 Native of Tauria, near the region of perpetual snow. 

 Pwrp/c-flowered Vetch. PI. cl. 



12 V. alpe'stris (Stev. in mem. mosq. 4. p. 53. and Bieb.fl. 

 taur. suppl. 469.) plant hardly canescent ; leaflets elliptic-obo 



JNative of Owyhee, at the upper edge of a forest, on a vate, mucronulate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, almost quite 

 niountam called Mowmi-rooa, winch ,s 6000 feet high, where it entire ; tendrils usually trifid ; peduncles usually 6-flo«?red, 



was collected by Mr. Menzies. V. grandiflora, Smuh', in Rces' 

 cycl. Flowers pale-purple, full twice the size of those of V. 

 dumetorum. Clusters of flowers rather loose and downy. Le- 



gumes not seen 

 Afcuzies's Vetch. 



PI. cl. 



longer than the leaves ; racemes crowded ; calyx villous, Iiaving 

 the teeth much shorter than the tube, but with the superior ones 



almost obsolete ; legumes unknown, i;. H. Native of Tauria. 

 Flowers purple. 



^Ip Vetch. PI. cl. 



,» Jory;.T'tC^«if ir''' '" ^'"-^ ''"' &n' "^'^'r- ?°™ ^' ^"- ^^ ^- Cassu'bica (Lin. spec. 1035.) leaflets numerous, oppo- 



oblle tip lolrnn ^PP'-,^^;"'^^^ ^^^A^^ ^^1"^ f « ovate- site or alternate, ovate-elliptic, mucronate, nearly glabrous, film, 



ceolate and semi-sagittate at the base, upper ones linear and 

 almost entire ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal in length 

 to the leaves; racemes crowded with secund flowers ; calycine 

 teeth unequal, shorter than the tube; style villous at the apex; 

 legumes coriaceous, hardly reticulated, oblong, short, com 



the apex in the more loose flowers, 



serrated stinulas. if. H. Native of the south of Russia. 



and in the semi-sarrittate 



Flowers violaceous. 



stipulas. If. 



V dumetorum, var. /3, dentata, Ser. in D. C.prod. 2. p.YsS. 

 — Gmel. sib. 4. p. 9. tub. p. 221. "' 



roo/At'J-leafletted Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. cl. 



8 V. sylva'tica (Lin. spec. 1035.) plant smooth; leaflets 

 numerous, alternate or opposite, elliptic-oblong, mucronulate, 

 finely and reticidately veined ; stipulas between semi-sagittate 

 and reniform, setaceously-toothed ; peduncles longer than the 

 loaves, many-flowered ; calycine segments hardly the length of 

 the tube; style villous at the apex; legumes oblong-linear 

 compressed, finely reticulated, incurved at the apex ; seeds glo- 

 bose, with a linear hylum. --"--• ~" 

 tain woods. 



If.H. Native of Europe, in moun- 

 Plentiful in mountainous parts of the north of 

 iingland and Scotland, in woods. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 



Oed. fl. dan. 277, 



31, with a figure. 



Smith, engl. hot. 79. 

 Hall, hely. no. 426. t. 12. f. 2. Stipulas fringed. Style with 

 the beard at the apex hardly discernible. Flowers risina from 

 the peduncle by twos or threes, with interruptions, rather large 

 having the vexillum and wings whitish, and beautifully varie- 

 gated with blue, and keel pale blue. ^^ • ■ ' "^ 

 when in flower. 



pressed, smoothish ; seeds' globose. 1/ . H. "^ Native of the 

 south of Europe. Oed. fl. dan. 98— Pluk. phyt. t. 72. f. 2. 

 Root creeping. Flowers pale blue. Loaves impari-pinnate. 



Far. a, glabriuscula (Ser. mss. in D, C. prod. 2. p. S5Q.) stem 

 pilose; petioles cirrhous, villous ; leaflets almost glabrous. ^• 

 H. V. multiflora. Poll. pal. 2. p. 307. Wallr. sched. 385. D. C. 

 fl. fr. 5. p. 577. V. Cassubica, Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. 

 Var. ft, O'robiis (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 356.) the whole 

 plant clothed with pili ; leaflets pilose or cihated ; tendrils want- 

 ing, or somewhat foliaceous. i; . H. V. orobus, D. C. fl- fr- 

 5. p. 557. O'robus sylvaticus, D. C. fl. fr, 4, p. 586. 



Cassuhian Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1711. PL 1 ^oot- 



14 V. abbrevia'ta (Fisch, in litt. ex Spreng. pi. min. cogn. 



pug. 1. p. 50.) leaflets oblong, rounded at both ends and niu- 



,p, . . - cronulate, rather pubescent ; stipulas almost obsolete ; pe^""' 



1 lus IS an elegant plant cles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves, which are impan- 



Jfoorf Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. cl. 



9 V. America'na (Muhlenb. ex Willd.spec. 3. p. 1096 )leaf- 

 lets numerous, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, mucronate • 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, deeply toothed; peduncles many-flowl 

 cred, shorter than the leaves ; legumes unknown, 1/ , H Na 

 tive of Pennsylvania, This plant differs from V. sylvAtica in 

 the longer leaflets, in the teeth of the stipulas not being awned 



and lastly m the racemes being fewer-flowered and never lon<rer 

 than the leaves, t n . ^ . _ . . ^ 



H.U. 



oods 



Am 



Leaflets 8-12 in number, 

 n Vetch. Fl, June, July, Clt. 1800. PI. cl. 



10 V,varieoata (\y,lld. spec, 3, p, 1096,) plant villous ; 

 leaflets numerous, elliptic, obtuse, villous, alternate, lower ones 

 emargmate, mucronate; tendrils trifid; stipulas semi-sagittate, 

 quite entire ; peduncles many-flowered, rather lonaer than the 

 leaves; racemes crowded with secund flowers; calycine teeth 

 about equal, shorter than the tube ; style bearded ; legumes 

 rather pubescent, X , H, Native of Eastern Caucasus, on the 



^(i. t, 65. ann. mus. 



alps, Desf, cor, p. 

 Leaflets 14-26, 



12, p. 111, t, 12. 



Stipulas ovate-lanceolate, bipartite at the base. 

 Howers with a rose-coloured standard, white wings, and purplish 

 keel, and variegated. 



pinnate. 



Very like V. Cassubica, but differs in the stenT being qui« 

 smooth and not flexuous, in the stipulas being very minute, 

 and lastly in the calyxes being villous. Leaves impari-pinnate. 

 as in V. Cassubica. Perhaps only a variety of T, Cassubica, ac- 

 cording to Ser. Flowers pale blue. 



A^Aori Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 



15 V. GALLOPRoviNciA'Lis(Poir. suppl. 5. p. 471.) leaflets 

 opposite or alternate, very numerous, elliptic-lanceolate, mucro- 

 nulate, villous ; ^stipulas semi-sagittate ; tendrils almost simp'^ ? 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves ; flowers small, very numej* 

 ous ; vexillum broad, length of wings ; legumes unknown. *• 

 H. Native of the south of Provence, on the mountains. Ger. 

 Galloprov. p. 497. no. 5. t. 19. Flowers blue or purple. 



Provence Vetch. PI. cl, 



16 V, cine'ria (Bieb, fl. taur. suppl. 470.) leaves with verj' 

 short tendrils ; leaflets linear-elliptic, obtuse, clothed with hoary 

 villi ; stipulas bipartite, with elongated teeth ; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine teeth triangulf ' 

 acute, superior ones very small. %. U. Native of Tauria. 

 about Tiflis, Flowers pale blue, about tlie size of those of f. 

 Cracca. Calyx clothed with silky villi. 



