LEGUMINOS^. CLXIX. Vicia. 



317 



|fe 



Cinereous VetcTi. PI. cl. 



17 V. SETIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 500.) 

 stems weak, smoothish ; leaflets 8-9, very narrow-linear, mucro- 

 nate, puberulous on both surfaces, as well as the rachis or 



Far. a, violcicea ; flowers bluish violet. 

 Far. /3, imrpiirea ; flowers purple. 

 Far. y, albijlora ; flowers 

 Cracca or Tufted-Vetch. 



Fl. June. Sept. Britain. PI. cl. 



petiole; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate; calyx turbinate at 22 V. Bivon^ (Rafin. prec. 37. Desv. journ. hot. 1814. p. 



the base, with the superior teeth ascending ; peduncles 3-4-flow- 269.) plant pubescent ; stems tetragonal ; tendrils simple ; leaf- 



_ _ __. ^.^ ^^^_ A^4 M* 



ered, 'a httle longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, pubescent ; legumes lanceolate, glabrous. l/.H. Na- 



lets 10-14, oblong-linear, mucronate ; stipulas lunate, semi-sagit- 

 tate, rather toothed at the base ; peduncles few-flowered, about 



live near the city of Mexico, Quito, and Santa-Fe de Bogota, at equal in length to the leaves ; flowers secund, rather distant 

 the height of 3500 or 4500 feet above the level of the sea. calycine teeth setaceous, length of tube; style bearded at the 



Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 Bristle-leaved Vetch. PL cl. 



apex ; legumes oblong-lanceolate, compressed, finely reticulated. 

 If. H. Native of Sicily about Palermo, and of Corsica. V. 



18 V. Broteria^na (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 357.) leaf- leucantha, Bertol. siirp. sic. fasc. V. littoralis, Salzm. exslc. 

 lets nearly oval, villous ; lower stipulas semi-sagittate, and some- Flowers pale, purplish blue, with the carina tipped with black, 

 what dentate ; flowers imbricate ; peduncles very villous ; caly- 

 cine teeth setaceous, and villous ; legumes rather villous, pen- 

 dulous. O. II. Native of Portugal, in cultivated fields about 

 Coimbra. V. villosa, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 150. but not of Roth. 

 Corolla deep purple at the apex. 



Brohro's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 181 7. PL cl. 



19 V. AcuTiFOLiA (Ell. sketch, car. etgeogr. 2. p. 225.) stem 

 glabrous ; leaflets few, linear, acute at both ends ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; peduncles few-flowered, longer than the leaves. 



•Native of Geonria. 



ijletted 



PI. cl. 



FIG. 46. 



20 V. pulche'lla (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 499. t. 583.) stems weak, puberulous; leaflets 8-12, linear, 

 acute, pubescent beneath, as well as the calyxes ; stipulas linear, 

 semi-sagittate ; calycine teeth very unequal, superior ones much 

 the smallest; peduncles 16-20-flowered, longer than the leaves, 

 pubescent; legumes unknown. !(.. H. Native of Mexico, on 

 the western dechvities of mountains, especially near Mescala at 

 the height of 795 feet above the level of the sea.' Flowers white. 



Neat Vetch. PK cl. 



21 V. Cra'cca (Lin. spec. 1095.) 

 stems branched ; leaves cirrhous 

 at the apex ; leaflets numerous, ob- 

 long, lanceolate, alternate or oppo- 

 site, pubescent, mucronate, with 

 rather parallel simple nerves ; sti- 

 pulas linear, semi-sagittate; pe- 

 duncles angular, hairy, bearing nu- 

 jnerous secund flowers, equal in 

 'cngth to or exceeding the leaves ; 

 calycine teeth unequal, upper ones 

 very short, lower ones shorter than 

 the tube ; style pilose at the apex ; 



coria- 



legumes oblong-lanceolate, 

 ceous, reticulated, compressed, gla- 



??''" XT ^^^^' globose, black. % . 



\ Native of Europe, in fields 

 and hedges ; plentiful in all parts 



^1 ijritaui. Sturm, deutschl, fl. fasc. 31. with a figure. Smith, 

 ^"gh bot. t. 1168. Curt. lond. 5. t. 54. Mart. fl. rust. 117. 



racca,Riv, tetr. irr. t. 50. Rootcreeping. Flowers blue and pur- 

 d th^ 1 • ^ mixed, marked with veins of a deeper colour. Leaves 

 ^^0 hed with canescent down, giving them a manifest whiteness ; 

 tio^ % ^^^^ apparent in plants growing in exposed dry situa- 

 ns, tor ,n moist soils the leaves are almost green. Dr. Plot, 

 « nis history of Staffordshire, says, that this and the Wood-Fetch 



uvance starved or weak cattle above any thing yet known. These flowers secund, crowded. 7/. II. Native about Algiers. 

 Perennial vetches yield such abundance of food, that they seem The flowers are like those of F. Cracca, but they are larger and 

 . Reserve the notirp nf ^rT^;^„u,,.;ofc. n.,f \i ;« wpII nh*;prvpd naler. The vexillum is blue, and wines and keel white. 



Perhapsthe same as F. j^seudocrdcca, 

 Bicona's Vetch. PI. cl. 



23 V. Gera'rdi (Jacq. fl. astr, t. 229. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 591. 

 exclusive of the synonymes,) stems simple ; leaves cirrhous at 

 the apex ; leaflets numerous, oblong-lanceolate, alternate or op- 

 posite, mucronate, rather woolly, having parallel simple nerves ; 

 stipulas linear, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, rather 

 shorter than the leaves ; style pilose at the apex ; legume ob- 

 long, coriaceous, finely reticulated, compressed, glabrous. 1^. 

 H. Native of the south of Europe, particularly in Austria and 

 France. V. miatilans, Crantz. Flowers violaceous. Root 

 creeping ? Calycine teeth unequal, pilose. 



■ Gerard's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. PI. cl. 



24 V. pseubocra'cca (Bertol. pi. rar. p. 58.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; stems branched at the base, diffuse ; leaflets 8-12, oblong- 

 obtuse ; stipulas linear, semi-sagittate; peduncles usually 6- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers secund, loose, de- 

 flexed; calycine teeth unequal, linear, acute, shorter than the 

 tube ; style villous at the apex ; legumes elliptic, short, smooth, 

 finely reticulated. ©. H. Native of Italy near Pisa. V. 

 tenuifolia, Tenore, prod. p. 42. Very like F. Cracca, but 

 differs in the annual roots, in the broader legumes, and in the 

 longer calycine teeth. Flowers blue. 



False-Cracca Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL cl. 



25 V. Andicola (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 498. 



t. 582.) plant pubescent; stems weak ; leaflets 7-12, linear-lan- 



olate, obtuse, mucronate ; stipulas linear, semi-sagittate, acute ; 



xceedinji the 



leaves ; calyx bilabiate, the superior teeth the smallest ; legumes 

 somewhat cultriform, smoothish. %. F. Native of the Andes 

 of Quito on mount Antisana, at the height of 6300 feet above the 

 level of the sea. Flowers violaceous. 

 Andes Vetch. PI. cl. 



26 V. microphy'lla (D'Urv. enum. pi. arch. p. 87.) stems 

 weak, branched at the base, and diffuse ; leaflets 8-10, ovate on 

 short petioles, small, mucronate ; stipulas very small, and semi- 

 sagittate; peduncles straight, twice or thrice longer than tho 

 leaves, 4-6-flowered ; flowers pale; legumes compressed, gla- 

 brous, 5-7-seeded. 1^. H. Native of the island of Melos, on 

 hills. Corolla very pale violet or white, double the length of the 



Perhaps the same as V. pseudo- 



tendrils bifurcate; peduncles 2-4-flowered, hardly 



calyx, and sometimes longer, 

 cracca of Bertol. 



leaf 



PI. cl. 



27 V. polypiiy'lla (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 162.) leaflets nume- 

 rous, linear-lanceolate, mucronate, villous ; stipulas linear, semi- 



than the leaves ; 



sagittate ; 

 flowers secund. 



peduncles many-flowered, longer 



crowded. T/. II. Native about 



in E V \. '""" notice of agriculturists. But it is well observed paler. 

 t;^.,.T , J'otany, that to gather them from their native situa- 



tions n — J^' ^ ^^ gauier mem iroiii men native ^^n^uu.- 



tend -7^"^,^^ impracticable, so firmly do they cling by their 

 bablv VV ^^'^ ^^^^^^^ and if cultivated, they would pro- 



y choke themselves for want of support. 



Many-lcajl 



The vexillum is blue, and wings and keel white. 



Clt. 1816. PI. cl. 



Fl. June, July. 



28 V. TENUIFOLIA (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 183.) stem branched; 

 leaves cirrhous at the apex; leaflets nmnerous, linear-lanceolate, 

 smoothish, mucronate, alternate or opposite, full of parallel sim- 



