LEGUMINOSiE. CLXIX. Vicia. 



31f) 



tetragonal, never climbing ; tendrils wanting ; leaves clotlied length, the leaflets are also elliptic and truncate at the apex, 4 

 with silvery-grey down ; leaflets oblong-linear, mucronate ; stipu- lines long and 3 broad, but in the present plant they are 8 lines 

 las lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, about long and 5 broad. Flowers densely racemose. 



ihe length of the leaves; flowers secund, loose ; calycine segments 



Many-seeded Vetch. PL cl. 8 feet. 



almost equal, length of the tube ; style elongated, rather clavate, 49 V. bie'nnis (Lin. spec. 1036.) leaflets about 12, lanceo- 



bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong, compressed, tomentose. late, glabrous ; petioles furrowed, cirrhoiis ; stipulas semi-sagit- 

 l/.H. Native of the Pyrenees, on the Spanish side. D. C. fl. tate, acute ; peduncles many-flowered; hardly longer than the 



fr. suppl. no. 4011. Hook. bot. mag. 294G. 

 with green teeth. Flow'ers with the vexillum 



Calyx reddish 



leaves; calycine teeth unequal ; legumes ascending, compressed, 



Native of Siberia. Poir. diet. 5. 



glabrous, short. 



$. H. 



and wings yel- 

 lowish-white, streaked wdth purple, but the keel is wdiite. . Root 

 fusiform. 

 Silvery y etch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 foot. This promises to be^come an useful plant for fodder, the stalks 



41' V. trichoca'lyx (Moris, elench. sard, ex Schlecht. Lin- growing to a great length, and being well furnished with leaves, 



p. 558. — Gmel. sib. 4. p. 10. t. 2. Leaves involute. Flowers 

 pale blue. Seeds globular, dirty yellow, spotted with black. 



na?a. 5. p. 96.) plant pubescent ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, mucro- 

 nulate ; tendrils branched; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate, 

 toothed ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal in length to the 

 leaves; flowers secund, crowded; calyx very villous, with seta- 

 ceous teeth, which are much longer than the tube ; legumes 

 nairy. ©. H. Native of Sardinia, in corn-fields. This plant 

 IS very like V. airopurpiirea of Desf. but differs in flowering 

 later, and in every part being much larger, in the calyx being 

 more villous, and, lastly, in the corolla being white, and only 

 rose-coloured at the apex. 



IlaiT'Calyxed Vetch. PI. cl. 



45 V. vill6sa (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 182. but not of Brot.) 

 plant clothed with villi ; stems tetragonal ; tendrils almost sim- 

 ple ; leaflets oblong, mucronulate, opposite or alternate ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, entire, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 length of the leaves ; flow^ers secund, rather loose ; calycine teeth 



which do not decay in autumn, but continue green through the 

 winter, in defiance of the most severe frost ; so that in February 

 and March, when there is often a scarcity of green food for 



ewes and lambs, this may be of great servi 



Biennial Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1753. PI. cl. 



50 V, Nissolia'na (Lin. spec. 1036.) plant downy; petioles 



cirrhous ; leaflets oblong, hardly retuse, rather downy ; stipulas 



lanceolate, entire, very narrow; peduncles many-flowered; 

 flowers small, dark purple ; legumes ovate-oblong, villous, nod- 

 Native of the Levant. Stem angular. 



ding, 5 -seeded. 0. H. 



The plant in the gardens under this name is a very shewy species, 

 with dark-purple, elegant, crowded, secund flowers, and is the 

 plant figured in bot. reg. t. 871. under the name of V. atro- 



purpurea. 



Nissol's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1773. PI. cl. 



51 V. PELLu'ciDA (Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. 220. t. 222.) 

 stems branched ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; stipulas oblong ; 



setaceous, pilose, longer than the tube ; style villous at tlie apex ; . „ _ . 



legumes oblong, compressed, glabrous; seeds globose, varie- peduncles usually 4-flowered, shorter than the leaves, which are 

 gated. O.H. Nativeof Germany. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. without tendrils ; calycine teeth equal, spreading ; style bearded 



~" at the apex ; legumes oblong, compressed, falcate, membranous, 



rather villous ; seeds kidney-shaped, compressed. IJ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple, but with the 

 vexillum variegated. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



Pellucid Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PL 1 foot. 

 52 V. Hooke'ri ; plant sparingly pilose ; leaves with 3-4 pairs 



• with a^ figure. Flowers purple. Like V. atropurpureay 



out differs in the stipulas beincr entire, and in the legumes being 

 smooth. r o » fob 



yUlous Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1815. PL cl. 



and fl. fr. 5. 

 tendrils simple ; 



46 V. dispe'rma (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 154. 



P' ^^8.) plant rather pilose ; stems tetragonal ; ten 



eaves with 8-10 pairs of linear-oblong mucronate leaflets; 

 P|iias semi-sagittate, entire ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, shorter luciu 

 e leaves ; flowers small ; calycine teeth nearly equal, lanceo- 

 co Tl ' length of the tube, and about equal in length to the 



sti- of narrow, linear, acuminated leaflets; tendrils almost simple; 

 than stipulas semi-sagittate, linear, entire ; peduncles shorter than the 



oroiia; style villous at the apex ; legumes oblon 

 £\'^"\^eticulated, transversely 2-seeded; i 

 In; "n ®; ^- Native of the south of France, 

 d..!: r?"- 466. but not of Michx. 



those of £Vi3i/ni //»o 



compressed, 



seeds globose, 

 V. parviflora. 



Flowers and fruit like 



Twn* 



rvum lens. 



leaves, few-flowered ; calyx short, campanulate ; the teeth lan- 

 ceolate and equalling the tube ; corolla glabrous ; legumes lan- 

 ceolate, 6-seeded, compressed, with pilose sutures. "2/ . F. Na- 

 tive of Chili, about Conception. V. parviflora. Hook, in Beech, 

 bot. p. 20. but notof Cav. Habit of E'rvum ietraspermum. 



Hookers Vetch. PL cl. 



53 V. MiTCHE'LLi(Rafin. prec. 37. and in Dcsv. journ. bot. 

 1814. p. 269.) plant glabrous; stems weak, striated; leaves for 

 the most part with 7 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets oblong, cunei- 

 form, retuse, mucronate ; stipulas entire or multifid, small ; 

 peduncles many- flowered; vexillum pubescent; legumes 2- 

 seeded, pilose. ©. H. Native of North America, in Long 

 Island. Ell. sketch, car. et geogr. 2. p. 224. Seeds edible. 



, , .™„, . ^..-. MitcheVs Vetch. PL cL 



ary. Flowers pale blue, about the size of those of F. 54 V. parviflora (Cav. annal. sci. nat. 4. p. /3. but not ot 



Michx. nor Lois.) stems filiform; leaves cirrhous ; leaflets hnear, 

 mucronate ; stipulas normal ; peduncles elongated, 2-4 -flow jred. 

 O. H. Native about Mogodor. 



longer 



-^o^seededYetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. PL cL 

 QuitP '"""^^siMA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 163.) leaflets elliptic, 

 j;^/^^^^^* truncate at the apex ; petioles usually bearing 10 

 than th ' 1 ^^*^"^^^ dentate ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 rior o ^ y^^» flowers nodding ; calycine teeth unequal, supe- 

 Wum^^^i ^^^"^^^' lower ones acute and longer ; style bearded ; 

 of Barb "^^^'^^^' compressed, many-seeded. % . H. Native 



^pium. 



^a^^*^ Vetch. Fl. June, July. 



Clt. 1820. Pl.cl. 



ferous 



Linnaea. 3. p. 102.) 

 leaflets ovate-oblon 



prod. 



append. 5. 1826. ex 

 inched : leaves cirrhi- 



Small-Jlon 



PI. cl. 



*>rous-'» i"^r "^^'^^-oblong, obtuse, entire, mucronate, gla- 

 lowered 1 ^^ ^^^"'^^"^ ? ^^'pu^as toothed ; peduncles 8-10- 

 *"'>lycine L°?iP*^ ^^^" ^y^ leaves ; flowers erect, loosely racemose; 



55 V. BiDENTATA (Hook, bot. nilsc. 2. p. 215.) plant quite 

 smooth ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of opposite and alternate, cu- 

 neated leaflets, which are bidentate at the apex, and with a 



Jonier ' '' """^"^1' "PP'^r ones shorter, lower ones setaceous, mucrone in the centre ; tendrds simple ; stipulas broad, semi- 

 i.*!.' '^g»mes lincar-knPPnUto ^ .v„i, ' l««^ ftnt. .rlnhrnns. sarnttate. a little toothed; peduncles 3-4-flowered, equal in 



l4o''*^p!"e«J'ncar-lanceolate, 3 inches long, flat, glabrous, sagittate, a little toothed; peduncles 3-4-nowere(,, equa.m 

 «he size f J' ^ • "• Native of Naples, in hedges. Flowers length to the leaves ; legumes oblong, glabrous. O. II. ^a- 



''. aUh^l *^f ^ ""f K' *«'»''«' pale blue. Very nearly allied to 



*»> but in it the lesiunie does not exceed an inch in 



tive of Peru, near Lima. 



^ic/en/a/e-leaved Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



