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LEGUMINOSiE. CLXIX. Vicia. 



56 V. BiFLoRA (Desf. atl.2. p. 166. t. 197.) leaves tendrilled; lets deeply crenated, superior ones quite entire ; stipulas spotted, 

 leaflets numerous, linear-lanceolate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, en- a little toothed, semi-sagittate ; flowers usually solitary and 



i calycine teeth elongated, ciliated ; legumes erect, 

 ©. H. Native of Algiers. Flowers oblong, glabrous; seeds roundish, compressed. 0, H. Na- 



tire ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine almost sessile 



teeth nearly equal, small. 

 blue. 



tive of Italy, about Rome. Flowers purple ? 

 Plmpernel-Uke Vetch. Fl. June, July, PL cl. 



Two-flowered Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1801. PL cl. 

 57 V. grami'nea (Smith, in Rees' c^cL vol. 37.) plant almost 

 smooth : leaflets 3 pairs, linear, pointed ; stipulas ovate, entire, branched at the base, trailing ; leaflets usually 6, alternate, very 



64 V. REOPENS (D'Urv. enum. pi. arch. p. 88.) stems diffuse, 



slightly sagittate ; peduncles 4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 tendrils simple or divided ; legumes smooth, compressed, not an 

 inch in length, elliptic-oblong, with an oblique, incurved point: 

 seeds 6-7, small, round. 1/ . ? H. Native of Buenos Ayres. 

 Flowers very small, pale, apparently tinged with purple. Calyx 

 rather downy, with the teeth shorter than the tube. 

 GrassyAcv^veA Vetch. PI. cl. 



§ 2. Flowers pedunculate, soUtar7/» 



58 V. CALCARA^TA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 166.) stems rather tetra- 

 gonal, decumbent; leaflets linear-lanceolate, obtuse; stipulas 



peduncles 1 -flowered, bracteolate at the apex, much 

 shorter than the leaves; calycine teeth small, acute ; legumes 

 compressed, glabrous. ©.? H. Native of Algiers. V. mon- 

 dntha, Retz. obs. 3. p. 39. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1109. and enum. 

 p. 764. Flowers blue and veined. 



Clt. 1790. PL cL 



narrow and acute ; stipulas small ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 almost sessile ; legumes compressed, glabrous, 4-seeded. l^.H. 



PL trailing. 



Flowers pale 

 Root creeping. 



Native of the island of Melos, in dry places 

 purple, twice or thrice the length of the calyx. 

 ■ Creeping Vetch. 



65 V. GLOBosA (Rets. obs. 8. p. 39.) leaves tendrilled; 

 leaflets 4-8, pubescent, each ending in a reflexed bristle; 

 stipulas spotted, 4-toothed ; flowers solitary, erect, 

 sile : 



almost ses- 



calycine teeth linear-lanceolate, ciliated ; legumes terete, 



H. Native country 



spreading, glabrous ; seeds globose, 

 unknown. 



0. 



iurcate 



Spurred Vetch. FL July, Aug. 



59 V. Bithy'nica (Lin. spec. 1038.) stems weak, leafy, an- toothed 



parallel, 

 bearded 



gular, slightly branched ; leaves with 2 pairs of lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate leaflets, hairy beneath ; stipulas semi-sagittate, with 



Very like F. satlva, but differs from it in tlie sti- 

 pulas, in the longer calyx, in the form of the legume, and lastly 

 in the fewer leaflets. Flowers blue. 



Globose-seeded Vetch. FL June, Aug, Clt. 1804. PI. cL 

 G6 V, piLosA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 161.) plant hairy; leaves 

 hardly cirrhiferous, upper leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, or 

 truncate and mucronulate, hairy ; stipulas semi-sagittate, a little 



flowers solitary, sessile ; calyxes cylindrical, with linear, 



of the tube; style 



nearly equal 

 at the 



segments 



O. H. 



apex 

 purple. Seeds globose, black. 

 Pilose Vetclu 



length 



Native of Tauria. 



Flowers 



deep fringed teeth ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; calyx hairy, 

 with very long rather unequal fringed teeth ; legumes erect, 

 broad, slightly tumid, clothed with rigid tawny hairs. If.. H. 

 Native of the south of Europe. In Britain in bushy places, on 10-12, linear, truncate, and mucronate 



a gravelly soil, often near the sea, near Doncaster, Yorkshire ; 

 in woods, near Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcestershire ; between 

 Rockenhall and Sandbury, in the same county ; in a field half 

 way between Weymouth and Portland Ferry, near the sea, and 

 on the coasts of Dorsetshire and Hampshire. 

 1842. Jacq. hort. yind. 2. p. 69. t. 147. 



FL June, July. Clt. 1818. PL l| foot. 

 67 V. PEREGRf NA (Liu. spcc. 1038.) leaves tendrilled ; leaflets 



stipulas semi-sagittate, 



Smith, engl. bot. 

 Flowers with a pur- 

 plish vexillum, and the keel and wings white, the former tipped 

 with violet. 



linear, entire ; flowers solitary, pedunculate ; calyxes campanu 



late, with lanceolate-linear, nearly equal, diverging segments, 



which are about the length of the tube ; st3?le bearded at the 



reticulated, inclined. 



Native of 



legumes 



compressed, lanceolate, 



©. H. 



Bithynian Vetch. 

 GO 



Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PL prostrate. 

 V. Syriaca (Weinm. hort. dorp. 162.) plant glabrous 

 stems decumbent; leaves with 4-5 pairs of ovate-oblong, mu- 

 cronate leaflets : 



stipulas linear, entire, small ; legumes pedun- 

 culate, solitary, reflexed, 4-5-seeded. ©. H. 

 Flowers violaceous. 



apex ; 



broad, puberulous ; seeds nearly globose. _ 



the south of Europe. Hoppe in Sturm, deutschl.fl. 1. fasc. 3^- 



with a figure. Flowers of a dusky violet colour. 



Foreign Vetch. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1779. PL cL 

 - 68 V. MEGALosPERMA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 161. and suppu 

 471.) leaves cirrhiferous, leaflets linear, retuse, mucronate^; sti- 

 pulas semi-sasittate, entire, small : flowers solitary 



almost 



flexed ; 



Very like V. calcarata. 



Clt. 1816. 



Native of Syria. 



sessile ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes pubescent, re 

 seeds large, globose, brown, with more obscure confluent spo 



PL cL 



Syrian Vetch. Fl. June, July. 



61 V. hu'milis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 498. 

 t. 581.) stems weak ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, glabrous leaflets; tendrils simple ; stipulas 

 linear, acute, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 1 -flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; calycine segments long ; legumes lanceolate ; calyx 

 and rachis clothed with adpressed down. ©. H. Native of 

 Mexico, near Moran, at the height of 3990 feet above the level 

 of the sea. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Humble Vetch. PL cL 



w 



§ 3. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary, 



G2 V. iNTERME^DiA (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 42. t. 19. f. !.)• leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, lower ones obcordate, cuneated, supe- 

 rior ones linear, cmarginate and muci-onulate ; tendrils obso- 

 lete; stipulas semi-sagittate; flowers solitary ; calyx 10- 

 nerved, gibbous at the base ; legumes hairy, rather compressed. 

 O. H. Native of Cyrenaica, in meadows. Allied to F. lathy- 



ides and V. satha, according to Viviani. Flowers purple 



Large-seeded Vetch. 



Flowers purple. 



Clt. 1798. 



O. H. Native of Tauria. ^.^,,^^^ w^*^.^- , 



,_,-., FLJune,July. Clt. 1798. PL cl. 

 69 V. MicHAu'xii (Spreng. cat. hort. hal. ex WiUd. enum. 

 764.) leaflets linear, truncate, mucronate; stipulas ^^"^^^^ 

 undivided ; peduncles very short, tufted ; calycine teeth uneq ^ 



upper ones very short, lower ones length of the tube ; leguoi 



■ ' 0.H. Native country unknot 0' 



calyxes 



finely pubescent, 3-4-seeded. 



Corolla white. Nearly allied to F. peregrtna, but the 



are very distinct. 

 . Michaux^s Vetch. 



Clt. 1803. 



Fl. June, July. 

 70 V. LiNEARiFOLiA (Hook. in Beech, bot. p 



foot 



Intermediate Vetch. FL June, July. 



(Ma 



PL 4 foot. 



PL 11 ^ ^ 



pilose ; stems angular ; leaves with 5 pairs of linear retuse lea ^ 

 lets; tendrils usually simple, or almost so ; stipulas broad, se 

 sagittate, toothed at the base, dotless ; flowers almost sessi . 

 solitary ; calyx campanulate, villous ; teeth subulate, about eq"' 

 corolla glabrous; legumes hairy. ©. H. Native of ^^^' 

 about Conception. Flowers not half the size of those of F. satt^ • 

 Like V. Michauxiu 



. Linear-leaflet led Vetch, PL cl. 



. 71 V. amphica'rpa (Dorth. journ. phys. 35. p. 131-) '^^^^ 

 tendriUed; lower leaflets obcordate, mucronate, upper />°^ 

 linear, retuse, and mucronate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire or 



