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LEGUMINOSiE. CLXIX. Vicia. 



321 



toothed; flowers solitary, almost sessile; calyxes cylindrical 

 with equal, linear, parallel segments, which are shorter than the 

 tube; style bearded at the apex; legumes reticulated, puberu- 

 lous, stem ones linear-oblong, inclined, under-ground or root 

 ones ovate, compressed, and short. ©• H. Native of the south 

 of France, in gravelly places. Ger. mag. enc, ann. 6, vol. 3. 

 p. 34-4. with a figure. D. C. fl. fr. no, 4021. Flowers crim- 

 son, hardly the size of those ofF. satzva. 



Both-sided-fruited or Underground-podded Vetch. Fl. May, 

 June. Clt. 1815. PL cl. 



rower, and in the flowers being white or very pale cream-co- 

 loured. 



Hairy Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1816. PL cL 

 77 V. hy'brida (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant pilose; stems 

 branched ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets obcordate, mucronulate ; 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, a little toothed ; flowers solitary, almost 

 sessile, somewhat deflexed ; calycine segments narrow, nearly 

 equal, length of the tube ; vexillum emarginate, pilose ; style 

 bearded at the apex ; legumes lanceolate-oblong, compressed, 

 finely reticulated, pilose, reflexed. ©. H. Native of Europe; 



72 V. Pvrena'ica (Pour. act. toul. 3. p. 333.) leaves ten- in the south of England but very rare ; on Glastonbury TorhilL 

 drilled; leaflets obcordate, mucronate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasp. 32. with a figure. Smith, engL hot. 



entire or denticulated ; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calyxes 

 somewhat campanulate, with unequal, lanceolate, somewhat 



482. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 146. Flowers pale yellow, streaked 

 a little with red. 



spreading segments, which are shorter than the tube ; style Hybrid Vetch. FL June, July. Britain. PL cL 



bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong-linear, reticulated, smooth- 

 ish, and inclined. % . H. Native of the Pyrenees, in meadows. 

 D.C. fl. fr. no. 4022. icon. rar. 1. p. 10. t. 33. Flowers pur- 

 jmsh. Root creeping. 



Pyrcnean Vetch, 



May. Clt. 1818. 



i 



u '^^^'^^'^^^^^^^^^^ (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant downy; stems 

 branched; leaves cirrhiferous; leaflets' 4-6, elliptic-oblong; 

 lower ones obcordate, tendrils simple ; stipules semi-sagittate, 

 entire ; flowers solitary, sessile; calyx cylindrical, with nearly 

 equal hnear, parallel segments, which are shorter than the tube ; 

 style bearded at the apex ; legumes compressed, reticulated, 

 glabrous or wrinkled, inclined ; seeds globose, dotted with warts. 



U. H. Native of the south of Corsica, and Britain, in fallow 

 neids on a arav^lKr c.r.;i i^ «i.^iu« . i._„i__ about 



nelds on a gravelly soil, in chalky pastures, or on banks ; 

 Norwich, and in Hyde-park, also in the King's-park, and 



various 



other places round Edinburgh. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. 

 ^nuth, engl hot. 30. Oed. fl. 98. Jacq. misc. 2. p. 299. t. 18. 

 c-num bolomense, Lin. spec. 1040. Flowers small, bluish 



§ 4. Flowers solitary^ pedunculate. 



78 V, spu'ria (Rafin. car. p. 72.) stems procumbent, rather 

 angular ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of obovate, retuse, mucronate, 

 pilose leaflets ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, spotless ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, pedunculate, drooping ; vexillum villous ; legumes 

 linear, compressed, 2-4-seeded. ©. H. Native of Sicily, near 

 Palermo, and on mount Etna. Flowers yellowish. 



Spurious Vetch, PL procumbent. 



79 V. pusi'lla (Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1106.) upper 

 leaves furnished with long tendrils ; leaflets usually 6, lanceo- 

 late, mucronate ; stipulas quite entire, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 

 long, solitary, 1- flowered ; legumes oblong, small, glabrous. 0. 

 H. Native of Pennsylvania. Perhaps the same as E^rvum te~ 

 traspermum. Flowers small, white with a tinge of red. 



Small Vetch. PL cl. 



80 V. cilia'ris (Smith, fl. graec. t. 700. ex prod. 2. p. 7 J.) 

 leaflets about 7 pairs, emarginate ; stipulas setaceously-multifid ; 

 peduncles 1 -flowered, awned, length of the leaves. 2/. H. Na- 

 tive of Asia Minor. Tendrils many -parted. End of pedicels 

 drawn out beyond the flower. Flowers pale blue, streaked with 

 purple. Legumes 1 inch long, compressed, 2-seeded. 



Ci/ia/ed-stipuled Vetch. PL cl. 



81 V. MELANOPs (Smith, fl. graec. t. 701. ex prod, 2. p. 72.) 

 stems diflCuse ; stipulas marked with black ; wings depressed, in- 

 cumbent ; legumes solitary, reflexed, linear, glabrous. 1/ . H. 

 Native oi Laconia. Flowers of a dull greenish-yellow ; their 

 wings, which converge horizontally, tipped with very dark brown. 

 Very like V. hybrida. 



^ ^ Black^markedY etch. PL cl. 



f^jy.^^^ (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant pilose; stems branched; 82 V. ba'ctra (Zucc. obs. hot. cent. 1. no. 83. A.) stem 2- 



edged, striated ; leaflets wedge-shaped, retuse ; stipulas toothed, 

 upper segments dotted ; legumes solitary, almost sessile. ©. H. 

 Native country unknown. 

 Bactra Vetch. PL cl. 



§ 5. Floivers almost sessile, tnin. 



purple, occasionally white. 

 Lathyrus4ike Vetch. ' 



May 



Britain. PL tr. 



nl/nt • ^^v^^A^TA (Smith, engl. bot. 483. fl. brit. 2. p. 773.) 



Imv ^^'^\ 'i?^^^* ' ^^^"^^ "^^^^y ^^^^^» quadrangular, branched ; 

 ^v^es cirrhiferous ; leaflets 8, elliptic-lanceolate, rounded, and 



segm f r ' stipulas green or brownish, cloven; calycine 

 comn A^"^' ^^^^^' ^^^^^ *^^^ \eng\\i of the tube ; legumes 

 Natwe^^f ^ * lanceolate-oblong, quite smooth. }/. H. 



at Wp ^"^ south of England, among pebbles by the sea-side, 

 Flowp7""r" 'i ^^^^^^^^^^- V. hybrida, Huds. fl. angl. 319. 



?Z\t\r , ^^^^ ^^ P^^e bl^^i seldom yellowish. 



Jrf J^'^^\^ Britain! PL i foot, 



leaves c\ v/ ^'^ ^ ^P^^* 1037.) plant pilose ; stems bi«..v.x^^ , 

 ^airy ben ^^"fl ' leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes retuse, 

 nients un 1 ' ^ • ^^J*^ solitary, almost sessile; calycine seg- 

 than the f ^h .^S^^Sj superior ones short, lower ones shorter 



uDe; vexillum emarginate, glabrous; style bearded at 



pilose hpnf 1 §"™^^ compressed, ovate-oblong, finely reticulated 



°f the soutl f v^ '^ ""'i'^"^ ' ^^^^^ °^^' smooth. ©. H. Native ^ "• * ^ " " ' 



the sea- ^"rope ; in Britain on stony ground, chiefly near 83 V. incisa (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 471.) leaflets obovate, 



W^rL? w '^' P^^^ly b^ac^ at Orford, S 

 Ae sidp !f/ A, y""""^'^ 5 Shoreham, Sussex; i 



Suflfolk ; at Aid- 

 in a chalk pit on 

 Mearnshire. 



481 



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niuricated rrT"*!^ ^'^^^' ^^^' *^ ^- ^* P^^*^' ^- P" ^^^'^ ^""^^ 



yelloft flr^J^* 1 Vr ^^^^^^ ab^^t Tangiers. 

 , Je rfef/"*- . Fl- J-e, ASg. Britain. PI. cl. 



'^%; leaves 'i-f ^^^^' ^^^" ^^^^- ^"^^" ^- P* ^^^'^ ^^^^^ 

 KWous • 1^ ^^"^rl^ferous ; leaflets linear, mucronate ; vexillum 



Native ab ^^^ ' " 



'^^^i but differsT' i"^' ^^^"^^^ ^^'''' P^^"^^^-"'^! ^""^J ."^^^ ^• 



retuse, mucronate, deeply serrated; stipulas toothed, semi-sagit- 

 tate ; legumes sessile, usually twin, pubescent. 0. H. Native 

 of Tauria. Very like K sativa, but differs in the leaflets being 

 Smith, engl- hot. very deeply cut into 2-4 opposite serratures on each side. Flowers 



purple. 



Cw^leafletted Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. PL cL 



84 V. corni'gera (Chaub. in Saint Amans fl. agen. p. 294.) 



leaflets linear, very narrow, villous ; stipulas entire, lower ones 



semi-sagittate, superior ones lanceolate ; flowers almost sessile, 



twin ; vexillum subulate, convolute, spiral. ©. H. Native of 



0. H. sandy places, near Agen. Flowers purple. It is perhaps only 



^^V n. 



eing more hairy, in the leaflets being nar- 



a narrow leafletted variety of V, sativa'. 

 Horn-bearing Vetch. PL 1 foot. 



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