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LEGUMINOS^. CLXIX. Vicia. 



pressed, glabrous, brown; seeds globose, blackish red. ©• H. 

 Native of Carniola, and other parts of Europe. Flowers large, 

 yellow. The vexillum edged with red. 



Great'JIowered Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PL el. 



94 V. so'rdida (Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 2. p. 133. 

 t. 133.) stems branched ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaHets 10-12, ob- 



rAree-co?owreJ-flowered Vetch. FI.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. d 

 101 V. SE*PiuM (Lin. spec. 1038.) stems branched; leaves 

 cirrhiferous; leaflets 10-12, ovate, retuse, and somewhat mucro* 

 nulate, hairy, ciliated ; stipulas semi-sagittate, lower ones toothed, 

 each marked with a brown spot ; flowers 3-4-together, leaning 

 one way ; calyx hairy, tubular, with unequal teeth, which are 



ovate, retuse, mucronate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire, spotted ; deflexed at the apex and shorter than the tube; style bearded 



flowers usually twin, inclined ; calyx cylindrical ; the segments 

 hardly unequal, linear, a little shorter than the tube, parallel ; 



at the apex ; legumes smooth, lanceolate-oblong, incHnate, a 

 little ciliated, reticulated ; seeds globose, smooth. 11% Hi Ka* 



vexillum large, somewhat obcordate and mucronulate ; style tive of Europe, in shady places. In Britain in thickets and 



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

 nate, smoothish, reticulated ; seeds somewhat globose. 0. H. 



under hedges, common. Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 31. with a 



figured Smith, engl. bot. 1515. Oed. fl. dan. 699. Riv. tetr. 



Native of Hungary. Sturm, fl. germ, l.fasc. 31. witha figure, irr. t. 56. Flowers dull bluish purple. This plant shoots earlier 



Flowers large, yellow tinged with green, pedicellate. 



Var. /5, Totundata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 3. p. 363.) leaflets 

 roundish-obcordate- 



in spring than any other plant eaten by cattle, vegetates in the 

 autumn, and continues green all the winter. A patch sown in 

 drills in a garden was cut five times in the course of the second 



Sordid'Rowered Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. PI. cL year, and produced at the rate of 24 tons an acre of green 



95 V. Bieberstei'nii (Besser. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 492.) 

 leaves cirrhiferous; leaflets 8-10, linear, rather truncate and 

 mucronulate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, lanceolate, spotted ; flowers 

 usually twin ; calyx cylindrical, with hardly unequal, linear 

 segments, which are a little shorter than the tube ; legumes 

 nearly sessile, usually solitary and spreading, glabrous. ©. H. 

 Native of Podolia. V. s6rdida, Bieb. fl- taur. 2. p. 16L ex- 

 clusive of the synonymes. Flowers yellow. 



Bieherstetn's Vetch, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



96 V. linea'ta (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 473.) leaflets linear- 

 elliptic, pilose ; stipulas spotted, lower ones deeply toothed ; 

 flowers usually twin, almost sessile; calycine teeth broadish, of the Levant. 



food, which when dry would weigh near four tons and a half. 

 Though palatable to all kinds of cattle, it would be difficult to 

 cultivate on a large scale, the seeds being generally devoured by 

 the larvae of a species of Attelabus, which larvae are the prey of 

 a species of ichneumon. 



Far. a, ochroleuca (Bast, suppl. no. 8. D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 

 581.) flowers cream-coloured. 



Var. y, suhrotunda (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 364.) leaflets 



ovate-roundish ; flowers violaceous. 



Var. S, capsella (Ser. 1. c.) leaflets obcordate, similar in shape 

 of the pods to CapseUa ; flowers 1-3-together, white? Native 



shorter than the tube, glabrous ; style bearded at the apex ; 

 vexillum glabrous, lined ; legumes very pilose. ©. H. Native 

 of Tauria. Flowers pale yellow ? 



Lined-Rowered Vetch. 



PI. 1| foot. 



97 V. BiPARTi^TA (Mcench. meth. p. 149.) leaves cirrhifer- 

 ous; leaflets 5-7, linear, obtuse, acuminated; stipulas lanceo- 

 late, bipartite ; peduncles twin, longish ; calycine teeth lanceo- 

 late ; legumes terete, glabrous, 6-8-seeded. ©. H. Native 

 country unknown. 



Bipariite-sUpided Vetch. PI. cl. 



98 V. Ba^cla (Mcench. meth. p. 148.) leaflets oblong, obtuse, 

 and mucronulate ; stipulas semi-lunate, toothed ; flowers twin ; 

 legumes erect, smooth ; calyx glabrous ; seeds somewhat com- 

 pressed, olive-coloured. ©• H. Native country unknown. 



Bacla Vetch. PI. cl. 



99 V. Bi'coLOR (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 51. ex Horn, hort. 

 hafn. suppl. p. 81.) leaflets oblong, obtuse; stipulas subulate, 

 with one tooth at the base ; peduncles naked, usually twin? shorter 

 than the leaves. G* H. Native country unknown. Flowers 

 mixed wuth purple and white. 



Tno-co/oMretZ-flowered Vetch. FI.Ju.Aug. Clt. 1820. PLcl. 



h 6. Flowers almost sesstle, 2-4-^oge^/ier, on very short pedi- 

 cels, or few Jlowers on very short peduncles^ 



100 V. TRi'coioR (Sebast. et Mauri, prod, fl. rom. p. 245. 

 t. 4,) stems simple ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets numerous, 



Hedge Vetch. Fl. May, July. Britain. PL cl. 



102 V. Pannonica (Jacq. fl. aust. t. 34.) plant pilose ; stems 

 simple ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets oblong, mucronate ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, marked; flowers from 2-4-together, inclinate, almost 



sessile ; calycine segments setaceous, nearly equal, length ot the 

 tube or longer ; vexillum pilose and emarginate ; style bearded 

 at the apex ; legumes oblong-lanceolate, compressed, pilose* 

 deflexed. 0. H. Native of Hungary and Austria.^ Sturm, 

 fl. germ. 1. fasc. 31. with a figure. Flowers dirty white. 

 Pannonian Vetch. Fl. June, July.. Clt, 1658. Vh cl. 



103 V. stria'ta (Bieb. fl, taur. 2. p. 162.) plant beset witft 

 hairs ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets elliptic, oblong, acute, clotne 

 with silky pili beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, marked ; vexilJum 

 clothed with silky pili ; legumes pedunculate, 2 or 3-togetlier, 

 reflexed, clothed with silky pili. 1/. H. 'Native ^^ "auna. 

 Viscioldes hirsuta, Mcench. meth. 137. V. Pannonica p, >V»i^' 

 spec. S. p. 1107. V. purpurascens, D. C. hort. monsp. IJJ' 

 V. Pannonica /5, purpurascens, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 3t> * 

 Flowers violaceous and streaked, wings and keel paler. 



Var. /3, linearifdlia ; flowers purple ; leaflets linear-oblong, 



mucronulate. V. Pannonica y, linearif olia, Ser. 1. c. 



Striated'&oweredYetch. Fl. June, July. Clt.? PI- c'' ^ 



104 V. trunca'tula (Fisch. cat. hort. gorenk- 1^^^' ?\^' 

 ex Bieb. fl. taur. suppL p. 473.) stems almost simple, stnatea, 

 glabrous ; leaflets eUiptic, truncate, and mucronulate at the ape , 

 puberiJous, with numerous diverging nerves; ^^"^""^^^ , ."L. 



oblong, retuse, and mucronulate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, obsolete ; stipulas semi-sagittate, ovate, small, acuminated ; V\^ 



lanceolate, spacelate ; flowers 8-together, inclinate ; calyx ob- 

 liquely-campanulate, with unequal, diverging teeth, which are 

 shorter than the tube ; vexillum dotted with rust colour ; style 

 bearded at the apex ; legumes lanceolate, glabrous, ciliated, re- 

 flexed. 0. H. Native about Naples. Vexillum yellowish. 



Wings purplish. 



Var. a, ohcorduta (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 364.) leaflets 

 obcordate, truncate, clothed with silky villi beneath. 



Var. /3, oblonga (Ser. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, somewhat truncate, 



and mucronulate. 



duncles almost sessile, few-flowered ; calyx pilose, black) 

 nearly equal teeth, which are shorter than the tube; st)^ 

 bearded; legumes lanceolate. 1/. H. Native of ^^^^^ 

 Flowers cream-coloured. This plant is nearly allied to r* 

 pium, but with the leaves impari-pinnate, as in V. Cassubtca- 



Var. /3, glabriHscula (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 364.) P^] 

 less pubescent, teeth of calyx short and rather spacelate. 

 tive of Iberia. • p, 



TVttwcafe-leafletted Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. *^'- 

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