80 BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi.vxi. 



2. Leaflets 8-12, ovate or oblong, obtuse, mucronate. 

 Flowers mostly 2-3, axillary. Pod glabrous. Yezo ; 

 Ibukiyaiiia. 



(:«; 7 7. y X V F f ) V. Sephim, L. 



II, Flowers in long peduncled racemes. Style equally pubescent 

 all round. 

 A. Flower-fi few. Calyx equal at the base. Annuals. 



1. Leaflets 6-lC, obtuse mucronate. Racemes 1-7- 

 flowered. Pod sessile, hairy, 2-seeded. Japan and 

 Liukiu. 



(;^ V- > ^ I v F t/ ) [". Jiirsuta, Koch. 



2. Leaflets 4-10, obtuse or acute. Racemes 1-2- 

 flowered. Pod shortly stii)itate, glabrous, 3-6-secded. 

 Japan and Liukiu. 



(*^. Tirt) r. tetraftpcrina, Moeuch. 



P>. Flowers very many. Calyx-tube gibbous at the base. 

 Perennials. 



L Leaflets S-26. 



a. fStipnles semisagittate, entire. 



na. Leaflets 20-26, linear-oblong, acute or 

 mucronate. Flowers 10-30. Corolla 

 violet-pnrple. Pod oblong, glabrous, 

 usually ij-seeded. Yezo ; Hondo 



(>;^7r) V. Cracca, L. 



hh. Leaflets 4-16, elliptical or oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, many-nerved. Flowers 9-13, 

 one-sided. Pod oblong, glabrous, 5-6- 

 seeded. Yezo ; Hondo. 



(v. n ^> ^ ^ t 7 r) V. pallida, 

 Turcz. var. Joponica, Maxim. 



b. Stipules toothed. Leaflets 8-14, elliptical, 

 emarginate or oblong-linear, acute, many-nerved. 

 Flowers laxly racemose. Corolla bluish-purple, 

 sometimes white. Pod oblong, glabrous, 4-6- 



seeded. Hondo. 



(y ;v 7 f /-• * •^) J\ amcena, Fisch. 

 var. lanata, Fr. et Sav. 



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