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LEGUMINOS^:. [ Vicia. 



upper side. Pod oblong, compressed, not winged, many- 

 seeded. Seeds roundish, with a roundish hilum. — Annuals or 

 Perennials. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with a tendril in place 

 of a terminal leaflet. Stipules large. De Cand. — Name ; in 

 Celtic pis ; pisen plural: in Greek inaov, meaning a pea. 



Diadelphia. Decandria. 



I. P. maritimum, Sea Pea. Footstalks flattish on the upper 

 side ; stem angular; stipules arrow-shaped ; stalks many-flowered. 

 Br. Fl. \.p. 324. E. Fl. v. in. p. 270. E. Bot. t. 1046. 



Rare in Ireland. Sand hills, bay of Castlemain, County of Kerry. 

 Fl. July. %. — Stems a span or more in length, simple, procumbent, 

 glaucous. Flowers purple, veined with crimson, in axillary, stalked 

 clusters. This has more the habit of a Lathyrus than of a Pisum, 

 though the style most resembles the latter. 



13. Vicia. Linn. Vetch. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft or 5-toothed, the two upper teeth shorter 

 than the others. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform at 

 nearly right angles with the ovarium, villous on the upper 

 side, and below the apex on the under. Pod oblong, 1 -celled, 

 many-seeded. Seeds with an oval or linear lateral hilum. — 

 Climbing herbaceous plants. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with a 

 tendril in place of an odd leaflet. Stipulse generally saggitate. 

 Peduncles axillary, either long and many- flowered, or short and 

 \ -flowered. De Cand. — Name; originally derived, according 

 to Theis, from Gwig. Celtic; Wicken in German ; fiaciov in 

 Greek ; Vcsce, in French ; in English, Vetch. 



Diadelphia. Decandria. 



^ Stalks elongated, many-flowered. 



1. V. sylvatica, Linn. Wood Vetch. Stalks many-flowered ; 

 leaflets elliptical; stipules crescent-shaped, deeply toothed. Br. 

 Fl. 1. p. 322. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 279. E. Bot. t. 79. 



Bushy places,chiefly in mountainous countries. Gap of Ballinascorney, 

 Devil's Glen, Glengariff, and about I3antry Bay ; Mucruss, Killarney, 

 and Rostrevor woods. Magilligan, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. 

 Fl. July, Aug. %. — Stems three to six feet high, climbing by means 

 of its branching tendrils. Leaflets six to eight or ten pairs. Flowers 

 very beautiful, numerous, white, streaked with bluish veins. One of 

 our most elegant wild climbing plants, well worthy of cultivation. 



2. V. Cracca, Linn. Tufted Vetch. Stalks many-flowered ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, downy ; stipules half arrow-shaped, mostly 

 entire. Br. Fl. 1. p. 322. E. Fl. v. iii. p. 280. E. Bot. t. 

 1168, 



Bushy places, frequent. Fl. July, Aug. %. — Two or three feet 

 high, climbing. Flowers numerous, crowded, drooping, and imbricated, 

 of a fine bluish purple. 



