LEGUMINOS^ 85 



rare in Switzerland. V. pyrenaica, Pourr. ; flowers large, 

 solitary, pink, tendril short or o, leaflets mucronate, 

 stipules half-arrow-shaped, dentate ; Dauphiny, Pyrenees. 



C. Flowers few, sessile or on very short stalks ; 

 legume stalked ; calyx gibbous : — V. peregrina, L. ; 

 flower solitary, purple, leaf terminating in a branched 

 tendril, leaflets linear, mucronate ; near Montreux, Styria, 

 Pyrenees. V. lutea^ L. ; flowers solitary or in pairs, 

 sulphur-yellow, standard glabrous, legume hairy ; rare ; 

 Southern Switzerland, Jura, Pyrenees. V. hybridan L. ; 

 resembling the last, but with hairy standard and truncate 

 or mucronate leaflets ; rare. Southern Switzerland. V. 

 grandifiora, Scop. ; flowers solitary or in pairs, standard 

 obovate, mucronate, leaflets 10-12, obcordate, mucronate, 

 stipules ovate, legume dusky ; Styria. 



D. Flowers in stalked racemes ; legume sessile : — V. 

 narbonensisy L.; flowers 1-5, dirty purple, stem simple, 

 lower leaves without tendrils, pod black when ripe ; Bale, 

 Pyrenees. 



E. Flowers in stalked racemes ; legume stalked : — V. 

 septum, L. ; flowers dull purple, 2-5, standard glabrous, 

 leaflets in 4-7 pairs, plant nearly glabrous ; very common. 

 V. pannonica, Jacq. ; resembling the last, but flowers 

 bright purple, standard hairy, plant more hairy; Styria. 

 V. onobrychioides, L. ; flowers 6-12, large, violet, standard 



glabrous, stipules half-hastate, stem climbing, glabrous; 

 hill-slopes ; Southern Switzerland, Pyrenees. V. dume- 

 torum, L. ; flowers violet-red then yellowish, leaflets oval, 

 apiculate, stipules crescent-shaped, strongly toothed ; 

 mountain woods ; Switzerland, Vosges, Dauphiny, Pyre- 

 nees. V. pisiforniisy L. ; flowers large, greenish-yellow, 

 10-15 iri long-stalked racemes, leaflets in 4-5 pairs, large. 



