e028 _ DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. Vicia. 
the leaf-stalk, branched. Stipule half-arrow-shaped, pointed. 
Calyx bluish, the 2 upper teeth extremely short, the lowermost 
ta 
leaves, jonges ‘than the leaves. Bios, bluish purple, with 2 
deeper purple spots at the extremity of the keel ; standard heart. 
oe ey without a “ore point in the notch. Lesiaes with 5 
Tufted Vetch. Liles shady places, — aes [and 
: willow beds. Sr.] P. July. Aug.* 
) Flowers 2 or more together, nearly sitting. 
sati’va. V. mens mostly in pairs, upright ; leafits ines 
_ spéar-shaped, blunt, notched: stipulz toothed : 
‘compressed. 
E, bot. 334—Kniph. 1\-Walc.-Riw. tetr. 55, Vicia.—Fl. dan. 
522—Clus. ii. 235s 1—Dod. 531. 1-Lob, abs. 522. 3, and 
4. ii. 756 1—-Ger. ents 1227. 1—Parks 1072. 1H. ox. ike 
4. 1u-F. B, ii. 310. Q. 
Stipule marked underneath with a spot as though it had been 
burnt. Linn. Stem upright, scored. “ Leaves winged ; /eafits 
ir, ite, elliptical, blunt, the tnid-tib lengthened 
into a projecting point. Tendril terminating the leaf-stalk, 
branched. Stipule in pairs, sata Sy toothed, marked with 
a black shining spot, F/owers mostly 2 together. ee reddish 
purple. Woopwarp. Cai. teeth aly equal. Sveds black. 
Common Vetch, Fetch. Tare. Dry meadows, pty and 
elds. A. Apr.—June.t 
Var. 2. Hups. Seeds white. 
Var. 3. Leaves narrower, somewhat strap-shaped. Linn. 
 Riw. tetr. 54, V. angustif.-Dod. Seog 2—Lob. obs, 522+ 35 
and ic. ii. 75. 2-Ger. em. 1227. 4—Park, 1071. 1-H. ox- 
ii. 4. 11-F. B Sree 
More common than var, 1. So nearly allied to i shat there 
— seems to be any i imits between them. Linn. Svem 
» in his Nat. Hist, of Staffordsh. p. om says, that this and 
the ean species advance starven or weak cattle above any silty 
+ In Gloucestershire and Worcestershire they sow it as pasturage foe 
Horses, and eat it off early enough to allow of Turne the 
game year. The = are excellent food for: Pigeons. Honky, cows, 
sheep, and goats cat 
