68 ALIEN FLORA OF BRITAIN 



cultivation, or at any rate on the operations of man, 

 in the northern part of the Continent and in England, 

 where it occurs in cultivated fields, hedge-banks, road- 

 sides, and such-like situations. 



Vicia grandiflora, Scop. Native of grassy hills in 

 Southern Europe, and a weed throughout the Medi- 

 terranean region in arable land. Communicated by Mr, 

 Eraser Robinson among casuals from Hull. 



[Vicia hirsuta, S. F. Gray. One of those abundant 

 weeds which, though really native, is rarely recorded 

 from native habitats. It is truly indigenous in meadows 

 and woods, at least in Southern England, but it would 

 be hard to find a mention of it in these situations in 

 our local Floras.] 



Vicia hybrida, L. A rather common cornfield weed 

 in the East of Europe which has occurred in waste 

 and cultivated ground in England, doubtless in con- 

 sequence of introduction with foreign seed. 



[Vicia lutea, L. Native in dry stony ground from the 

 East to Britain, and a somewhat common cornfield weed 

 in the greater part of Europe. In England it is appa- 

 rently native on shingles on the Southern Coast, but is 

 much more frequent in connection with the siftings 

 of imported grain.] 



Vicia monanthos, Desf. Cultivated as fodder in some 

 parts of Southern Europe. It has occurred in Britain 

 in vetch fields, to which it was doubtless imported as 

 an impurity in foreign seed. 



