242 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
narrow, and without stalks; stipules awl-shaped. Flowers 
mostly growing singly, and very pretty. 
Latuyrus uirsuta. Rough-podded Vetchling. This is 
not very common, but found in cultivated fields in Essex, 
and between Bath and Bristol. The flowers grow two 
together, are of a pale colour, except the standard, which 
is bright crimson. Hach tendril has a pair of long, narrow, 
leaflets. Pod hairy, and the seeds rough. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALYCIFLORZ. FABACEA. - 
VICIA. (Vercu.) 
Generic Character. Séyle (the thin part of the pistil) downy 
beneath the stigma (the knob at the top). Climbing plants. 
Leaves with tendrils. 
The species of this genus are commonly known every- 
where. One of the first to attract the attention is 
Victa sativa. (Plate XV. Fig. 58.) Common Fetch. 
It is found in hedges and cultivated ground. Leaves with 
from two to six pairs of leaflets on a stalk, and a tendril at 
the end. Flowers large, purple and blue, or red, mostly in 
pairs without stalks. Plant about a foot high, and very 
