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pretty. Two others which botanists have made into species, 
V. angustifolia, and V. lathyroides, are supposed by some 
writers to be only poor and starved specimens of the above. 
Another, 
Vicia tuTea, Rough Podded Yellow Vetch, is in blossom 
now, on rocky ground near the sea. It has yellow flowers, 
large and solitary. Leaves small and divided into many 
pairs. It is not common. 
Victa sepIuM. Bush Vetch. Woods and shady places, 
frequent. One or two feet high. Leaflets from four to 
eight pair, gradually smaller upwards. Flowers purple, four 
or six together. Pod smooth and oblong. 
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DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
CALIYCIFLORZ. FABACES. 
ERVUM. (Tarez.) 
This genus contains plants very similar to the Vetches, 
but much more slender, and the flowers considerably smaller. 
Ervoum uirsutum. Hairy Tare. Very frequent in corn- 
fields and hedges. Stems two to three feet long, weak, 
straggling, and climbing. Four or five small blue flowers 
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