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VICTA. 
Leaves with 1, 2, or 3 pairs of leaflets. 
Lower leaves with 1 pair of leaflets, upper ones with 2 
( narrow pairs; flowers purplish, the lateral petals | 
{ white. bithyn ‘ica. 
All the leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of leaflets. 
Flowers singly, almost without stalks, close down at, ~ ap 
the base of the leaf-stalk. ) VLEs 
| lathyroi'des. Ai 
Flowers in stalked clusters. 
(see) eee 
Leaves (mostly) with 4 or more pairs of leaflets. 
Flowers on very short stalks, or in shortly stalked 
clusters, at the base of the leaf-stalk. 
gt hoyers yellow, rarely 2 together; pod hairy. | 
L lu'tea._) 
Flowers red or purple. 
Flowers singly or 2 together only. 
( sativa. Common ras 
Flowers in clusters of 3 or more together, on a 
short stalk. ; 
i se’‘pium. Bush Vetch. 
Flowers, or clusters of flowers, on long stalks. 
Flowers about ; inch; plant very slender. 
Corolla not twice as long as the hairy calyx; 7 
[ with only 2 seeds. 
q hirsu'ta. Hairy Tare. 
Corolla more than twice as long as the (nearly) 
smooth calyx; pod with about 4 seeds. } 
tetrasper’ma. Smooth Tare. 
Flowers about 3 inch, or more. 
pa ending in a short point. 
4 Or'obus. Litter Vetch.) 
Leaf-stalks ending in a tendril. 
Stipules wide, almost like the wide leaflets 5 
flowers large, purple. J 
Lath'yrus marit/imus. 
Stipules quite unlike the leaflets. 
Flowers pale, veined with purple ; stipules. 
with long, narrow teeth. . 
sylvatiica. Wood Vetch. 
Flowers blue-purple ; stipules not narrowly 
toothed. j 
Crac’ca. Zufted Vetch. 
