50 Leguminosee. 



y.\N .—HIPFOCREPIS. 



Hippocre'pis como'sa {45). Horse-shoe Vetch. 5 — 8. Leaves unequally 

 (379) pinnate, with 4 — 6 pairs of obovate leaflets, flowers yellow 5 — 8 in an 

 umbel, peduncles long, legumes of numerous joints each curved like a 

 horse-shoe. [G. M. W. Tb. C. CI. 



XV.— F/C/^. 



Calyx tubular 5-toothed, 2 upper teeth shortest, stamens diadelphous, 

 style filiform usually hairy both above and below, leaves unequally pinnate 

 with a tendril in place of the odd leaflet. 



Peduncles long, 229 

 Peduncles short, 228 



228 Flowers yellow, ....... V. lutea. 



228 Flowers blue or red, 232 



229 Peduncles many-flowered, 234 



229 Peduncles few-flowered, 230 



230 Plant glabrous, 231 



230 Plani hairy, ..... , . V. hirsuta. 



231 Leaflets i — 2 pairs, ....... V. bithynica. 



231 Leaflets 3 — 6 pairs, .,...,, V. tetrasperma. 



232 Flowers l — 2 axillary, 233 



232 Flowers 4 — 6 in a raceme, . . . . .V. sepium. 



233 Flowers large, seeds smooth, ...... V. sativa. 



233 Flowers small, seeds granulated, . . „ . V. lathyroides. 



234 Flowers blue, . V. Cracca. 



234 Flowers white with blue veins, ... V. sylvatica. 



VIC'IA SATI'VA (87). Common Vetch. 5—6. Flowers nearly sessile 

 (391, in pairs, leaflets variable 5 — 6 pairs, stipules ^-hastate often with a 

 392) dark blotch, pod glabrous, seeds smooth. Fields. 



VIC'IA SE'PIUM (105). Bush Vetch. 5—8. Stem climbing, leaflets 

 kZ^l) 6 — S pairs smaller upwards ovate, stipules ^-sagittate, flowers dull 

 purple 2—6 in a nearly sessile raceme. Hedges. 



VIC'IA SYLVAT'ICA (72). Wood Vetch. 6—8. Peduncles long 

 {386) many-flowered, tendrils branched, lower stipules crescent-shaped 



deeply toothed, flowers white with blue veins 6 — 18 in a raceme. 



Rocky woods. 



VIC'IA CRACCA (112). Tufted Vetch. 6—8. Peduncles long many- 



(384) flowered, tendrils branched, stipules ^-sagittate entire, flowers blue 



10 — 30 m a raceme, id edi^es^ fields, and waste places. 



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