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16. LEGUMTNOS^. 



1'. safita 1 

 V. sepium 2 



V. cnlrnrnta 3 



T'. hlrsiitfi 4 



T'. tttnisprrma 5 



7. ViciA, L. 



Style bent, bearded on tbe outer side under the stigma 

 or more or less downv all round the summit ; pod usually 

 compressed, oblong or linear. Herbs, sometimes climbing; 

 leaves even-pinnate, stipulate, ending in a simple or 

 l)ranehed tendril ; Howers axillary^ 



Flowers in short racemes, or sessile. 



Flowers 1-2, subsessilc 



Flowers 2-5, pedicellate 



Flowers in long racemes. 



Flowers large; pod several-seeded 

 Flowers small. 



Pod 2-seoile(l 



Po.'l 4 seeded 



1. Vicia. sativa, L. ('om- 

 inon \'('f(}i. More or less hairy 

 annual, with ascending or erect 

 stems; leaflets in 4-7 pairs, ob- 

 long to obcordate, truncate, 

 mucronate; tendrils branched, or 

 rarely simple; stipules toothed, 

 usually with a purple spot ; 

 flowers large, red, solitary or 

 twin, almost sessile; calyx-teeth 

 cfjual. about as long as the tube; 

 pod downy or glabrcnis, subcylin- 

 drical, sessile, -f-o cm. (1^-2 in.) 

 long ; seeds 10-12, globular, 

 smooth. 



Two foi'm.s 



are found here : - 

 Seringc, with nar- 



Vicia sativa. 



vai 



row, oblong leaflets, and var. 

 ohorata, Scringe, with oboval or 

 obcordate, villous leaflets, stand- 

 ard often violet, pods dark- 

 brown, with fibrous partitions 

 between the seeds. 



Cultivated and giass-land. — July-Oct. — Europe; western 

 Asia. Cultivated in most countries for forage. 



2. V. sepium, L. Bits/i Vrfrh. Clindjing, slightly 

 downy perennial; leaflets in 4-6 pairs, oval-oblong; tendrils 

 branched ; stipules entire or toothed ; flowers dull-purple, 

 spreading horizontally, 2-5 in racemes much shorter than the 

 leaf; 2 upper calyx teeth shorter and connivent ; pod glab- 

 rous, linear, 2.j-3(J mm. (about 1 in.) long, on a short car- 

 pophore, black when lipe. 



Roadsides, ^Nlouat Lofty Range. — Sept. -Dec. — Europe; 

 western Asia. 



