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8. V. calcarata, Desf. Sp^nrril Vrfrh. Slender, 

 climbing, downy annual, with (|uadrangnlar stem; leaflets 

 in 5 8 pairs, oblong or linear-oblong; tendrils branched; 

 stipules bifid ; flowers narrow, reddish-purple, 1-3 in racemes 

 about half as long as the leaf, the peduncles with an erect 

 awn or spur at the summit ; calyx-teeth shorter than the 

 tube, the 2 upper shorter than the others and connivent ; 

 pod subcylindrical, 4-5 cm. (l-v-2 in.) long, glabrous, light- 

 brown, netveined, on a short carpophore; seeds 5-7, large, 

 globular. 



Sandhills and pasture. Grange Road. Brighton. — Aug.- 

 Oct. — Spain and Meditei'ranean region of Africa. 



4. V. hirsuta, S. F. Gray. Jldiri/ I'cfcA. Slender, 

 more or less hairy, prostrate or climbing annual; leaflets 

 in (i-10 pairs, small, linear-oblong: tendrils much-branched; 

 stipules deeply cleft; flowers very small, bluish-white, 2-8 

 on slender awned peduncles shorter than or eciualling the 

 leaf; calyx downy with erect, ec|ual teeth; corolla a little 

 longer than calyx; pod small, 8-10 mm. (under j in.) long, 

 villous, linear-oblong, 2-seeded. 



Cultivated land. — Nov. -Dec. — Europe; western Asia. 



5. V. tetrasperirsa, IMa^ich. SlniiJrr Vrfrli. Slen- 

 der, almost glabrous annual ; leaflets in 3-5 pairs, linear- 

 oblong ; tendrils usually simple; upper stipules entire; 

 flowers very small, lilac, veined, 1-2 on slender peduncles 

 about as long as the leaf ; calyx half as long as the corolla, 

 wdth unequal teeth ; pod small, 10-15 mm. (about \ in.) 

 long, beaded, glabrous, usuallj' 4-seeded. 



Cultivated land.— Nov. -Dec. — Europe; Asia. 



8. L.\THVRU8, L. 



Differs from A"ii'iii in having the .style flattened below 

 the stigma and bearded only on the inner side, the stamiual 

 tube cut square at the top, instead of obliquely, and the 

 leaflets usually very few. 



Flower.s solitary, small; stem angular; 



tendrils simple L. sijliailcus 1 



Flowers several, large; stem winged; 



tendrils branched L. hitifoNus 2 



1. Lathyrus sphaericus, Iletz. Glabrous annual; 

 leaflets in 1 pair, linear-lanceolate; flowers small, red, 

 solitary on long-awned peduncles; pod linear, scarcely 

 compressed, about 5 cm. (2 in.) long, veined ; .seeds 

 spherical. 



