84 legumixiferj:. 



VICIA, Linn. 



182. V. birsuta,^oc^. Hairy Tare. 



Cracca minor (Johns.). Vicia segetum c. siliquis pluritnis hirsutis, 



C. B.P. (Blackst.). Erinim hirsutnm, L. (Curt.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 321 ; Comp. 151. Curt. F. L. f. 1. 

 Cultivated and waste ground, meadows and hedges ; very common. A. 



June— August. 

 Throughout all the districts. 

 VII. South Heath, Hampstead. Thames Embankment. Site of Exhibition 

 of 1862, S.Kensington. 

 First record : Johnson, 1629. 



183. V. tetrasperzna, Moench. Smooth Tare. 



V. segetum siliquis singularibus glahris, C. B. P. (Blackst.). Ervum 



tetrasp., L. (Curt.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 321 ; iii. 413 ; Comp. 151. Curt. F. L. f. 1. 

 Cornfields, meadows and waste ground; rather common. A. June — 



September. 

 I. Harefield, frequent; Blackst. Fasc. 109. Pinner chalkpits. 

 II. Bet. Hampton and Hampton Court ! ; Newb. 

 III. Near Hounslow ; Hemsley. Twickenham. 

 TV, Pinner Drive ; Eailwuy bank ; Melv. 24. Near Scratch Wood, 



Edgwarebury. 

 V. Field by Thames, opp. Mortlake ; Fox. Horsington Hill. 

 VII. Behind Adelaide Eoad, N.W. South Heath, Hampstead, a single 

 plant. 

 First record : Blackstone, 1737. 



V. gracilis, Lois. Cyb. Br. Supp. 55; Comp. 152. Syme E. B. iii. t. 

 384. III. Meadows, Eoxeth ; Hind in Phyt. N. S. v. 199, and MelvUl 

 24. Mr. Hind has some doubt about this. Eequires confirmation 

 as a Middlesex plant. 



184. V. Cracca, L. 



V. mnltiflora C. B. P. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. i. 316 ; Comp. 149. Syme E. B. iii. 385. 



Hedges and bushy places ; common. P. June — August. 



I. Harefield!; Blackst. Fasc. 109. Pinner; Melv. 23. Stanmore 



Heath. Elstree. South Mims. 

 II. Staines Moor. Hampton. Teddington. Bet. Sunbury and Walton 



Bridge. 



III. Isleworth. Twickenham. Near Hatton. 



IV. Eailway bank by Kenton Bridge ; Melv. 23. Hendon, Cole. Stan- 



more ; Varenne. Near Scratch Wood. Bishop's Wood. 

 V. Bet. Acton and Turnham Green ! ; near Twyford ! ; Newb. 



