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Tribe II. VICIEJE. — Leaves equally pinnate, terminating in a tendril 

 (rarely in a shai-p point) ; stamens diadelphous or monadel- 

 plious ; legume one-celled (rarely with cellular cross partitions). 

 Cotyledons remahmuj imderground after (jernduation. 

 ViciA, Tourn. — Annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous 

 plants, with equally pinnate leaves and numerous leaflets, termi- 

 nating in branched tendrils; stipules herbaceous, often half 

 arrow-shaped. Flowers axillary. Calyx tubular, campaiudate, 

 with equal or unequal teeth. Style filiform. Legume many- 

 seeded and elongated or short and few- seeded. Seeds rounded, 

 angular, or compressed, with an oblong or linear hilum. 



Sect. I. — Flowers soKtary or in paii-s (clustered in V. septum). Corolla longer 

 tlian the calyx. Style bearded just below the summit. 



V. sativa, L. Common Vetch. — e.b. 334. l.b.s. 398. 



A. 18. C. 80. Lat. 50-59°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-46°. 



Stem angular, scarcely winged and slightly hairy, leafy. 

 Leaves with 3-7 pairs of leaflets, with dilated, toothed, herba- 

 ceous stipules ; leaflets elliptical -linear, only apparently notched, 

 hairy, plicate, mucronate. Calyx ribbed, slightly hairy, with 

 nearly equal teeth. Flowers single, on very short pedicels. Co- 

 rolla a deep purple (not red) . Legume slightly hairy. 



On Barnes Common ; not rare. Annual ; May-September. 



V. sativa, Var. 



Stems angular, hairy or smooth, branched, leafy. Leaflets 

 in 3-6 pairs, linear-oblong, blunt or truncate or notched, with 

 or without a mucro (the leaflets of the lower leaves are some- 

 times oblong-obovate) ; stipules usually with setaceous, spreading 

 teeth. Peduncles 1-flowered, either very short (flowers nearly 

 sessile) or reaching beyond the apex of the first pair of leaflets. 

 Calyx-teeth nearly eqvial, setaceous, with lax, spreading hairs. 

 Legume linear-elliptical, elongate, taper-poiuted, hairy. 



Battersea. 



Var. /8. — Stem hairy. Leaflets all uniform, linear-oblong, trun- 

 cate or notched with a longish mucro. Flowers solitary, sessile, 

 purplish-blue. Calyx-teeth subulate, ciliate. Pods densely hairy 

 or silky when young. 



Var. 7. — Densely hairy. Leaflets obovate, deeply notched, with 

 a long mucro. Flower and pods as in var. /8. 



Both varieties on mud laid on Battersea fields. 



Another variety from the same place, with the following cha- 



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