162 BRITISH BOTANY. 



racters, viz. — Stem smooth. Leaflets nearly smooth, blmit, with- 

 out a mucro. Peduncles twice as long as the flowers. Calyx- 

 teeth unequal, short, downy, not hairy as in the above variety, 

 oblong, flattish, not at all tapering, about 6-seeded, wrinkled and 

 smooth. 



V. lathyroides, L. Spring Vetch. — e.b. 30. l.b.s. 299. 

 A. 17. C. 50. Lat. 50-58°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stems procumbent, branched, 4-5 inches long. Leaflets ob- 

 cordate or oblong, notched, usually in three pairs, usually only 

 with the rudiment of a tendril. Stipules entire, without the 

 depressed spot of V. sativa, etc. Flowers solitary, sessile, small, 

 purple. Legumes erect, smooth. Seeds cubicular, tubercled. 



On dry pastures, banks, and roadsides. Ann. ; April, May. 



v. lutea, Lin. Rough-podded Yellow Fetch. — e.b. 481. l.b.s. 

 300. 



A. 5. C. 9. Lat. 50-57°. Alt. 0-200 yds. Tern. 52-47°. 



Stem procumbent, twisted, ridged and furrowed, hairy, leafy. 

 Leaves in 6-8 pairs, with elliptic, lanceolate, apiculate leaflets ; 

 stipules 3-cleft, with triangular lobes, one coloured or spotted. 

 Calyx-teeth very unequal, two of them very long, erect, the 

 others short, and more or less spreading. CoroUa yellowish- 

 white; helmet (standard) glabrous, dilated. Legumes elliptic- 

 oblong, hairy. — Whole herbage hairy; hairs of thaiegiime-hulb- 

 ous at the root. 



Wandsworth Steam-boat Pier. Per. ; June-September. 



V. laevigata, L. Smooth-podded Vetch. — e.b. 483. l.b.s. 

 List of Excluded Species. 

 Unknown in recent years. 



Root perennial, tuberous. Stems nearly erect, 6-12 inches 

 high. Leaflets oblong, notched, mucronate, in about four pairs, 

 quite smooth as well as the stem ; stipules short, with a lateral 

 lobe. Flowers larger than in the preceding, pale-blue or whitish. 

 Legume, always smooth. — This appears to be the only distinction 

 between the above and some of the following species or forms. 



On the pebbly beach, Weymouth. Perennial ; July-Sept. 



V. hybrida, L. Hairy -flowered Yellow Vetch. — e.b. 482. 



Stems ascending, hairy. Leaflets oblong or obovate, notched 

 or entire and mucronate, about six pairs ; stipules ovate. Flowers 

 solitary, large, yellow, more or less veined with purple. Standard 

 ,hairy. Leg^mes^reflexedj hairy. 



