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peduncles longer than the leaves, pedicels short. Flowers I in., drooping. 

 Calyx-tube short. Pod |-1 in., obliquely truncate, beaked, many-seeded. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia to the Himalaya, 

 Greenland, N. America. 



4. V. Or'obus, DC.; tendrils 0, stipules ^-sagittate slightly toothed, 

 flowers white tinged with purple. Or'obus sylvatficus, L. Hitter Vetch. 

 Western wooded and rocky districts, from Skye to Somerset ; W. and Mid. 



Ireland, very rare ; fl. June-Sept. Sparingly pubescent. Stem, 1-2 ft., 

 erect, stout, leafless or with reduced leaves below. Leaves 2-3 in., sessile ; 

 leaflets f-l| in., linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, or obtuse and 

 mucronate ; petiole produced beyond the leaflets. Racemes loose, 6-20- 

 flowered, unilateral ; peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves ; 

 pedicels much shorter than the calyx-tube. Floivers % in. Pods oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1 in., acute at both ends, glabrous, 3-5-seeded. DISTRIB. 

 Norway, Denmark, France, Germany. 



5. V. sylvat'ica, L. ; tendrils branched, lower stipules lunate toothed, 

 (lowers white with blue veins. Wood Vetch. 



Rocky woods, not common, from Ross and Elgin southwards ; ascending to 

 near 1,700 ft. in the Highlands ; not uncommon in Ireland ; fl. June-July. 

 Glabrous. Rootstock creeping. Stems 2-4 ft., usually trailing. Leaves 

 2-4 in., sessile ; tendrils usually much branched ; leaflets ^-1 in., oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate, membranous ; stipules with spreading teeth. Racemes 

 laxly 6-18-flowered, unilateral ; peduncles as long as or longer than the 

 leaves ; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx-tube. Flowers jf in. Foils 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at the ends, slightly curved, 3-4-seeded. 

 DISTHIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia. 



Six THIN 3. Vic'ia proper. Annual, rarely perennial. Leaflets many. 

 Flowers few, sessile, or on very short pedicels. Style villous below the 

 stigma on the outer side. 



* Leaflets many. Calyx gibbous at the base. 



6. V. se'pium, L. ; perennial, flowers racemose, calyx-teeth unequal 

 shorter than the tube, pod stipitate linear glabrous. 



Hedges, copses, &c., ascending to near 2,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; fl. May-July. 

 Slightly hairy. Rootstock creeping, stoloniferous. Stem 2-3 ft., climbing 

 or trailing. Leaves 2-5 in. ; leaflets in 6-8 pairs smaller upwards, lowest 

 'i-l in., ovate, acute obtuse or truncate, mucronate, membranous ; stipules 

 ft-sagittate. Racemes |-J in., 2-6-flowered, subsessile ; pedicels shorter than 

 the calyx-tube. Flomrn -3 in., dull pale purple. Pod linear, 1 in., beaked, 

 black, 6-10-seeded. Si-e'l with a linear hilum. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), 

 Siberia, W. Asia. 



7. V. lu'tea, L. ; annual, flowers solitary sessile, upper calyx-teeth 

 shorter lower longer than the tube, pod shortly stipitate hairy. 



Rocky and pebbly places, especially on the E. coast, from Ayr and Kincardine 

 southwards; absent from Ireland; fl. June-Aug. Sparingly hairy. Rootstock 

 short. Stems 6-18 in., tufted, prostrate. Leaves 1-2 in. ; leaflets $- in., 

 5-7 pairs, linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate ; stipules small, ovate, acute, 

 lower A-hastate. F/on-ers rarely in pairs, suberect, pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx-tube. FloKers j|-l in., narrow, pale yellow. Pod 1-1^ in., hairy, 



