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D1ADELPH. DEC AND. 



4 5 -flowered, tendrils with two ensiform leaflets, stem winged. 

 Lighl/.p.392. E. B. #.805. 



HAB. Dry rough .shrubby places and wood-sides, but rare, Sibbahl. 

 Rocks near the Red Head promontory, on the E. coast of Angus - 

 shire, G. Don. Fl. July, Aug. 7/ . 



Stems 5 6 feet long, climbing, broadly winged. Flowers large,, green- 

 ish, with purple veins. 



3. L. latijolius (broad-leaved Everlasting Pea], peduncles many- 

 flowered, tendrils with two ovato-elliptical rnucronated leaflets, 

 stem winged. E. B. *. 1108. 



HAB. Among the debris of Salisbury craigs, Miss Doswell. Woods 

 near Kirkcudbright, Maugh. In neither stations I fear is it really 

 wild. Fl. July, Aug. I/.. 



A well known climber and a great ornament of cottage gardens. Some- 

 what resembling the last, but leaves vastly broader ; Jlowers larger 

 and more purple. 



4. Is.palustris (Marsh Everlasting Pea), peduncles from 3 6- 

 flovvered, tendrils with 2 4 pairs of linear-lanceolate acute 

 leaflets, stipules semisagittate lanceolate, stem winged. Lightf, 

 p. ,392. E. B. t. 16iX 



HAB. Sides of lakes and in marshy boggy ground, but rare. Light/. 

 Fl. July, Aug. 2/ . 



Mr. Lightfoot, who gives the above station for this plant under its de- 

 scription, afterwards says he suspects a var. of Orobus tuberosus was 

 taken for it; so that it is a doubtful native. Its insertion here, how- 

 ever, may lead to its actual discovery ; for it is by no means of rare 

 occurrence, in England, in such situations as Lightfoot describes. 



Stem 2 3 feet high, climbing. Leaflets about 2 inches long. Flowers 

 blueish purple. 



9. VICIA. 



* Peduncles lengthened, many -flowered. 



1. V. sylvatica (Wood-Veich}, peduncles many-flowered longer 

 than the leaves, leaflets elliptico-oblong mucronate, stipules 

 lunate deeply toothed at their base. Lightf. p. 393. E. B. 



t.79. 



HAB. Bushy mountainous places among rocks. Foot of Salisbury 

 craigs ; Cartland rocks near Lanark, &c., Lightf. Collington woods, 

 Maugh. Near Inverness at the foot of Beinvochart, Mr. G. Ander- 

 son. Caldron Linn and other parts of the Devan, Mr. Arnott. 

 Woods of Kippin Ross, near Dumblane, Mr. J. Young. Between 

 Dunkeld and Blair Athol, Mr. Murray. Falls of Moness, Mr. Bor- 

 rer and Hook. Kenmuir wood, by the side of the footpath, Hopk. 

 FL. July, Aug. If. . 



Stems 3 6 feet high, climbing with their branching tendrils. Leaf- 

 lets 6 8 or 10 pairs. Flowers numerous, white, streaked with 

 blueish veins. 



2. V. Cracca (tufted Fetch'), peduncles many-flowered longer 



