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LEGUMINOS/E. CLXIX. VICIA. 



veined; seeds roundish, with the hylum linear. T. H. Na- 

 tive of America and Europe, in bushy and shady places, par- 

 ticularly in Austria, Switzerland, Piedmont, France, and Ger- 

 many. Sturm, deutschl. fi. 1. fasc. 31. with a figure. Oxypo- 

 fion elegans, Rafin. in lift. V. tctragona, hort. par. in litt. 

 This species differs from V. pisifonnis in the flowers being pur- 

 plish-blue, and in the deep-green and longer leaflets, with the 

 lower pairs not approximating the stem. 



Hedge Vetch. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. PI. cl. 



6 V. MENZIESII (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 267.) leaflets ovate, 

 smooth, near an inch and a half long; stipulas lunate, witli 

 sharp teeth ; peduncles few-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 petals all strongly recurved ; calycine teeth taper-pointed. 3/ . ? 

 G. Native of Owyhee, at the upper edge of a forest, on a 

 mountain called Mowna-rooa, which is 6000 feet high, where it 

 was collected by Mr. Menzies. V. grandiflora, Smith, in Rees' 

 cycl. Flowers pale-purple, full twice the size of those of V. 

 ditmetorum. Clusters of flowers rather loose and downy. Le- 

 gumes not seen. 



Menzies's Vetch. PI. cl. 



7 V. DENTA'TA (Fisch. in litt.) this plant differs from V. du- 

 melorum in the smaller approximate leaflets, which are ovate- 

 obtuse, the lower ones roundish and acutely toothed towards 

 the apex in the more loose flowers, and in the seini-sagittate 

 serrated stipulas. 1 . H. Native of the south of Russia. 

 V. dumetorum, var. ft, dentata, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 355. 

 Gmel. sib. 4. p. 9. tub. p. 221. Flowers violaceous. 



Too//(c'rf-leafletted Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 1819. PI. cl. 



8 V. SYLVA'TICA (Lin. spec. 1035.) plant smooth; leaflets 

 numerous, alternate or opposite, elliptic-oblong, mucronulate, 

 finely and reticulately veined ; stipulas between semi-sagittate 

 and reniform, setaceously-toothed ; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, many-flowered ; calycine segments hardly the length of 

 the tube ; style villous at the apex ; legumes oblong-linear, 

 compressed, finely reticulated, incurved at the apex ; seeds glo- 

 bose, with a linear hylum. T. H. Native of Europe, in moun- 

 tain woods. Plentiful in mountainous parts of the north of 

 England and Scotland, in woods. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 

 31. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. 79. Oed. fl. dan. 277. 

 Hall. helv. no. 426. t. 12. f. 2. Stipulas fringed. Style with 

 the beard at the apex hardly discernible. Flowers rising from 

 the peduncle by twos or threes, with interruptions, rather large, 

 having the vexillum and wings whitish, and beautifully varie- 

 gated with blue, and keel pale blue. This is an elegant plant 

 when in flower. 



If'ood Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. cl. 



9 V. AMERICANA (Muhlenb. ex Willd. spec. 3. p. 1096.) leaf- 

 lets numerous, elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, mucronate ; 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, deeply toothed; peduncles many- flow- 

 ered, shorter than the leaves ; legumes unknown. I/. H. Na- 

 tive of Pennsylvania. This plant differs from V. sylvdtica, in 

 the longer leaflets, in the teeth of the stipulas not being awned, 

 and lastly in the racemes being fewer-flowered and never longer 

 than the leaves. Leaflets 8-12 in number. 



American Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. cl. 



10 V. VARIEGA'TA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 1096.) plant villous ; 

 leaflets numerous, elliptic, obtuse, villous, alternate, lower ones 

 cmarginate,' mucronate; tendrils trifid ; stipulas semi-sagittate, 

 quite entire ; peduncles many-flowered, rather longer than the 

 leaves ; racemes crowded with secund flowers ; calycine teeth 

 about equal, shorter than the tube ; style bearded ; legumes 

 rather pubescent. !<:. H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on the 

 alps. Desf. cor. p. 86. t. 65. ann. mus. 12. p. 111. t. 12. 

 Leaflets 14-26. Stipulas ovate-lanceolate, bipartite at the base. 

 Flowers with a rose-coloured standard, white wings, and purplish 

 keel, and variegated. 



Faricga ted- flowered Vetch. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1816. Pl.cl. 



11 V. PURPU'REA (Stev. in mem. soc. mosq. 4. p. 53. et 

 Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 468.) plant hardly canescent ; leaflets nu- 

 merous, oval, mucronate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, quite 

 entire ; peduncles many-flowered, rather longer than the leaves ; 

 racemes crowded with secund flowers ; calycine teeth much 

 shorter than the tube, the superior ones almost obsolete. 2 . H. 

 Native of Tauria. Flowers purple. 



Var. (3, minor (Stev. 1. c.) leaves small ; flowers paler. I/ . H. 

 Native of Tauria, near the region of perpetual snow. 



Prp/e-flowered Vetch. PI. cl. 



12V. ALPE'STRIS (Stev. in mem. mosq. 4. p. 53. and Bieb. fl. 

 taur. suppl. 469.) plant hardly canescent ; leaflets elliptic-obo- 

 vate, mucronulate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, almost quite 

 entire ; tendrils usually trifid ; peduncles usually 6-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; racemes crowded ; calyx villous, having 

 the teeth much shorter than the tube, but with the superior onus 

 almost obsolete ; legumes unknown. 2.H. Native of Tauria. 

 Flowers purple. 



Alp Vetch. PI. cl. 



13 V. CASSU BICA (Lin. spec. 1035.) leaflets numerous, oppo- 

 site or alternate, ovate-elliptic, mucronate, nearly glabrous, firm, 

 reticulated with numerous diverging nerves ; lower stipulas lan- 

 ceolate and semi-sagittate at the base, upper ones linear and 

 almost entire ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; racemes crowded with secund flowers ; calycine 

 teeth unequal, shorter than the tube; style villous at the apex; 

 legumes coriaceous, hardly reticulated, oblong, short, com- 

 pressed, smoothish ; seeds globose. If.. H. Native of the 

 south of Europe. Oed. fl. dan. 98. Pluk. phyt. t. 72. f. 2. 

 Root creeping. Flowers pale blue. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



I'ar. a, glabriuscula (Ser. mss. in D.C.prod. 2. p. 356.) stem 

 pilose; petioles cirrhous, villous ; leaflets almost glabrous. I/. 

 H. V. multiflora, Poll. pal. 2. p. 307. Wallr. sched. 385. D. C. 

 fl. fr. 5. p. 577. V. Cassubica, Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. 



/ ar. ft, C/robus (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 356.) the whole 

 plant clothed with pili ; leaflets pilose or ciliated; tendrils want- 

 ing, or somewhat foliaceous. 3.H. V. orobus, D. C. fl. fr. 

 5. p. 557. O'robus sylvaticus, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 586. 



CassuUan Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1711. PI. 1 foot. 



14 V. ABBREVIA'TA (Fisch. in litt. ex Spreng. pi. min. cogn. 

 pug. 1. p. 50.) leaflets oblong, rounded at both ends and mu- 

 cronulate, rather pubescent ; stipulas almost obsolete ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered, shorter than the leaves, which are impari- 

 pinnate. 1J. . H. Native of Caucasus, on the margins of woods. 

 Very like V. Cassubica, but differs in the stem being quite 

 smooth and not flexuous, in the stipulas being very minute, 

 and lastly in the calyxes being villous. Leaves impari-pinnate, 

 as in r. Cassubica. Perhaps only a variety of V, Cassubica, ac- 

 cording to Ser. Flowers pale blue. 



Short Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 foot. 



15 V. GALLOPROVINCIA'LIS (Poir. suppl. 5. p. 471.) leaflets 

 opposite or alternate, very numerous, elliptic-lanceolate, mucro- 

 nulate, villous ; stipulas semi-sagittate ; tendrils almost simple ; 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves ; flowers small, very numer- 

 ous ; vexillum broad, length of wings ; legumes unknown. !. 

 H. Native of the south of Provence, on the mountains. Ger, 

 Galloprov. p. 497. no. 5. t. 19. Flowers blue or purple. 



Provence Vetch. PI. cl. 



16 V. CINE'RIA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 470.) leaves with very 

 short tendrils ; leaflets linear-elliptic, obtuse, clothed with hoary 

 villi ; stipulas bipartite, with elongated teeth ; peduncles usually 

 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calycine teeth triangular, 

 acute, superior ones very small. If. . H. Native of Tauria, 

 about Tifiis. Flowers pale blue, about the size of those of V. 

 C'rdcca. Calyx clothed with silky villi. 



