LEGUMINOS/E. CLXIX. VICIA. 



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Cinereous Vetch. PI. cl. 



17V. SETIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 500.) 

 stems weak, smoothish ; leaflets 8-9, very narrow-linear, mucro- 

 nate, puberulom on both surfaces, as well as the rachis or 

 petiole ; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; calyx turbinate at 

 the base, with the superior teeth ascending ; peduncles 3-4-flow- 

 ered, a little longer than the leaves, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, pubescent ; legumes lanceolate, glabrous. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive near the city of Mexico, Quito, and Santa-Fe de Bogota, at 

 the height of 3500 or 4500 feet above the level of the sea. 

 Flowers flesh-coloured. 



Bristle-leaved Vetch. PI. cl. 



18 V. BROTERIA'NA (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 357.) leaf- 

 lets nearly oval, villous ; lower stipulas semi-sagittate, and some- 

 what dentate ; flowers imbricate ; peduncles very villous ; caly- 

 cine teeth setaceous, and villous ; legumes rather villous, pen- 

 dulous. O- H. Native of Portugal, in cultivated fields about 

 Coimbra. V. villosa, Brot. fl. lus. 2. p. 150. but not of Roth. 

 Corolla deep purple at the apex. 



Srotero's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. cl. 



19V. ACUTIFOLIA (Ell. sketch, car. etgeogr. 2. p. 225.) stem 

 glabrous ; leaflets few, linear, acute at both ends ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; peduncles few-flowered, longer than the leaves. 

 -: Native of Georgia. 



Aculc-leajlctted Vetch. PI. cl. 



20 V. PULCHE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 499. t. 583.) stems weak, pubcrulous ; leaflets 8-12, linear, 

 acute, pubescent beneath, as well as the calyxes ; stipulas linear, 

 semi-sagittate ; calycine teeth very unequal, superior ones much 

 the smallest ; peduncles lC-20-flowered, longer than the leaves, 

 pubescent ; legumes unknown. 1 . H. Native of Mexico, on 

 the western declivities of mountains, especially near Mescala at 

 the height of 795 feet above the level of the sea. Flowers white. 



Neat Vetch. PI. cl. 



21 V. CHA'CCA (Lin. spec.1095.) 

 stems branched ; leaves cirrhous 

 at the apex ; leaflets numerous, ob- 

 long, lanceolate, alternate or oppo- 

 site, pubescent, mucronate, with 

 rather parallel simple nerves ; sti- 

 pulas linear, semi-sagittate ; pe- 

 duncles angular, hairy, bearing nu- 

 merous secund flowers, equal in 

 length to or exceeding the leaves ; 

 calycine teeth unequal, upper ones 

 very short, lower ones shorter than 

 the tube ; style pilose at the apex ; 

 legumes oblong-lanceolate, coria- 

 ceous, reticulated, compressed, gla- 

 brous ; seeds globose, black. Tf. . 

 H. Native of Europe, in fields 

 and hedges ; plentiful in all parts 



of Britain. Sturm, deutschl. fl. fasc. 31. with a figure. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 1108. Curt. lond. 5. t. 54. Mart. fl. rust. 117. 

 Cracca, Riv. tetr. irr. t. 50. Root creeping. Flowers blue and pur- 

 ple or violet mixed, marked with veins of a deeper colour. Leaves 

 clothed with canescent down, giving them a manifest whiteness ; 

 this is most apparent in plants growing in exposed dry situa- 

 tions, for in moist soils the leaves are almost green. Dr. Plot, 

 in his history of Staffordshire, says, that this and the Wood-Vetch 

 advance starved or weak cattle above any thing yet known. These 

 perennial vetches yield such abundance of food, that they seem 

 to deserve the notice of agriculturists. But it is well observed 

 in English botany, that to gather them from their native situa- 

 tions would be impracticable, so firmly do they cling by their 

 tendrils to their neighbours ; and if cultivated, they would pro- 

 bably choke themselves for want of support. 



FIG. 46. 



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Far. a, i-iolticca ; flowers bluish violet. 



Far. ft, purpurea ; flowers purple. 



Far. y, albi/lura ; flowers pure white. 



Cracca or Tufted-Vetch. Fl. June. Sept. Britain. PI. cl. 



22 V. BIVON/E (Rafin. prec. 37. Desv. journ. bot. 1814. p. 

 269.) plant pubescent ; stems tetragonal ; tendrils simple; leaf- 

 lets 10-14, oblong-linear, mucronate ; stipulas lunate, semi-sagit- 

 tate, rather toothed at the base ; peduncles few-flowered, about 

 equal in length to the leaves ; flowers secund, rather distant ; 

 calycine teeth setaceous, length of tube ; style bearded at the 

 apex ; legumes oblong-lanceolate, compressed, finely reticulated. 

 If.. H. Native of Sicily about Palermo, and of Corsica. V. 

 leucantha, Bertol. stirp. sic. fasc. V. littoralis, Salzm. exsic. 

 Flowers pale, purplish blue, with the carina tipped with black. 

 Perhaps the same as F. psetidocracca. 



Bicona's Vetch. PL cl. 



23 V. GERA'RDI (Jacq. fl. astr. t. 229. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 591. 

 exclusive of the synonymes,) stems simple ; leaves cirrhous at 

 the apex ; leaflets numerous, oblong-lanceolate, alternate or op- 

 posite, mucronate, rather woolly, having parallel simple nerves ; 

 stipulas linear, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, rather 

 shorter than the leaves ; style pilose at the apex ; legume ob- 

 long, coriaceous, finely reticulated, compressed, glabrous. If. . 

 H. Native of the south of Europe, particularly in Austria and 

 France. V. mutilans, Crantz. Flowers violaceous. Root 

 creeping ' Calycine teeth unequal, pilose. 



Gerard's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1810. PI. cl. 



24 V. PSEUDOCRA'CCA (Bertol. pi. rar. p. 58.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; steins branched at the base, diffuse ; leaflets 8-12, oblong- 

 obtuse ; stipulas linear, semi-sagittate ; peduncles usually (i- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers secund, loose, de- 

 flexed; calycine teeth unequal, linear, acute, shorter than the 

 tube ; style villous at the apex ; legumes elliptic, short, smooth, 

 finely reticulated. O- H. Native of Italy near Pisa. V. 

 tcnuifolia, Tenore, prod. p. 42. Very like F. C'rdcca, but 

 differs in the annual roots, in the broader legumes, and in the 

 longer calycine teeth. Flowers blue. 



False-Cracca Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



25 V. ANDICOLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 408. 

 t. 582.) plant pubescent; stems weak ; leaflets 7-12, linear-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, mucronate ; stipulas linear, semi-sagittate, acute ; 

 tendrils bifurcate ; peduncles 2-4-flowered, hardly exceeding the 

 leaves ; calyx bilabiate, the superior teeth the smallest ; legumes 

 somewhat cultriform, smoothish. 1. F. Native of the Andes 

 of Quito on mount Antisana, at the height of 6300 feet above the 

 level of the sea. Flowers violaceous. 



Andes Vetch. PI. cl. 



26 V. MICROPHY'LLA (D'Urv. enuin. pi. arch. p. 87.) steins 

 weak, branched at the base, and diffuse ; leaflets 8-10, ovate on 

 short petioles, small, mucronate ; stipulas very small, and semi- 

 sagittate ; peduncles straight, twice or thrice longer than the 

 leaves, 4-6-flovvered ; flowers pale; legumes compressed, gla- 

 brous, 5-7-seeded. i;.H. Native of the island of Melos, on 

 hills. Corolla very pale violet or white, double the length of the 

 calyx, and sometimes longer. Perhaps the same as V. pseudo- 

 cracca of Bertol. 



Small-leajlcltcd Vetch. PI. cl. 



27 V. POLYPIIY'LLA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 162.) leaflets nume- 

 rous, linear-lanceolate, mucronate, villous ; stipulas linear, semi- 

 sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 flowers secund, crowded. I/. II. Native about Algiers. 

 The flowers are like those of F. Cracca, but they are larger and 

 paler. The vexillum is blue, and wings and keel white. 



Many-leafetted Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL cl. 



28 V. TENUIFOLIA (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 183.) stem branched; 

 leaves cirrhous at the apex ; leaflets numerous, linear-lanceolate, 

 smoothish, mucronate, alternate or opposite, full of parallel sim- 



