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LEGUMINOSS. CLXIX. VICIA. 



pie veins ; lower stipulas semi-sagittate, linear, upper ones 

 linear-setaceous ; peduncles ' s longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 crowded, secund ; calycine teeth unequal, lower ones length of 

 the tube ; style pilose at the apex ; legumes lanceolate. 1 . H. 

 Native of France, Germany, and Tauria. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 

 1. fasc. 31. V. Geriirdi, Willd. enum. no. 736. Flowers beau- 

 tiful violaceous or purple. Very like V, Crdcca, but does not 

 creep at the roots. 



Fine-leaved Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1799. PI. cl. 



29 V. SE'SSEI ; plant smoothish ; stems angular ; stipulas su- 

 bulate, semi-sagittate or bifid ; leaflets 15-16, linear-lanceolate, 

 mucronate ; tendrils trifid, and divided again ; peduncles about 

 the length of the leaves ; flowers numerous, racemose ; style vil- 

 lous at the apex. If.. H. Native of Mexico. V. polyphylla, 

 Moc. et Sesse in herb. Lamb. Flowers apparently pale blue. 



Sesse's Vetch. PI. cl. 



30 V. SUBULA'TA (Sesse et Moc. mss. in herb. Lamb.) plant 

 canescent and pubescent ; leaflets 10-12, subulate; tendrils bi- 

 fid ; peduncles shorter than the leaves; flowers crowded, secund ; 

 stipulas subulate, semi-sagittate. 1J.. H. Native of Mexico. 

 Flowers white or pale blue. 



<$&M/ate-leafletted Vetch. PI. cl. 



31 V. CONSENTI K NA (Spreng. pi. min. cogn. pug. 2. p. 74.) 

 stem and petioles pubescent ; leaflets lanceolate, mucronate, 

 lower ones elliptic ; stipulas semi-sagittate ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers remote, glabrous, cream- 

 coloured. Q. H. Native of Naples and about Cosenza. Per- 

 haps only a variety of V. pseudocrdcca. 



Cosenza Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. PI. cl. 



32 V. CAPE'NSIS (Berg. pi. cap. p. 215.) stem branched at the 

 base ; leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets linear, truncate, and mucro- 

 nate ; stipulas lanceolate, acute ; peduncles elongated, many-flow- 

 ered ; style hairy at the apex ; legumes lanceolate, compressed. 

 J . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple. 



Cape Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1802. PL 1 foot. 



33 V. CANE'SCENS (Labill. syr. dec. 1. p. 17. t. 7.) plant 

 clothed with canescent down ; leaflets numerous, oblong-linear, 

 obtuse, alternate ; tendrils almost wanting ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 semi-sagittate, quite entire ; peduncles 3-7-flowered, about equal 

 in length to the leaves ; calycine teeth narrow, shorter than the 

 tube ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes ovate-lanceolate, com- 

 pressed, hairy, 3-4-seeded ; seeds roundish. Q. H. Native of 

 mount Lebanon. Flowers blue. Lower leaves impari-pinnate. 



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



34 V. OCHROLEU'CA (Tenore, prod. p. 42. and cat. 1819. p. 

 56.) leaflets ovate-lanceolate or oblong-linear, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate, smoothish, nearly opposite, with the nerves parallel ; sti- 

 pulas subulate, semi-sagittate at the base, quite entire ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers crowded ; 

 teeth of calyx very short ; style pilose at the apex ; legumes 

 glabrous, reticulated. J/ . H. Native of Italy. This plant is 

 very like V. Crdcca, but the flowers are cream-coloured, and 

 smaller. 



Cream-coloured- flovfered Vetch. Clt. 1825. PI. cl. 



35 V. PUNCTA'TA (Schleich. ex Pers. ench. 2. p. 307.) leaflets 

 ovate-lanceolate, mucronate, glabrous ; stipulas cut; peduncles 

 many-flowered, longer than the leaves; calyxes obtuse. O- H. 

 Native of Switzerland. Flowers purple ? The under side of 

 the leaflets are observed to be dotted with white, when examined 

 by a microscope. 



Dotted Vetch. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. PI. cl. 



36 V. ONOBRYCHIOI'DES (Lin. spec. 1036.) stems striated; ten- 

 drils almost simple ; leaflets numerous, linear, alternate or op- 

 posite, obtuse, and mucronate, with parallel nerves ; stipulas 

 linear, semi-sagittate, dentate ; peduncles very long, many-flow- 

 ered ; flowers distant ; calycine teeth lanceolate, length of the 

 tube ; style clavate, bearded at the apex ; legumes lanceolate. 



I/. H. Native of Europe, in the mountainous parts. Sturm, 

 deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. with a figure. All. pedem. t. 42. no. 

 1198. Sims, bot. mag. 2206. Flowers purplish blue. 



lar.fi, angustissima (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 358.) 

 leaflets setaceous, and shorter. Q. H. Native about Mont- 

 pelier. 



Saintfoin-like Vetch. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1759. PI. cl. 



37 V. ATROPURPU'REA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 164.) plant villous ; 

 stems tetragonal; tendrils very trifid ; leaflets oblong, mucro- 

 nate, numerous, opposite, and alternate ; stipulas lanceolate, semi- 

 sagittate, usually toothed at the base ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 hardly the length of the leaves ; flowers secund, approximate : 

 calycine teeth setaceous, pilose, longer than the tube ; style elon- 

 gated, somewhat clavate, bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong, 

 compressed, very hairy ; seeds globose, black, rather velvety. 

 O- H. Native of Algiers. Vent. hort. eels. t. 84. Lindl. 

 bot. reg. 871. Flowers dark purple. 



Dark-purple-flowered Vetch. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1815. PI. cl. 



38 V. GIGA'NTEA (Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 157.) plant pubes- 

 cent, black when dried ; stems furrowed ; leaflets 20-26, oblong, 

 petiolulate, obtuse, mucronate ; stipulas large, semi-sagittate, 

 profoundly toothed at the base; peduncles 5-10-flowered, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; flowers crowded ; style hardly bearded ; 

 legume broad, oblong, glabrous, obscurely reticulated. 7/ . H. 

 Native of North America, in open woods on the Columbia. 

 Flowers purple, about the size of those of V. Americana. Stems 

 hardly one-third of an inch broad, hollowed, and herbaceous. 

 Stipulas an inch and a half in length. The plant turns black on 

 drying. 



Giant Vetch. PI. trailing. 



39 V. NI'GRICANS (Hook, in Beech, bot. p. 20.) plant pubes- 

 cent ; stems tetragonal ; leaflets oblong-elliptic, obtuse, alter- 

 nate ; tendrils divided ; stipulas semi-sagittate ; peduncles twice 

 the length of the leaves, many-flowered ; flowers crowded, the 

 2 superior teeth of the calyx almost wanting, lower ones subu- 

 late, middle one elongated, and exceeding the tube ; stigma 

 bearded. %. H. Native of Chili about Conception. Leaflets 

 more than an inch long. Plant becoming very black on drying. 



Blackish Vetch. PI. cl. 



40 V. BENGALE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 1036.) leaflets elliptic, obtuse, 

 stipulas entire ; peduncles usually bearing only 5 flow r ers, length 

 of leaves ; legumes turgid, hairy. Q. H. Native of the 

 Stcechades Islands. Herm. ludg. 624. t. 625. Flowers deep 

 purple, having the keel tipped with black. Plant downy. 



Bengal Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1792. PI. cl. 



41 V. PERE'NNIS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 155. and fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 578.) plant villous; stems tetragonal ; tendrils simplish ; leaf- 

 lets oblong-linear, mucronate, villous, opposite or alternate ; sti- 

 pulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate, and usually toothed at the base ; 

 peduncles few-flowered, length of leaves ; flowers secund, rather 

 lax ; calycine teeth setaceous, pilose, length of tube ; style 

 elongated, rather clavate, bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong, 

 compressed, pubescent, reticulated ; seeds orbicular, compres- 

 sed, bay-coloured. 1.H. Native of France, about Perpignan. 

 Flowers purple. 



Far. j3, suffruticbsa (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 359.) stems 

 smaller, diffuse, suffruticose at the base ; leaves and leaflets 

 smaller. 



Perennial Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl.cl. 



42 V. LONGIFOLIA (Poir. diet. 8. p. 567.) stems tetragonal ; 

 tendrils branched ; leaflets numerous, narrow, very long, gla- 

 brous ; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers drooping ; calycine teeth un- 

 equal, acute, superior ones very small. Q.l H. Native of Syria. 

 Flowers cream-coloured. 



Long-leaved Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl.cl. 



43 V. ARGE'NTEA (Lapeyr. abr. 417.) plant canescent ; stems 



