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tetragonal, never climbing ; tendrils wanting ; leaves clothed 

 with silvery-grey down ; leaflets oblong-linear, mucronate ; stipu- 

 las lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, about 

 the length of the leaves ; flowers secund, loose ; calycine segments 

 almost equal, length of the tube ; style elongated, rather clavate, 

 bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong, compressed, tomentose. 

 I/.. H. Native of the Pyrenees, on the Spanish side. D. C. fl. 

 fr. suppl. no. 4011. Hook. bot. mag. 2946. Calyx reddish 

 with green teeth. Flowers with the vexillum and wings yel- 

 lowish-white, streaked with purple, but the keel is white. Root 

 fusiform. 



Silvery Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 foot. 



44 V. TRICHOCA'LYX (Moris, clench, sard, ex Schlecht. Lin- 

 nwa. 5. p. 96.) plant pubescent ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, mucro- 

 nulate ; tendrils branched; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate, 

 toothed ; peduncles many-flowered, about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; flowers secund, crowded ; calyx very villous, with seta- 

 ceous teeth, which are much longer than the tube ; legumes 

 hairy. O- H. Native of Sardinia, in corn-fields. This plant 

 is very like V. atropitrpurea of Desf. but differs in flowering 

 later, and in every part being much larger, in the calyx being 

 more villous, and, lastly, in the corolla being white, and only 

 rose-coloured at the apex. 



Hair-calyxed Vetch. PI. cl. 



45 V. viLL6sA (Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 182. but not of Brot.) 

 plant clothed with villi ; stems tetragonal ; tendrils almost sim- 

 ple ; leaflets oblong, mucronulate, opposite or alternate ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, entire, semi-sagittate ; peduncles many-flowered, 

 length of the leaves ; flowers secund, rather loose ; calycine teeth 

 setaceous, pilose, longer than the tube ; style villous at the apex ; 

 legumes oblong, compressed, glabrous ; seeds globose, varie- 

 gated. Q. H. Native of Germany. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 

 31. with a figure. Flowers purple. Like V. atropurpurea, 

 but differs in the stipulas being entire, and in the legumes being 

 smooth. 



Villous Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1815. PI. cl. 



46 V. DISPE'HMA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 154. and fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 578.) plant rather pilose ; stems tetragonal ; tendrils simple ; 

 leaves with 8-10 pairs of linear-oblong mucronate leaflets; sti- 

 pulas semi-sagittate, entire ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; flowers small ; calycine teeth nearly equal, lanceo- 

 late-subulate, length of the tube, and about equal in length to the 

 corolla; style villous at the apex ; legumes oblong, compressed, 

 glabrous, reticulated, transversely 2-seeded ; seeds globose, 

 black. O- H. Native of the south of France. V. parviflora, 

 Lois. fl. gall. 466. but not of Michx. Flowers and fruit like 

 those of E'rvum lens. 



Trvo-seeded Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



47 V. ALTI'SSIMA (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 163.) leaflets elliptic, 

 quite smooth, truncate at the apex ; petioles usually bearing 10 

 leaflets ; stipulas dentate ; peduncles many-flowered, longer 

 than the leaves ; flowers nodding ; calycine teeth unequal, supe- 

 rior ones minute, lower ones acute and longer ; style bearded ; 

 legumes lanceolate, compressed, many-seeded. If. . H. Native 

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

 sepium. 



Tallest Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



48 V. POLYSPE'RMA (Tenore, prod, append. 5. 1826. ex 

 Schlecht. Linnaea. 3. p. 102.) stem branched ; leaves cirrhi- 

 ferous ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, mucronate, gla- 

 brous; tendrils branched; stipulas toothed; peduncles 8-10- 

 flowered, longer than the leaves ; flowers erect, loosely racemose ; 

 calycine teeth unequal, upper ones shorter, lower ones setaceous, 

 longer ; legumes linear-lanceolate, 3 inches long, flat, glabrous, 

 14-20-seeded. 2/.H. Native of Naples, in hedges. Flowers 

 the size of those of V. saliva, pale blue. Very nearly allied to 

 V. altlssima, but in it the legume does not exceed an inch in 



length, the leaflets arc also elliptic and truncate at the apex, 4 

 lines long and 3 broad, but in the present plant they are 8 lines 

 long and 5 broad. Flowers densely racemose. 

 Many-seeded Vetch. PI. cl. 8 feet. 



49 V. BIE'NNIS (Lin. spec. 1036.) leaflets about 12, lanceo- 

 late, glabrous ; petioles furrowed, cirrhous ; stipulas semi-sagit- 

 tate, acute ; peduncles many-flowered, hardly longer than the 

 leaves ; calycine teeth unequal ; legumes ascending, compressed, 

 glabrous, short. $ . H. Native of Siberia. Poir. diet. 5. 

 p. 558. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 10. t. 2. Leaves involute. Flowers 

 pale blue. Seeds globular, dirty yellow, spotted with black. 

 This promises to become an useful plant for fodder, the stalks 

 growing to a great length, and being well furnished with leaves, 

 which do not decay in autumn, but continue green through the 

 winter, in defiance of the most severe frost ; so that in February 

 and March, when there is often a scarcity of green food for 

 ewes and lambs, this may be of great service. 



Biennial Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1753. PL cl. 



50 V. NISSOLIA'NA (Lin. spec. 1036.) plant downy; petioles 

 cirrhous ; leaflets oblong, hardly retuse, rather downy ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, entire, very narrow ; peduncles many-flowered ; 

 flowers small, dark purple ; legumes ovate-oblong, villous, nod- 

 ding, 5-seeded. O- H. Native of the Levant. Stem angular. 

 The plant in the gardens under this name is a very shewy species, 

 with dark-purple, elegant, crowded, secund flowers, and is the 

 plant figured in bot. reg. t. 871. under the name of V. atru- 

 purpurea. 



Nissol's Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1773. PI. cl. 



51 V. PELLU'CIDA (Jacq. hort. scheenbr. 2. p. 220. t. 222.) 

 stems branched ; leaflets obovate, emarginate ; stipulas oblong ; 

 peduncles usually 4-flowered, shorter than the leaves, which are 

 without tendrils ; calycine teeth equal, spreading ; style beardtd 

 at the apex ; legumes oblong, compressed, falcate, membranous, 

 rather villous ; seeds kidney-shaped, compressed. I/ . G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple, but with the 

 vexillum variegated. Leaves impari-pinnate. 



Pellucid Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 foot. 



52 V. HOOKE'RI ; plant sparingly pilose ; leaves with 3-4 pairs 

 of narrow, linear, acuminated leaflets ; tendrils almost simple ; 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, linear, entire ; peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves, few-flowered ; calyx short, campanulate ; the teeth lan- 

 ceolate and equalling the tube ; corolla glabrous ; legumes lan- 

 ceolate, 6-seeded, compressed, with pilose sutures. I/ . F. Na- 

 tive of Chili, about Conception. V. parviflora, Hook, in Beech, 

 bot. p. 20. but not of Cav. Habit of E'rvum telraspermum. 



Hooker's Vetch. PI. cl. 



53 V. MITCHE'LLI (Rafin. prec. 37. and in Desv. journ. bot. 

 1814. p. 269.) plant glabrous; stems weak, striated; leaves for 

 the most part with 7 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets oblong, cunei- 

 form, retuse, mucronate ; stipulas entire or multifid, small ; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; vexillum pubescent ; legumes 2- 

 seeded, pilose. , H. Native of North America, in Long 

 Island. Ell. sketch, car. et geogr. 2. p. 224. Seeds edible. 



MitcheVs Vetch. PI. cl. 



54 V. PARVIFLORA (Cav. annal. sci. nat. 4. p. 73. but not of 

 Michx. nor Lois.) stems filiform; leaves cirrhous ; leaflets linear, 

 mucronate ; stipulas normal ; peduncles elongated, 2-4-flowered. 

 O- H. Native about Mogodor. 



Small-flowered Vetch. PI. cl. 



55 V. BIDENTA'TA (Hook, bot. misc. 2. p. 215.) plant quite 

 smooth ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of opposite and alternate, cu- 

 neated leaflets, which are bidentate at the apex, and with a 

 mucrone in the centre ; tendrils simple ; stipulas broad, semi- 

 sagittate, a little toothed ; peduncles 3-4-flowered, equal in 

 length to the leaves ; legumes oblong, glabrous. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Peru, near Lima. 



Bidentate-leaved Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



