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56 V. BIFLORA (Desf. all. 2. p. 166. t. 197.) leaves tendrilletl ; 

 leaflets numerous, linear-lanceolate ; stipulns semi-sagittate, en- 

 tire ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine 

 teeth nearly equal, small. Q. H. Native of Algiers. Flowers 

 blue. 



Tno-Jlomcred Vetch. Fl. Juno, Aug. Clt. 1801. PI. cl. 



57 V. ORAMI'NEA (Smith, in Rees' cjcl. vol. 37.) plant almost 

 smooth ; leaflets 3 pairs, linear, pointed ; stipulas ovate, entire, 

 slightly sagittate ; peduncles 4-flo\vered, shorter than the leaves ; 

 tendrils simple or divided ; legumes smooth, compressed, not an 

 inch in length, elliptic-oblong, with an oblique, incurved point : 

 seeds 6-7, small, round. 11 . ? H. Native of Buenos Ayres. 

 Flowers very small, pale, apparently tinged with purple. Calyx 

 rather downy, with the teeth shorter than the tube. 



Grassy-leaved Vetch. PI. cl. 



2. Flowers pedunculate, solitary. 



58 V. CALCARA'TA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 166.) stems rather tetra- 

 gonal, decumbent ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; stipulas 

 furcate ; peduncles 1 -flowered, bracteolate at the apex, much 

 shorter than the leaves ; calycine teeth small, acute ; legumes 

 compressed, glabrous. Q.I H. Native of Algiers. V. mon- 

 antha, Retz. obs. 3. p. 39. \Villd. spec. 3. p. 1109. and enum. 

 p. 764. Flowers blue and veined. 



Spurred Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1790. PI. cl. 



59 V. BITHY'NICA (Lin. spec. 1038.) stems weak, leafy, an- 

 gular, slightly branched ; leaves with 2 pairs of lanceolate, mu- 

 cronate leaflets, hairy beneath ; stipulas semi-sagittate, with 

 deep fringed teeth ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; calyx hairy, 

 with very long rather unequal fringed teeth ; legumes erect, 

 broad, slightly tumid, clothed with rigid tawny hairs. 7.H. 

 Native of the south of Europe. In Britain in bushy places, on 

 a gravelly soil, often near the sea, near Doncaster, Yorkshire ; 

 in woods, near Clifton-upon-Teme, Worcestershire ; between 

 Rockenhall and Sandbury, in the same county ; in a field half 

 way between Weymouth and Portland Ferry, near the sea, and 

 on the coasts of Dorsetshire and Hampshire. Smith, engl. bot. 

 1842. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. p. 69. t. 147. Flowers with a pur- 

 plish vexillum, and the keel and wings white, the former tipped 

 with violet. 



Bithyruan Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PL prostrate. 



GO V. SYRIACA (Weinra. hort. dorp. 162.) plant glabrous ; 

 stems decumbent; leaves with 4-5 pairs of ovate-oblong, mu- 

 cronate leaflets ; stipulas linear, entire, small ; legumes pedun- 

 culate, solitary, reflexed, 4-5-seeded. 0. H. Native of Syria. 

 Flowers violaceous. Very like V. calcarata. 



Syrian Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. cl. 



61 V. HU'MILIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 498. 

 t. 581.) stems weak ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of linear-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, glabrous leaflets ; tendrils simple ; stipulas 

 linear, acute, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 1 -flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; calycine segments long ; legumes lanceolate ; calyx 

 and rachis clothed with adpressed down. O- H. Native of 

 Mexico, near Moran, at the height of 3990 feet above the level 

 of the sea. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Humble Vetch. PI. cl. 



3. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary. 



62 V. INTERMEDIA (Viv. fl. lyb. p. 42. t. 19. f. 1.) leaves 

 with 3-4 pairs of leaflets, lower ones obcordate, cuneated, supe- 

 rior ones linear, emarginate and mucronulate ; tendrils obso- 

 lete ; stipulas semi-sagittate; flowers solitary; calyx 10- 

 nerved, gibbous at the base ; legumes hairy, rather compressed. 

 Q. H. Native of Cyrenaica, in meadows. Allied to V. lathy- 

 roides and V. saliva, according to Viviani. Flowers purple. 



Intermediate Vetch. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



63 V. PIMPINELLOIDES (Mauri, pi. rom. cent. 13. p. 35.) leaf- 



lets deeply crenated, superior ones quite entire ; stipulas spotted, 

 a little toothed, semi-sagittate ; flowers usually solitary and 

 almost sessile ; calycine teeth elongated, ciliated ; legumes erect, 

 oblong, glabrous; seeds roundish, compressed. O- H. Na- 

 tive of Italy, about Rome. Flowers purple ? 

 Pimpernel-like Vetch. Fl. June, July, PI. cl. 



64 V. RE' PENS (D'Urv. enum. pi. arch. p. 88.) stems diffuse, 

 branched at the base, trailing ; leaflets usually 6, alternate, very 

 narrow and acute; stipulas small; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 almost sessile ; legumes compressed, glabrous, 4-seedcd. 1.H. 

 Native of the island of Melos, in dry places. Flowers pale 

 purple, twice or thrice the length of the calyx. Root creeping. 



Creeping Vetch. PI. trailing. 



65 V. GLOBOSA (Rets. obs. 3. p. 39.) leaves tendrilled ; 

 leaflets 4-8, pubescent, each ending in a reflexed bristle; 

 stipulas spotted, 4-toothed ; flowers solitary, erect, almost ses- 

 sile ; calycine teeth linear-lanceolate, ciliated ; legumes terete, 

 spreading, glabrous ; seeds globose. Q. H. Native country 

 unknown. Very like V. saliva, but differs from it in the sti- 

 pulas, in the longer calyx, in the form of the legume, and lastly 

 in the fewer leaflets. Flowers blue. 



Globose-seeded Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. cl. 



66 V. PILOSA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 161.) plant hairy ; leaves 

 hardly cirrhiferous, upper leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, or 

 truncate and mucronulate, hairy ; stipulas semi-sagittate, a little 

 toothed ; flowers solitary, sessile ; calyxes cylindrical, with linear, 

 parallel, nearly equal segments, length of the tube ; style 

 bearded at the apex. Q. H. Native of Tauria. Flowers 

 purple. Seeds globose, black. 



Pilose Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. H foot. 



67 V. PEREGRI'NA (Lin. spec. 1038.) leaves tendrilled ; leaflets 

 10-12, linear, truncate, and mucronate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, 

 linear, entire ; flowers solitary, pedunculate ; calyxes campanu- 

 late, with lanceolate-linear, nearly equal, diverging segments, 

 which are about the length of the tube ; style bearded at the 

 apex ; legumes compressed, lanceolate, reticulated, inclined, 

 broad, puberulous ; seeds nearly globose. . H. Native of 

 the south of Europe. Hoppe in Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 32. 

 with a figure. Flowers of a dusky violet colour. 



Foreign Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1779. PL cl. 



68 V. MEGALOSPE'RMA (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 161. and suppl. 

 471.) leaves cirrhiferous, leaflets linear, retuse, mucronate; sti- 

 pulas semi-sagittate, entire, small ; flowers solitary, almost 

 sessile ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes pubescent, reflexed ; 

 seeds large, globose, brown, with more obscure confluent spots. 

 O- H. Native of Tauria. Flowers purple. 



Large-seeded Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1798. PL cl. 



69 V. MICHAU'XII (Spreng. cat. hort. hal. ex Willd. enum. 

 764.) leaflets linear, truncate, mucronate ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 undivided ; peduncles very short, tufted ; calycine teeth unequal, 

 upper ones very short, lower ones length of the tube ; legumes 

 finely pubescent, 3-4-seeded. O- H. Native country unknown. 

 Corolla white. Nearly allied to V. peregrma, but the calyxes 

 are very distinct. 



Michaux's Vetch. FL June, July. Clt. 1803. PL 1| foot. 



70 V. LINEARIFOLIA (Hook, in Beech, bot. p. 20.) plant 

 pilose ; stems angular ; leaves with 5 pairs of linear retuse leaf- 

 lets ; tendrils usually simple, or almost so ; stipulas broad, semi- 

 sagittate, toothed at the base, dotless ; flowers almost sessile, 

 solitary ; calyx campanulate, villous ; teeth subulate, about equal ; 

 corolla glabrous ; legumes hairy. O- H. Native of Chili, 

 about Conception. Flowers not half the size of those of V. sativa. 

 Like V. Michaux.il. 



Lincar-leaJleUed Vetch. PL cl. 



71 V. AMPHICA'RPA (Dorth. journ. phys. 35. p. 131.) leaves 

 tendrilled ; lower leaflets obcordate, mucronate, upper ones 

 linear, retuse, and mucronate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire or 



