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toothed ; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calyxes cylindrical 

 with equal, linear, parallel segments, which are shorter than the 

 tube ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes reticulated, puberu- 

 lous, stem ones linear-oblong, inclined, under-ground or root 

 ones ovate, compressed, and short. Q. H. Native of the south 

 of France, in gravelly places. Ger. mag. cnc. ann. 6. vol. 3. 

 p. 3-1-1. with a figure. D. C. fl. fr. no. 4021. Flowers crim- 

 son, hardly the size of those of/', satlca. 



Both-sided-f railed or Underground-podded Vetch. Fl. May, 

 June. Clt. 1815. PL cl. 



72 V. PYRENA'ICA (Pour. act. toul. 3. p. 333.) leaves ten- 

 drilled; leaflets obcordate, mucronate j stipulas semi-sagittate, 

 entire or denticulated ; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calyxes 

 somewhat campanulate, with unequal, lanceolate, somewhat 

 spreading segments, which are shorter than the tube ; style 

 bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong-linear, reticulated, smooth- 

 ish, and inclined. If. . H. Native of the Pyrenees, in meadows. 

 D. C. fl. fr. no. 4022. icon. rar. 1. p. 10. t. 33. Flowers pur- 

 plish. Root creeping. 



Pynnean Vetch. Fl. May. Clt. 1818. PI. | foot. 



73 V. LATHYHOIDES (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant downy; stems 

 branched ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 4-6, elliptic-oblong ; 

 lower ones obcordate, tendrils simple ; stipules semi-sagittate, 

 entire ; flowers solitary, sessile ; calyx cylindrical, with nearly 

 equal, linear, parallel segments, which are shorter than the tube ; 

 style bearded at the apex ; legumes compressed, reticulated, 

 glabrous or wrinkled, inclined ; seeds globose, dotted with warts. 

 O- H. Native of the south of Corsica, and Britain, in fallow 

 fields on a gravelly soil, in chalky pastures, or on banks ; about 

 Norwich, and in Hyde-park, also in the King's-park, and various 

 other places round Edinburgh. Sturm, deutschl. fl. 1. fasc. 31. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 30. Oed. fl. 98. Jacq. misc. '2. p. 299. t. 18. 

 E'rvum Soloniense, Lin. spec. 1040. Flowers small, bluish 

 purple, occasionally white. 



Lathyrus-like Vetch. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. tr. 



74 V. L^VIGA'TA (Smith, engl. bot. 483. fl. brit. 2. p. 773.) 

 plant quite smooth ; stems nearly erect, quadrangular, branched ; 

 leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 8, elliptic-lanceolate, rounded, and 

 mucronulate ; stipulas green or brownish, cloven ; calycine 

 segments linear, equal, about the length of the tube ; legumes 

 compressed, short, lanceolate-oblong, quite smooth. 2/ . H. 

 Native of the south of England, among pebbles by the sea-side, 

 at Weymouth, Dorsetshire. V. hy'brida, Huds. fl. angl. 319. 

 Flowers of a whitish or pale blue, seldom yellowish. 



Smooth Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. PI. | foot. 



75 V. LU'TEA (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant pilose ; stems branched ; 

 leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes refuse, 

 hairy beneath ; flowers solitary, almost sessile ; calycine seg- 

 ments unequal, diverging, superior ones short, lower ones shorter 

 than the tube ; vexillum emarginate, glabrous ; style bearded at 

 the apex ; legumes compressed, ovate-oblong, finely reticulated, 

 pilose, bent down as it ripens ; seeds oval, smooth. O- H. Native 

 of the south of Europe ; in Britain on stony ground, chiefly near 

 the sea; upon the pebbly beach at Orford, Suffolk; at Aid- 

 burgh ; near Weymouth ; Shoreha'm, Sussex ; in a chalk pit on 

 the side of Glastonbury Torhill ; in Scotland, in Mearnshire. 

 Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 31. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. 

 481. Corolla pale yellow, rarely white. 



Var. ft, muricata (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 363.) fruit 

 muricated. O H. Native about Tangiers. 



Yellow-fio\\ered Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. cl. 



76 V. HI'RTA (Balb. misc. alt. Pers. ench. 2. p. 308.) stems 

 hairy ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets linear, mucronate ; vexillum 

 glabrous ; legumes sessile, solitary, pilose, reflexed. 0. H. 

 Native about Nice, in fields. This plant comes very near V. 

 lutea, but differs in being more hairy, in the leaflets being nar- 



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rower, and in the flowers being white or very pale cream-co- 

 loured. 



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



77 V. HY'BRIDA (Lin. spec. 1037.) plant pilose; stems 

 branched ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets obcordate, mucronulate ; 

 stipulas semi-sagittate, a little toothed ; flowers solitary, almost 

 sessile, somewhat deflexed ; calycine segments narrow, nearly 

 equal, length of the tube; vexillum emarginate, pilose; style 

 bearded at the apex ; legumes lanceolate-oblong, compressed, 

 finely reticulated, pilose, reflexed. O- H. Native of Europe; 

 in the south of England but very rare ; on Glastonbury Torhill. 

 Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 32. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. 

 482. Jacq. hort. vind. 2. t. 146. Flowers pale yellow, streaked 

 a little with red. 



Hybrid Vetch. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. cl. 



4. Flowers solitary, pedunculate. 



78 V. SPU'RIA (Rafin. car. p. 72.) stems procumbent, rather 

 angular ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of obovate, retuse, mucronate, 

 pilose leaflets ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, spotless ; flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, pedunculate, drooping ; vexillum villous ; legumes 

 linear, compressed, 2-4-seeded. O- H. Native of Sicily, near 

 Palermo, and on mount Etna. Flowers yellowish. 



Spurious Vetch. PI. procumbent. 



79 V. PUSI'LLA (Muhl. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1106.) upper 

 leaves furnished with long tendrils ; leaflets usually 6, lanceo- 

 late, mucronate ; stipulas quite entire, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 

 long, solitary, 1 - flowered ; legumes oblong, small, glabrous. 0. 

 H. Native of Pennsylvania. Perhaps the same as E'rvum tc- 

 traspermum. Flowers small, white with a tinge of red. 



Small Vetch. PI. cl. 



80 V. CILIA'RIS (Smith, fl. grasc. t. 700. ex prod. 2. p. 71.) 

 leaflets about 7 pairs, emarginate ; stipulas setaceously-multifid ; 

 peduncles 1-flowered, awned, length of the leaves. ~1J.. H. Na- 

 tive of Asia Minor. Tendrils many-parted. End of pedicels 

 drawn out beyond the flower. Flowers pale blue, streaked with 

 purple. Legumes 1 inch long, compressed, 2-seeded. 



Ciliated-sti-pnled Vetch. PI. cl. 



81 V. MELANOPS (Smith, fl. graec. t. 701. ex prod. 2. p. 72.) 

 stems diffuse ; stipulas marked with black ; wings depressed, in- 

 cumbent ; legumes solitary, reflexed, linear, glabrous. l/.H. 

 Native of Laconia. Flowers of a dull greenish-yellow ; their 

 wings, which converge horizontally, tipped with very dark brown. 

 Very like V. Jiybrida. 



Black-marked Vetch. PI. cl. 



82 V. BA'CTRA (Zucc. obs.bot. cent. 1. no. 83. A.) stem 2- 

 edged, striated ; leaflets wedge-shaped, retuse ; stipulas toothed, 

 upper segments dotted ; legumes solitary, almost sessile. O H . 

 Native country unknown. 



Bactra Vetch. PI. cl. 



5. Flowers almost sessile, train. 



83 V. INCI SA (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 471.) leaflets obovate, 

 retuse, mucronate, deeply serrated ; stipulas toothed, semi-sagit- 

 tate ; legumes sessile, usually twin, pubescent. 0. H. Native 

 of Tauria. Very like V. sativa, but differs in the leaflets being 

 very deeply cut into 2-4 opposite serratures on each side. Flowers 

 purple. 



Cz^-leafletted Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. cl. 



84 V. CORNI'GERA (Chaub. in Saint Amans fl. agen. p. 294.) 

 leaflets linear, very narrow, villous ; stipulas entire, lower ones 

 semi-sagittate, superior ones lanceolate ; flowers almost sessile, 

 twin; vexillum subulate, convolute, spiral. O. H. Native of 

 sandy places, near Agen. Flowers purple. It is perhaps only 

 a narrow leafletted variety of V. sativa. 



Horn-bearing Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 

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