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5. V. lathyroides. Spring Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly sessile ; 

 leaflets about six, oblong, the lower ones inversely heart-shaped ; tendrils 

 simple, shorter than the leaflets; seeds tuberculated. Stems pro- 

 cumbent, three or four inches long : stipules half heart-shaped, desti- 

 tute of coloured mark : flowers small, light bluish-purple. Annual : 

 flowers in April and May : grows in dry gravelly pastures : very com- 

 mon in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 30. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 283. 



1051. 



6. V. lutea. Rough-podded Yellow Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile ; legumes reflected, hairy ; stems spreading ; stipules egg-shaped, 



pointed, coloured ; standard smooth. Stems spreading on the ground, 



from one to two feet long : leaflets numerous, elliptical : tendrils long, 

 branched : spot on the stipules red, generally enlarged : flowers pale- 

 yellow, striped with grey. Perennial : flowers in August : grows in 

 dry gravelly pastures : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 481. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 284. 1052. 



7. V. hy'brida. Hairy-flowered Yellow Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile ; legumes reflected, hairy ; stems ascending ; stipules egg-shaped, 



unspotted ; standard hairy. Stem from one to two feet long : flowers 



pale-yellow, with reddish stripes. Perennial : flowers in June and July : 

 grows in thickets, in the south of England ; Glastonbury, Tor-hill, and 

 near Lincoln. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 482. Eng-. Fl. vol. iii. p. 285. 



1053. 



8. V. leevigdta. Smooth-podded Sea Vetch. Flowers solitary, nearly 

 sessile ; legumes reflected, smooth ; stems ascending ; stipules cleft, 



without spot ; leaflets bluntish, smooth Flowers pale-blue or whitish : 



the whole plant smooth. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows 

 on the pebbly coast of Dorsetshire. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 483. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. iii. p. 285. 1054. 



9. V. sepium. Common Bush Vetch. Flowers about four together, 

 in short axillar clusters; legumes erect, smooth; leaflets egg-shaped, 



obtuse, becoming gradually smaller upwards on the leaf-stalk. 



Stems about two feet long : flowers bluish-purple : legumes blackish. 

 Perennial : flowers in May and June: grows in bushy places, hedges, 

 and pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1515. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 286. 1055. 



10. V. Bithy'nica. Rough-podded Purple Vetch. Flowers commonly 

 solitary, stalked ; legumes erect, rough with stiff hairs ; leaflets four, 

 lance-shaped, minutely pointed ; stipules half-arrow-shaped, fringed with 



teeth. Stems about eighteen inches long, smooth, prostrate : standard 



purple : keel and wings white. Perennial : flowers in July and August : 

 grows in bushy places and dry pastures in England : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxvi. pi. 1842. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 287. 1056. 



11. E'RVUM. TARE. 



Calyx inferior, tubular, divided half-way into five lance-shaped, 

 long-pointed segments, shorter than the corolla, the lowermost 

 rather longer. Corolla of five petals ; standard largest, inversely 

 egg-shaped, slightly reflected; wings half as long, obtuse; keel 

 shorter, rounded, of two united petals, with separate claws. Fi- 

 laments ten ; nine united into a compressed tube, open along the 



