Vicia.] LEGTJMINOSM. 109 



rarely in pairs, suberect, pedicels shorter than the calyx-tube. Flowers f-1 

 in., narrow, pale yellow. Pod 1-1J in., hairy, narrow, oblong, acuminate at 

 both ends, beaked 4-8-seeded. Seeds with a short hilum. — Distrib. From 

 Holland southd., N. Africa, W. Asia. 

 V. hy'brida, L., formerly found on Glastonbury Tor, which differs in the 

 larger truncate and retuse leaflets and hairy standard, has long been extinct 

 It is a native of "W. France, Spain, and the Mediterranean. — V. l^vtga'ta, 

 Sm., is another extinct closely allied plant, formerly found on the Weymouth 

 Beach, and differs in being glabrous and having pale blue or whitish flowers 

 A solitary specimen in Smith's Herbarium is all that is known of it. 



V. sati'va, L. ; annual, leaflets obovate or oblong truncate or re- 

 tuse, flowers 1-2 axillary subsessile, calyx-teeth, nearly equal as long as the 

 tube, pod 2-3 in. sessiie. Common Vetch. 



Hedges and roadsides, a casual ; ascends to upwards of 1,600 ft. in Derby ; 

 Ireland ; Channel Islands ; fl. April-June. — Annual, sparsely hairy. Stems 

 many, trailing or climbing, stout or slender. Leaflets variable, in 5-6 pairs, 

 £-§ in., y^-^ in. broad. Stipules f-hastate, toothed or entire, often with a 

 dark blotch. Flowers £ in., pale purple. Pods linear, 4-10-seeded, slightly 

 hairy. Seeds subglobose, £ in. diam., variable in colour, smooth ; hilum 

 linear. — Distrib. Mediterranean region ; cultivated in Europe, Asia, and 

 America. 



8. V. angustifo'lia, Both ; annual, leaflets of upper leaves linear 

 or oblong acute or obtuse, calyx- teeth nearly equal as long as the tube, 

 pods 1-2 in. 



Dry places, from Aberdeen and the Clyde southd. ; Ireland ; Channel Islands ; 



fl. May- July. — An excessively variable plant, of which V. sati'va is probably 



the cultivated form, differing in the much smaller flowers, pods, and seeds ; 



stem robust or slender, 6-18 in. long ; leaflets h-lj in. ; seeds only | in. 



diam.— Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, 1ST. and W. Asia. — The following 



varieties run into one another and into V. sati'va. 

 V. angustifo'lia proper (V. angustifo'lia, Forst., V. segeta'lis, Thu\\\.) ', stout, 



upper leaves with oblong leaflets, flowers usually 2-nate, pods 1^-2 in. 



bursting the calyx. — Var. V. Bobar'tii, Forst. ( V, angustifo'lia, Sm.); slender, 



upper leaves with linear leaflets, flowers subsolitary, pod 1-1| in., not 



bursting the calyx. 



** Leaflets few. Calyx not gibbous at the base. 



9. V. lathyroi'des, L. ; annual, flowers solitary sessile, calyx-teeth 

 equal nearly as long as the tube, pod sessile glabrous. 



Dry pastures and roadsides, local from Koss southd. ; Ireland, very rare ; 

 Channel Islands ; fl. May-June. — Hairy. Stem 6-8 in., spreading, slender. 

 Leaves ^-1 in.; leaflets £-J in., 2-3 pair, linear-oblong or obovate, acute 

 obtuse or notched ; tendrils simple or 0. Flmvers f-Jj in., lilac. Calyx 

 funnel-shaped ; teeth subulate. Pods ^-1 in., linear, tapering at both 

 ends, beaked, 8-12 seeded. Seeds obtusely angled, granulate ; hilum very 

 short. — Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia. 



10. V. bithyn'ica, L. ; perennial, peduncles 1- rarely 2-3-fld., pedicels 

 as long as the calyx, calyx-teeth unequal subulate, pod shortly stalked 

 reticulate hairy. 



