110 LEGUMINOSJB. [Vicia. 



Bushy places, local, from Flint and York to Kent and Devon ; fl. May-June. 

 — Stems 1-2 ft., many from the root, glabrous, except at the tips, trailing 

 or climbing, flexuous. Leaves l§-2 in., exclusive of the tendril; leaflets 

 variable, §-2§ in., |-| in. broad, obtuse and mucrouate or acute or 

 acuminate ; stipules large ; tendrils elongate, branched. Peduncles J-3 in., 

 and pedicels hairy. Flowers f in., pale purple, wings paler. Calyx 

 hairy, teeth longer than the tube, very slender. Pod the largest of the 

 British species, lh in. by ^ in. broad, abruptly beaked, 4-6-seeded. Seeds 

 large, globose, speckled, £ in. diam., dark-brown.— Distrib. "W. and S. 

 Europe, Asia Minor, N. Africa. 



Syme distinguishes 2 vars. ; latifo'Ua, with leaflets ovate or oblong, stipules 

 all toothed ; and anyustifo'lia, with leaflets linear acuminate, and upper 

 stipules sparingly toothed. 



17. LATH'YRUS, L. EVERLASTING PEA. 



Herbs with the habit of Vic'ia, but fewer leaflets, petals broader, stami- 

 nal tube obliquely truncate, and the style flattened and longitudinally 

 bearded on its inner face.— Distrib. of Fic'ia ; species 100. — Etym.j An 

 old Greek name. 



Section 1. Aph'aca. Annual. Stipules leaf-like. Leaven reduced to 

 tendrils. Calyx-tube equal at the base, shorter than the teeth. 



1. Ii. Aph'aca, L. ; stipules ovate-hastate acute or obtuse, peduncles 

 elongate 1-fld., flowers erect. 



CornfieMs, &c, from "Warwick and Norfolk to Kent and Devon southd. ; (a 

 colonist, Wats.) ; fl. June-July. — Glabrous. Stems 1-3 ft. trailing. Leaflets 

 chiefly seen on seedlings, then oblong, when developed on older plants 

 linear §-£ in. ; stipules §-1 in. broad, quite entire, striated with nerves. 

 Peduncles slender, stout and 2-3 in. in fruit ; pedicels j in., with a 

 minute bract at the base. Flowers % in., pale yellow. Calyx-lobes green, 

 liuear, nearly as long as the corolla. Pod 1-1 1 in., £ in. broad, ascending, 

 slightly falcate, beaked, reticulate, 6-8-seeded.— Distrib. From Denmark 

 southd., N. Africa, W. Asia, India. 



Section 2. Nisso'lia. Animal. Stipules minute, setaceous ; tendrils 0. 



Petioles leaf -like (phyllodes). Calyx rather gibbous at the base. 



2. If. Nisso'lia, L. ; phyllodes grass-like, peduncles very slender 

 1-fld., flowers erect. 



Grassy bushy places from Cheshire southd., and as an escape north of it ; fl. 

 May-Juae. — Glabrous. Stems 1-3 ft., ascending, very slender. Phyllodes 

 3-6 in., quite entire ; nerves many, parallel. Peduncle* 1-4 in., pedicels as 

 long as the calyx, bracts obsolete. Flowers § in., crimson. Calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate, lower teeth longest. Pod 1-2 in., very slender, slightly com- 

 pressed, glabrous. Seeds granulate. — Distrib. From Holland southd., W. 

 Asia, N. Africa. 



Section 3. Latli'yrus proper. Petioles all with leaflets and tendrils. 

 Calyx gibbous at the base. 



