108 LEGUH1NOSJS. [ViciA. 



mucronate. Racemes dense, 10-30-flowered, unilateral ; peduncle longer 

 than the leaves, pedicels short. Flowers in., drooping, proterandrous. 

 Calyx-tube short. Pod |-1 in., obliquely truncate, beaked, many-seeded. 

 , DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, India, Greenland, 

 N. America. 



4* V. Or'obus, DC. ; tendrils 0, stipules slightly toothed, flowers 

 white tinged with purple. Or'obus sylvat'icus, L. Bitter Vetch. 

 Western wooded and rocky districts, from Skye and Forfar to Hants and 

 Cornwall ; Ireland, very rare ; fl. June-Sept. Sparingly pubescent. Stem 

 1-2 ft., erect, stout, leafless or with reduced leaves below. Leaves 2-3 in., 

 sessile ; leaflets f-1^ in., linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, or obtuse 

 and mucronate ; petiole produced beyond the leaflets. Racemes loose, 6- 

 20-flowered, unilateral ; peduncle as long as or longer than the leaves ; 

 pedicels much shorter than the calyx-tube. Flowers ^ in. Pods oblong- 

 lauceolate, 1 in., acute at both ends, glabrous, 3-5-seeded. DISTRIIJ. 

 Norway, Denmark, S. France, B-ivaria. 



5. V. sylvat'ica, L. ; tendrils much branched, lower stipules lunate 

 toothed, flowers white with blue veins. Wood Vetch. 



Rocky woods, local, from Caithness southd. ; ascends to near 1,700 ft. in the 

 Highlands ; Ireland ; fl. June- July. Glabrous. Eootstock creeping. Stems 

 2-4 ft., usually trailing. Leaves 2-4 in., sessile; leaflets ^-1 in., oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate, membranous ; stipules with spreading teeth. Racemes 

 laxly 6-18-flowered, unilateral ; peduncle as long as or longer than the 

 leaves; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx-tube. Flowers in. Pods 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, slightly curved, 3-4-seedcd. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia. 



SECTION 3. Vic'ia proper. Annual, rarely perennial. Leaflets many. 

 Flmcers few, sessile, or on very short pedicels. Ktyle villous below the 

 stigma on the outer side. 



* Leaflets many. Calyx gibbous at the base. 



6. V. se'pium, L. ; perennial, flowers racemose, calyx-teeth unequal 

 shorter than the tube, pod stalked linear glabrous. 



Hedges, copses, &c., N. to Orkney ; ascends to 2,000 ft. in Yorkshire ; Ireland ; 

 Channel Islands ; fl. May-July. Slightly hairy. Rootstock creeping, stolon- 

 iferous. Stem 2-3 ft., climbing or trailing. Leaves 2-5 in. ; leaflets in 6-8 

 pairs, smaller upwards, lowest |-1 in., ovate, acute obtuse or truncate, 

 mucronate, membranous ; stipules ^-sagittate. Racemes J-J in., 2-6 fld., 

 subsessile ; pedicels shorter than the calyx-tube. Flowers |- in., dull pale 

 purple. Pod linear, 1 in., beaked, black, 6-10-seeded. Seed with a linear 

 hilum. DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic), N. and W. Asia, Kashmir. 



7. V. lu'tea, L. ; annual, flowers solitary sessile, upper calyx-teeth 

 shorter lower longer than the tube, pod shortly stalked hairy. 



Kocky and pebbly places, rare and local, from Ayr and Forfar southd. ; Channel 

 Islands ; fl. June- Aug. Sparingly hairy. Rootstock short. Stems 6-18 in., 

 tufted, prostrate. Leaves 1-2 in. ; leaflets J-| in., 5-7 pairs, linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate ; stipules small, ovate, acute, lower f-hastate. Flowers 



