110 LEGUMINOS^E. [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 1^-2 in., exclusive of the tendril ; leaflets 

 variable, -2| in., f-^ in. broad, obtuse and mucronate or acute or 

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

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

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

 British species, 1| 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. ; latifoflia, with leaflets ovate or oblong, stipules 

 all toothed ; and angustifo'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 Vic'ia; species 100. ETYM., An 

 old Greek name. 



SECTION 1. Aph'aca. Annual. Stipules leaf-like. Leaves 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. 



Cornfields, &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, 

 linear, nearly as long as the corolla. Pod 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. Annual. Stipules minute, setaceous ; tendrils 0. 

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



2. L. 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-June. Glabrous. Stems 1-3 ft., ascending, very slender. Phyllodes 

 3-6 in., quite entire ; nerves many, parallel. Peduncles 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. Iiath'yrus proper. Petioles all with leaflets and tendrils. 

 Calyx gibbous at the base. 



