98 25. LEGUMJXOSJE. 



2. A. alphnts (L.) ; st. prostrate, ;}>. ovate />#% leaflets 

 elliptic blunt in 10 12 pairs, racemes short close, peduncles 

 ('quailing- the leaves, pods oblong hairy narrowed at both ends 

 pendulous stalked in the calyx. E.B. S. 2717. St. 19. 13. 

 Stip. sometimes slightly connected at the base. St. a few inches 

 long, slender. Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple. 

 Lofty mountains. Aberdsh., Forf., Perthsh. P. VII. S. 



3. A. glycyphyt to* (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 

 free, leaflets ovate in 5 6 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles falling 

 much short of the leaves, pods linear incurved erect glabrous. 

 E. B. 203. St. 2 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly 

 glabrous. Fl. in short dense racemes, dull yellow. Pods an 

 inch long. Hedges and thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil, 

 rare. P. VI. Wild Liquorice. E. S. 



Tribe II. Viciece. 



14. VI'CIA, Linn. Vetch. 



* Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 



t Peduncles long, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous - at the base 

 on the upperside. Annuals. ERVTJM. Tares. 



1. V. hirsilta (S. F. Gray) ; ped. 1 6-Jl. about equalling the 

 leaves, leaflets in 6 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mucronate, 

 calyx-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones 

 converging, pods sessile oblong 2-seeded hairy, hile long linear. 

 Ervum Sm. E. B. 970. Cracca minor Godr. Stip. 2-lobed, 

 outer lobe trifid with setaceous segments, inner lanceolate. Fl. 

 small, pale blue, standard entire. Calyx-teeth subulate. Pod 

 obliquely truncate; its upper suture "neaily straight and pro- 

 minent at the end. Seeds globose, compressed, red with darker 

 spots, smooth. Ped. rarely 1 2-flowered and pods glabrous. 

 Corn-fields and hedges. A. VI. VIII. Hairy Tare. E. S. I. 



2. V. gcmel'la (Crantz) ; ped. 1 2-Jl. about equalling the 

 leaves, leaflets linear-oblong blunt mucronate in 4 (J pairs, 

 calyx-teeth unequal shorter than the tube the 2 upper ones 

 shortest " diverging," pods shortly stalked linear-oblong about 

 4-seeded glabrous, hile oblong. Ervum Sm. E. B. 122i>. 



V. tetrasperma (Moench) ed. viii. St. 32. 14. Stipules half- 

 arrowshaped. FL small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, 

 emarginate. Calyx-teeth long-- triangular. Pod rounded; its 



