VTCIA. 99 



upper suture decurved at tlie end. Seeds 3 5, globose, dull 

 brown, slightly rough. [A narrow and acute loaved form, var. 

 trmrissima (Dnice), has been mistaken for Sp. 3.] Fields and hedges. 

 A. VI. VIII. Stnooth Tare. E. S. I. 



3. V. ffrdcilis (Lois.) ; ped. 1 4-fl. becoming twice as long 

 as the leaves, leaflets linear acute in 34 pairs, calyx-teeth un- 

 equal shorter than their tube, the '2 upper ones shortest, pod* 

 linear 5 S-seeded glabrous, hile roundish-oval. E. B S. 2904. 

 Stip. half-arrowshaped. Fl. twice as large as those of V. tetra- 

 xperma, pale blue; standard emarginate. Calyx-teeth long- 

 triangular, "two upper slightly converging." Upper suture of 

 pod slightly decurved at the end. Seeds globose, variegated 

 with dark brown and yellow, smooth, half as large and hile half 

 <t* long as those of Sp/2. Fields and hedges in the South. A. 

 VI.- VIII. K 



tt Peduncles long, many-flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base 

 on the upperside. Perennial. 



4. V, sylvat'ica (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, leaflets. elliptic 

 blunt mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply toothed at 

 the base, teeth setaceous, calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, subu- 

 late. E. B. 79. St. 31. 3. St. many feet long, climbing by 

 branched tendrils. Fl. many, cream-coloured and streaked 

 with blue or purple. Hile extending about half round the seed. 

 -Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Wood Vetch. E. S. I. 



o. V. Or'obus (DC.) ;- leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late mucronate in many (7 10) pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped 

 slightly toothed at the base, calyx-teeth longer than thsir tube, 2 

 upper ones triangular, the others triangular-subulate. Orobus 

 si/lvaticus L. E. B. o!8. St. ascending, 1 1| foot long. Ten- 

 drils reduced to a short slender point. Fl. many, cream-coloured 

 streaked with purple. Pods Jinear-obloug. Hile extending 

 about ^ round the seed. Northern rocky woods. P. V. VI. 

 Bitter Vetch. E. S. I. 



** U/iper part of the stifle hairy all over, the hairs rather longer 

 below t/ie stigma but scarcely bearded ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base. 



(>. V. Crac'ca (L.) ; ped. long many-flowered, Its. lanceolate 

 mucronate silky in about 10 pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped entire, 

 calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, upper pair minute, others 

 subulate, standard sinuate at about the middle of each side, its 

 limb and claw equally long, pods linear-oblong smooth. E. B. 



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