100 25. LEGUMJNOS^. 



1168. St. 31. 6. St. 34 feet long. Tendrils branched. Fl. 

 blue varied with purple. Seeds subglobose, black. Hile linear, 

 extending ^ round the seed. [A dwarf greyer and more pubescent 

 form is var. ar^wtea (C. & G,).] Hedges. P. VI. VIII. E. S. I. 



*** Style bearded beloiv the stigma, in other respects glabrous or 

 uniformly hairy all over its upper part ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base on the upperside. 



7. V. bithyn'ica (L.) ; ped. falling short of the leaves 1 2- 

 flowered, Its. of upper I. in 2 pairs elliptic-lanceolate mucronateor 

 linear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped toothed, calyx- 

 teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, pods linear- 

 oblong hairy. E. B. 1842. St. 32. 5. St. 1218 in. long. 

 Fl. almost always solitary, purple. " Seeds globose, speckled 

 with black and grey ; hile oval." Upper part of the style hairy 

 all over. The inland plants have broader leaflets and more cut 

 ttip. than those [var. angustifolia Sy.] found near the sea. 

 Bushy places on a gravelly soil, rare. P. VII. VIII. E. 



8. V. sepium (L.) ; fl. 4 6 in small axillary nearly sessile 

 clusters, leaflets in 4 8 pairs ovate blunt mucronate gradually 

 smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. half-arrowshaped undivided 

 or lobed, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube, 2 upper 

 ones curved upwards, pods linear-oblong glabrous. E. B. 1515. 

 St. 31. 16. St. about 2 feet high. Fl. purplish. Calyx hairy. 

 Hile linear, extending about round the seed. Upper part of 

 the style nearly or quite glabrous, bearded. L. more or less 

 hairv, leaflets sometimes ovate-lanceolate truncate. Woods 

 and hedges. P. VI. VIII. E. S. L 



[ V. hybrida (L.) and V. Uevigata (Sm.) are now lost.] 



9. V.lutea (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in o 8 pairs, calyx- 

 1eeth unequal, upper ones very short and curved upwards, lower 

 one longer than the tube, standard glabrous, pods elliptic-oblong 

 hairy. E. B. 481. St. 31. 13. St. procumbent, 12 feet long. 

 Fl. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the pod bulbous. Seeds round, 

 compressed, with a short hile. L. varying greatly in hairiness. 

 Pebbly and sandy ground near the sea. P. VI. VIII. E. S. 



10. V. salii'a (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 

 5 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate mucronate, upper 

 ones narrower or linear truncate mucronate, calyx-teeth equal 

 lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard glabrous, 

 pods linear slightly silky, seeds globose smooth. Seeds slightly 



