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compressed ; hile linear, occupying about } of the circum- 

 ference. a. V. sat i va (Sm.) ; leaflet sail elliptic- or ovate- oblorn/, 

 the lower ones shorter and broader, fl. usually in pairs, pod A 

 mostly parallel to the st., st. 1 -H foot high. *?/. E. B. 39i>. 

 St. 31. 10. )3. V. angustifolia (L.) ; leaflets of 'the upper 1. 

 linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or obcordate, fl. 

 solitary or in pairs, pods mostly patent, st. slender. E. B. >V. 

 2614. St. 31. 11. y. V. Bobartu (Forst.) ; leaflets of the upper 

 1. linear, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2708. 

 V. angustifolia Sm. a is only known in cultivation. /3 and y 

 in dry places. A. V. VI. Common Vetch. E. S. I. 



**** Style bearded beloiv the stigma ; calyx not gibbous. 



11. V. lathyroides (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 1 ' 

 pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 

 straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearh/ 

 cubical tubercular, hile short oblong.^. B. 30. St. 31. 12. 

 St. procumbent, 3 5 in. long:. Fl. small purple. Dry gravelly 

 and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. S. L 



15. LATH' THUS Linn. Vetchling. 

 * No true leaflets. 



1. L. Aph'aca (L.) ; ped. 1-fl., petioles leafless forming tendril*, 

 stip. very large leaflike hastate-ovate. E. B. 1167. St. weak, 

 climbing. Fl. yellow, rarely 2 together. Kemarkable for its 

 want of 1., which are replaced by the stipules, rarely 1 or '2 

 elliptic leaflets occur. Pods subfalcate ; seed smooth, com- 

 pressed. Sand}' and gravelly fields, chiefly in the South, rare. 



A. v. viii. E. 



2. L. Nissolia (L.) ; ped. long 1 2-flowered, petioles leqflike 

 but leafless linear lanceolate, no tendrils, stip. minute subulate. 

 E. B. 112. St. mostly erect. Petioles grasslike. Fl. purple 

 on long stalks. Pods cylindrical ; seeds tubercled, round ; hile 

 small, oval. Bushy grassy places, rare. P. VI. E. 



** Petioles with one pair of leaflets and a tendril. 



[L. sphar'icus (Retz.) ; ped. 1-fl. with a long point shorter 

 than the petiole, Its. linear -lanceolate, seeds globose : has been 

 found in Hertfordshire.] 



3. L. hirsutus (L.) ; ped. 2-flowered, Its. linear-lanceolate, pod* 

 hairy, seeds globose tubercled. E. B. 1255. St. winged, climb- 



