84 25. LEGUMINOSJE. 



hairy. E. E. 482. St. 32. 3. St. ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. 

 reddish yellow. Hairs on the pods simple. "Seeds round with 

 a short hilum." I have seen no native specimens. On Glaston- 

 bury Tor Hill. Swan Pool, Lincoln. P. VI. VII. E. 



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

 late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 5 8 pairs, calyx- 

 teeth 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 pods bulbous. Seeds 

 round, compressed, with a short hilum. L. varying greatly in 

 hairiness. Pebbly ground near the sea. P. VI. VIII. E. S. 



12. V. sativa (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 gla- 

 brous, pods linear slightly silky, seeds globose smooth. Seeds 

 slightly compressed ; hilum linear, occupying about J of the cir- 

 cumference. a,. V. sativa (Sm.) ; leaflets all elliptic- or obovate- 

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

 pods erect, st. 1 H foot high. E. B. 334. St. 31. 10. 0. V. 

 angustifolia (Sm.) ; 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. S. 2614. St. 31. 11. 

 y. V. Bobartii (Forst.); leaflets of the upper 1. linear truncate or 

 retuse, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2/08. 

 ft. and y. in dry places, a. is a doubtful native, perhaps only 

 an escape from cultivation. A. V. VI. Common Vetch. 



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



13. V. lathyroides (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 13 

 pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 

 straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 

 cubical tubercular, hilum short elliptical. E. B. 30. St. 31. 12. 

 St. procumbent, 3 5 in. long. Fl. small, purple. Dry gra- 

 velly and sandy places. A. V. VI. 



13. LATHYRUS Linn. Vetchling. 



1. L. Aphaca (L.) ; peduncles single-flowered, petioles leafless 

 forming tendrils, stip. very large leaflike cordate- sagittate. 

 E. B. 1167. St. weak, climbing. Fl. yellow, on long stalks. 

 Remarkable for its total want of 1. which are replaced by the 

 stipules ; rarely 1 or 2 lanceolate leaflets may be found. Pods 

 subfalcate; seed smooth, compressed. Sandy and gravelly fields 

 in the south. A. V. VIII. E. 



