Vicia.'] DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 271 



** Flowers axillary, mostly suhsessile, 



3; V. sativa, L. (common Vetch) ; flowers mostly in pairs 

 nearly sessile, leaflets elliptic-oblong the lower ones retuse, 

 stipules toothed impressed with a more or less evident dark spot, 

 seeds smooth. E. Bot. t. 234. 



Cultivated ground, frequent. Fl. June. ©. — One foot or more high. 

 Leaflets variable in width and in number, 2 to 6 pairs or more on a petiole. 

 Flowers large, purple and blue, or red. 



4. V. angustifolia, Sibth. (?iarroio-leaved crimson Vetch) ; 

 flowers mostly solitary nearly sessile, leaflets linear lowermost 

 ones inversely heart-shaped, stipules toothed with a pale depres- 

 sion beneath, seeds smooth. Hook, in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2614. — 

 V. Robartii, Forst. in E, Bot. Suppl. t. 2708 — V. sativa, j3.a7id 

 7., Fl. Brit. p. 770. 



Dry pastures in a sandy or gravelly soil, in many places. Fl. June. 

 ©. — Too nearly allied, 1 fear, to the last species. 



5. V. lathyroides, L. (Spring Vetch); flowers sessile solitary, 

 legumes glabrous, leaves generally in 3 pairs lower ones retuse, 

 stipules entire not impressed with a dark spot, seeds " cubic" 

 tubercled. E. Bot. t. 30. 



Road-sides and dry pastures, not unfrequent. Fl. April, May. © . — 

 Much resembling a starved state of V. sativa, or especially V. angustif. ; 

 from both of vphich it may be known by its small size, 3 — 3 inclies high ; 

 smaller, more \Mxr^\e floicer, scarcely so large as the leaflets, with a less 

 reflexed vexillum, and by the rough or dotted seeds. Here, too, the 

 leaflets are fewer on a petiole, the tendril is simple, the stem procumbent. 



6. V.lidea, L. (roicgh-podded yelloto Vetch); flowers sessile 

 solitary, standard glabrous, legumes reflexed hairy, stems diffuse, 

 stipules coloured. E. Bot. t. 481. 



Rocky or stony ground, especially near the sea. Suffolk, Sussex. On 

 Glastonbury Tor-hill. Mearnshire ; between Montrose and Arbroath ; 

 and hills at Queensferry, G. Don : at which latter place Dr Graham 

 finds it annually and in great plenty, but confined to one spot. Rocks, 

 Dunure Castle, abundant. Fl. June, July. If. — Stems 6 — 12 inches 

 high, weak. Leaflets elliptical-lanceolate, hairy beneath and at the edges, 

 6 — 9 pairs on a petiole. Floicers large, yellow. Legumes compressed. 



7. Y.hybrida, L. (Jiairy-Jloicered yelloio Vetch) ; flowers nearly 

 sessile solitary, standard hairy, legumes reflexed hairy, stems 

 ascending, leaflets abrupt, stipulesovate unstained. E. Bot.t.4S2. 



On Glastonbury Tor-bill. Swan-pool, near Lincoln. Fl. June, July. 

 1/.— Similar to the last, but distinguished by its hairy standard. 



8. V. IcEvigdta, Sm. (smooth-podded Vetch) ; flowers solitary 

 nearly sessile, legumes reflexed glabrous, stems ascending, 

 stipules cloven unstained, leaflets bluntish very glabrous. E. 

 Bot. t. 483. 



On the pebbly shore of Weymouth, Dorsetshire. FL July, Aug.lf. 

 —Allied to the two last in its herbage. Petals " pale blue or whitish, 

 seldom yellowish, all quite glabrous." Smith. 



