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THE VETCH CEOP. 



duces a much greater quantity of pods, which are also 

 larger and broader than those of the V. cracca. It is 

 generally considered as a productive species ; and, owing 

 to the small percentage of water it contains, it forms 

 excellent and nutritious keep for cattle, by which it is 

 much relished, either in a green or in a dry state. Com- 

 pared as a crop with the common summer vetch, it comes 

 away rather slower at first, but its actual weight or pro- 

 duce per acre, when fully matured, is generally nearly 

 double that of the other. 



VICIA LUTEA Yellow-flowered Vetch or Tare. 



5. F. lutea Yellow-flowered Sea-side Vetch is met 

 with growing naturally on stony and gravelly soils on 



