36 CALYCIFLOR^. 



TEIBE V. VJCIEJE. 

 VICIA. YETCH, TAEE. 



1. V. lathyroides (spring Vetch.) In dry pastures, open 

 woods, and on hedge-banks. A low spreading plant ; stems from 

 3 to 6 inches long, branching below ; leaflets from 2 to 6, oblong 

 or narrow-linear. Flowers sessile, solitary, rich purple ; distin- 

 guished from the next chiefly by its smaller flowers, and by its 

 seeds being rough with raised dots. Ansti's Cove. Hedge-banks 

 on the Teignmouth road. Side of the Ernie, near Ivybridge. 

 (E. B. t. 30.) A. v.-vi. 



2. V. sativa (common Vetch.) In dry pastures and cultivated 

 ground. Stems from 1 to 2 feet high, nearly erect, spreading or 

 nearly climbing ; leaflets varying from elliptic- oblong or obcor- 

 date to narrow-linear, 4 to 7 on each leaf. Flowers usually in 

 pairs, large, purplish-blue or red. Hedges and fields, frequent, 

 probably cultivated. (E. B. t. 334.) The variety V. angwtifolia, 

 with narrower leaflets and smaller flowers (E. B. S. t. 2614), is 

 to be found by the Cliff walks at Ilsham. A. v. VI. 



3. V. sepium (bush V.) In woods and shady places. Stem 

 from 1 to 2 feet high ; leaflets large, ovate, from 4 to 8 pairs to 

 each leaf, ending in a tendril ; flowers 2, 4, or 6 together, in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, pale reddish-purple, forming a drooping 

 cluster on a short flower-stalk. Legume about an inch long. 

 Common in woods and hedges. (E. B. t. 1515.) P. vi. vn. 



4. V. lutea (rough-podded yellow V.) In dry, stony, waste 

 or Cultivated land. A slightly hairy plant, with spreading, 

 branched stems from 6 to 12 inches long ; leaves with elliptic- 

 lanceolate leaflets, 6 to 9 pairs on a leafstalk, varying greatly in 

 hairiness. Flowers large, pale yellow ; pods compressed and 

 clothed with long hairs. Near Hope's Nose. (E. B. t. 481.) P. 



VI.-VIII. 



5. V. Bithynica (rough-podded purple V.) In bushy places 

 or stony wastes near the sea. Rare. Plant generally .slightly 

 downy ; stems from 1 to 2 feet long, weak and angular. Leaves 

 with generally but 2 pairs of leaflets varying much in breadth, 

 sometimes long-lanceolate, sometimes nearly linear ; tendrils 

 branched. Flowers solitary or in twos, on shorter or longer 

 flower-stalks, purple, with whitish wings. Pods upright, rough, 

 from 1 inch to an inch and half long, containing from 4 to 6 

 seeds. Maidencombe (Miss A. Griffiths) . (Teignmouth. Shaldon, 

 FL D.) (E. B. t. 1842.) P. YII. vin. 



6. V. Cracca (tufted V.} In hedges and bushy places. Stems 

 2 or 3 feet long, weak and climbing ; leaflets lanceolate or linear, 



