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slightly hairy. Flowers numerous, in one-sided clusters, of a 

 beautiful bluish-purple ; legume about an inch long, flattened, 6- 

 to 8-seeded. Warberry Hill. Hedges by the Newton road, etc. 

 Common. (E. B. t. 1168.) P. Vl.-vm. 



7. V. sylvatica (wood V.) Open woods and bushy places 

 in rocky countries. A very handsome plant, spreading its stems 

 over bushes and small trees to the extent of 8 or 10 feet. Leaves 

 bearing from 8 to 10 pairs of, ovate or oblong leaflets; flower- 

 stalks longer than the leaves ; flowers numerous, extremely beau- 

 tiful, in long drooping clusters, white, streaked with purplish 

 veins. Pod about an inch long, broad, containing from 4 to 6 

 seeds. Ansti's Cove. Petit Tor. Bushy places near Hope's 

 Nose. (E. B. t. 79.) P. vi.-vm. 



8. V. tetrasperma (slender Tare.) In fields, hedges, and 

 waste places. Stems weak and spreading, usually 6 or 8 inches 

 long, but sometimes climbing to the extent of 2 feet. Leaves 

 with from 3 to 6* pah's of linear-obtuse or acute leaflets. Flower- 

 stalks slender, bearing from 2 to 7 small, pale-blue flowers. Pods 

 linear-oblong, flat, containing from 4 to 6 seeds. Warberry Hill. 

 Cliffs at Meadfoot. Ervum, Linn. (E.B. t. 1223.) A. VI.-YIII. 



9. V. hirsuta (hairy Tare.) In hedges, cornfields, and waste 

 places, frequent. Stems from 6 inches to 2 or 3 feet long, weak 

 and straggling. Leaves with from 6 to 8 pairs of small oblong 

 leaflets ; flower-stalks slender, bearing two or three very small 

 pale blue flowers ; teeth of the calyx longer than the tube of the 

 corolla. Legume about inch long, flat and hairy, 2-seeded. 

 Warberry Hill. Fields above Meadfoot. Walks near Hope's 

 Nose. Ervum, Linn. (E. B. t. 970.) A. TI.-VIII. 



LATHYRUS. YETCHLING, EVERLASTING PEA. 



1. 3a. Nissolia (crimson V. or Grass Vetch.) In grassy 

 borders of fields, bushy places, or stony pastures, rare. Stem 

 about a foot high, branching from the bottom, without true 

 leaves, but the leafstalk flattened out into a linear-lanceolate ex- 

 pansion resembling a blade of grass. Flower-stalks long, with 1 

 or sometimes 2 small, reddish flowers. Ellacombe (Miss A. Grif- 

 fiths). (Teignmouth. Exmouth, Fl. D.) (E. B. t. 112.) A. vi. 



2. Xj. pratensis (meadow V.) In moist meadows and pas- 

 tures. A weak, much branched, straggling or climbing plant, 

 attaining the length of 2 or 3 feet ; tendrils branched, with 2 

 lanceolate, 3-nerved leaflets ; stipules large and arrow-shaped. 

 Flower- stalks long, with a cluster of numerous yellow flowers. 

 Ansti's Cove. Walks above Meadfoot, etc. (E. B. t. 670.) P. 



VII. Till. 



