PLex.cal. 377. Vicia. 63. LEGUMINOS^. 615 



Cracca minor, Rail Syn. 322, I. 



Vicia sylvestris, sen Cracca ininima, Ger.em, 1228,5. 



Araciis, sen Cracca minor. Park. 1070. 



Ervum IiirsuUim, Lin. S. P. 1039. 



Small wild tare. Tine tare. 



Pastures ; annual ; June. 



Stem nearly bald; Jlowers purplish white. 



c. Vicia. Floivers axillary , sessile, purple; legumen dry; 

 - Iiilum of the seed lateral ; annual. 



5. Vicia sativa. Cultivated vetch. 

 Legumen sessile, generally in pairs, upright; lower leaves 



retuse ; leaflets ovate, truncated, pointed ; stipules toothed, 

 nearly arrowshape, spotted ; seeds smooth. 



Vicia, Rail Syn. 320, 1 ; Ger. em. 1227, 1, 

 Vicia sativa, Lin. S. P. 1037. 



Fetches. Tares. 



Dry fields, also cultivated ; annual ; April to June. 



Leaves many-paired ; tendrils 2 or 3-cut ; Jlowers solitary, 

 or in pairs, purple; legumen rough; seeds slightly com- 

 pressed. — Herb used green or dried for fodder; seeds given 

 to pigeons. 



6. nigra. Leaflets reverse heartshape, rather wedgeshape; 

 seeds black. 



Vicia vulgaris sativa. Park, 1072. 



y. alba. Leaflets of some leaves roundish, of others 

 long, slender; seeds white. 

 Vicia albo semine, Raii Hist. PI. 



J. linearifolia. Leaflets linear. 



Vicia sylvestris, sive Cracca major, Raii Syn. 321,4; Ger.em. 1227,4, 



Aracus sive Cracca major. Park. 1071. 



Vicia sativa $, Smith Fl. Brit. 770. 



Vicia lathyroides a, Hudion Fl. Angl. 318. 



Strangle tare. Tine vetch. 



E. angustifolia. Lower leaflets reverse-heartshape, miicro- 

 nate ; upper leaflets strapshape ; flowers large, blood-red ; 

 legumen long, black. 



Vicia sylvestris Acre ruberrimo.siliqua rubra nigerrima, i2att5j/n.32i,5. 

 Vicia angustifolia, Sibthorp Fl. Ox. 224. 



6. Vicia lathyroides. Vetchling vetch. 



Legumen sessile, solitary, bald, upright; lower leaves 

 2-paired, I'etuse ; uj3per leaves 4 to 6-paired ; stipules not 

 dotted ; seeds cubical, tuberculated. 



