616 377. Vicla. 63. LEGUMINOS^. PL ex. cal. 



Vicia minima praecox Parisiensium, Dillen in Rail Syn. 321,7. 

 Vicia lathyroides, Lin. S. P. 1037. 

 Ervum soloniense, Lin. S. P. 1042. 

 Spring vetch. Spring tare. 



Fallow lands in gravel or chalk ; annual ; April, May. 



Stem procumbent, downy ; tendrils simple or ; leaflets 

 reverse heartshape, upper leaflets ^endiexi flowers bluish or 

 white; legumen bald, many-seeded. 



d. Vicia. Flowers solitary, yellow, axillary, sessile ; 

 legumen dry, lent hack; perennial. 



7. Vicia lutea. Yellow vetch. 

 Legumen solitary, sessile, bent back, hairy; stem dif- 

 fuse; stipides coloured ; standard bald. 



Vicia lutea, Lin. S. P. 1037. 



Sea shores and rocks ; perennial ; August. 



Hoot creeping ; stem bald, slightly branched ; leaves 

 many-paired ; leaflets hairy underneath ; stipules blackish 

 red; flowers sulphur-yellow or white, streaked; legumen 

 5 or 6-seeded ; seeds smooth. 



8. Vicia hyhrida. Mule vetch. 

 Legumen solitary, sessile, bent back, hairy; stem upright; 



standard villous ; leafl^ets naked. 



Vicia luteo flore sylvestris, iRaii Sj/n. 321, 6. 

 Vicia hybrida, Lin. S. P. 1037, 



Bushy places ; perennial ; June. 



Stipules green ; flowers yellow streaked with purple ; 

 standard reddish at bottom; legumen 5-seeded. 



9. Vicia Icevigata. Smooth vetch. 

 Legumen sessile, solitary, bent back, bald ; stem rather 



upright; leaflets quite bald. 



Yic'iahybftda, Hudson Fl, yingl, 319. 

 Vicia laevigata, Engl. Bot. 483. 

 Sea vetch. 



Rocks by the sea ; perennial ; July and August. 



Stem branched, quite bald ; leaflets elliptical, lanceolate ; 

 stipules green ; flowers greyish yellow, or pale purple ; le- 

 gumen 5-seeded, 



