Pl.ex.cal 63. LEGUMINOS^. 377. Vicia. 617 



e. Aphaca. Peduncles few-flowered^ axillary; legumens 

 small ; hilmn lateral; perenniaL 



10. Vicia septum. Hedge vetch. 

 Peduncles i-flowered; legumens upright; leaves many- 

 paired; leaflets ovate, obtuse; outer leaflets smallest. 



Vicia sepium perennis, Raii Syn. 320,2. 



Vicia maxima dumetorum, Ger.em. 1727,2; Park. 1072. 



Vicia sepium, Lin. S. P. 1038. 



Hush vetch. 



Bushy places and hedges ; perennial ; May and June. 



Stem 2 feet high ; tendrils branched ; stipules lunate, 

 toothed; y^oz^^en purplish or blue; calyx hairy; legumen 

 bald ; seeds globular, smooth. 



i3. alba. Flowers white. 



Vicia folio subrotundo, brevi, obtuse mucronato, pediculo brevi insi- 

 dente, Acre viciae sepium seu dumetorum vulgaris, Raii Syn. 321,3. 



11. Vicia Bithynica. Bitliy7iian vetch. 

 Peduncles 1 or 2-flowered ; legumen upright, rough; 



leaflets 2 to 6-paired, ovate, lanceolate; stipules toothed. 



Vicia Bithynica, Lin. S. P. 1038. 



Sandy pastures ; perennial; July and August. 



Stems many, branched, bald ; tendrils long, bald ; leaflets 

 large, acute, hairy beneath ; stipules large ; teeth unequal, 

 acute, divaricated ; calyx-teeth fringed ; standard large, 

 lead colour ; wings and keel white; legumen 5 or 6-seeded; 

 seeds round, smooth. 



f. Faba. Peduncles few-flowered, axillary; legumen large, 

 leathery; hilum terminal; annual. 



12. Vicia vulgaris. Common vetch. 

 Legumens 3 or 4, gibbous; leaflets ovate, not cut; stipules 



arrowshape, toothed at the base ; tendrils awlshape. 



Faba, Raii Syn. 323,1. 



Faba major hortensis, Ger.em. 1209, 1. 



Faba saliva, Park. 523. 



Vicia Faba, Lin. S. P. 



Faba vulgaris, De Candolle Fl. Gall. 4028. 



Great garden bean. Windsor bean. Mazagan bean. 



Cultivated ; annual ; April and May. 



Stem angular, upright, pipey; tendrils very short; corolla 

 white with black spots ; seeds compressed. — Stem made into 

 flax ; seeds nutritive but flatulent, eaten fresh, or when dry 

 ground with wheat into flour. 



