CLASS XVII. ORDER III. ] VICIA. 997 
Leaves with an angular furrowed footstalk, terminating in a slender 
branched tendril, the lower ones with a pair of ovate oblong leaflets, 
the upper with two pairs of linear lanceolate ones, all green above, 
paler beneath, with a prominent mid-rib, terminating in a bristle 
point, and netted over with slender veins, smooth or downy. Stipules 
half arrow-shaped, more or less toothed and downy. Inflorescence 
axillary peduncles, about as long as the leaves, erect, and bearing 
one or two flowers. Calyx tubular, many ribbed, its teeth equal 
linear lanceolate, as long as the tube. Corolla with the vexillum 
purplish, the wings obtuse, almost white, keel obtuse, white or 
purplish. Zegume erect, linear oblong, compressed, reticulated with 
fine veins, and more or less clothed with soft pubescence. Seeds 
several, globose. 
Habitat—Bushy places in a sandy soil; rare. Near Doncaster, 
Yorkshire ; near Clifton-upon-Teme and Sandling, Worcestershire ; 
on the coast in Dorsetshire and Hampshire; Frindsbury, Kent; and 
near Cardiff— Wr. Bowman. 
Perennial ; flowering in July and August. 
“ek Peduncles short, one or two flowered, or four to six flowers, in a 
short raceme. 
6. V. lathyroi'des, Linn. (Fig. 1159.) Spring Vetch. Stem 
branched ; leaves with the petiole terminating in a bristle point ; 
leaflets downy, from one to three pairs, obovate, notched; stipules 
entire, impressed on the under side with a green spot; flower 
solitary, sessile ; legume linear, smooth ; seeds rough, cubic-shaped. 
English Botany, t. 30—EHnglish Flora, vol. ili. p. 283.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol.i p. 271.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 84. 
Root small, fibrous. Stems several, procumbent and spreading, 
branched at the base, leafy, angular, about four inches long, downy, 
as is the rest of the plant. Leaves with channeled footstalks, termi- 
nating in a short point, leaflets of the lower leaves two, sessile, 
inversely heart-shaped, the mid-rib terminating in a point between 
the cleft, those of the upper leaves in three or four pairs, elliptical, 
obovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence solitary flowers in the axis of the 
upper leaves, small blueish purple, occasionally white. Stipules halt 
halbert-shaped, entire, or rarely toothed, the under side impressed 
with a green spot. Calyx tubular, downy, with nearly equal teeth. 
Legume linear, smooth, dark brown. Seeds about six, small, dark 
brown, of a cubical form, rough, with granulations. 
Habitat.— Road sides, banks, and dry pastures. 
Annual; flowering in April and May. 
7. V. sati'va, Linn. (Fig. 1160.) Common Vetch. Flowers nearly 
sessile, axillary, mostly in pairs; leaflets in about seven pairs, obo- 
vate retuse, or oblong retuse, and bristle pointed, smooth or hairy ; 
stipules half arrow-shaped, toothed, and more or less impressed with 
