1000 VICIA. [CLASS XVII. ORDER III. 
legumes having a bulbous base and the dark stained stipules. It is 
acommon plant in the South of Europe, and is usually larger and 
stouter than with us ; but otherwise the plants are not different. 
10. V. hy'brida, Linn. (Fig. 1163.) Hairy-flowered Yellow Vetch. 
Flowers on a short peduncle, axillary, solitary ; leaflets in from five 
to seven pairs, ovate or oblong, notched; vexillum downy; calyx 
with unequal awl-shaped teeth ; legumes elliptic oblong, hairy, the 
hairs simple; stipules ovate, toothed, without a dark spot on the 
under side. 
English Botany, t. 482.—English Flora, vol. iii. p. 284.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 271.—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 85. 
Root creeping, with branched fibres. Stems mostly several, 
branched at the base, angular, furrowed, smooth, spreading, leafy, 
from one to three feet long. Leaves with the common footstalk long, 
tapering, and terminating in branched tendrils, leaflets in from five 
to seven pairs, or scattered, ovate or oblong, the point abrupt, or 
more or less deeply notched, the midrib terminating between the 
lobes in a bristle point, of greater or less length, smooth, or more or 
less downy. Stipules ovate, acute, simple or toothed, the under side 
impressed with a pale spot. Inflorescence solitary axillary, flowers on 
a short peduncle. Calyx tubular, hairy, oblique at the base and 
mouth, its teeth unequal in length awl-shaped. Corolla sulphur 
coloured, the vexillum hairy, and more or less of a tawny colour. 
Legume elliptic oblong, tumid, clothed with simple pubescence, pen- 
dulous. Seeds globose, compressed, velvety. 
Alabitat.—Thickets; rare. Glastonbury Tor-hill, and Swanpool, 
Lincoln. 
Perennial ; flowering in June and July. 
This plant is common in various parts of the South of Europe, 
growing on banks and sandy places; but we have some doubts of its 
being truly wild in England, except on Tor-hill. 
11. V. leviga'ta, Sm. (Fig. 1164.) Smooth Podded Vetch. Flowers 
on a short peduncle, axillary, solitary; leaflets in from three to six 
pairs, elliptic oblong, obtuse, smooth ; vexillum smooth; calyx with 
unequal awl-shaped teeth ; legumes elliptic oblong, smooth; stipules 
ovate, acute, pale green, or brown. 
English Botany, t. 483.—English Flora, vol. iii. p 285.—Hooker, 
British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 271—Lindley, Synopsis, p. 85. 
Root fibrous. Stems several, branched at the base, angular, 
smooth, from three to twelve inches long, leafy, trailing, or erect. 
Leaves with channeled footstalks, tapering, and terminating in a 
branched tendril, bearing from three to six pairs of smooth elliptic 
oblong leaflets, obtuse or roundish, but not notched, the mid-rib ter- 
minating in a bristle point. Stipules ovate, acute, lobed at the base, 
green, or pale brown beneath, Inflorescence solitary axillary, flowers 
