DIADELPHIA— DECANDRIA. Vicia. 285 



V. hybrida. Linn. Sp. PL 1037. fVUld. v. 3. 1 107. Fl. Br. 772. 



Engl. Bot. V. 7. t. 482. Jacq. Hort. Find. v. 2. 68. 1. 146. 

 V. luteo flore sylvestiis. Raii Syn. 32 1 ; but not of Bauhin. 

 V. sylvestris lutea, cum galea fusca. Bauh. Hint. v. 2.3\4.f. 



In thickets in the south of England, very rare. 



On Glastonbury Tor- hill. Ray. Gathered there by the late Mr. 

 Sole, and Mr. Lambert, it is not to be found at Weymouth, 

 nor perhaps in any otiier place in England besides the above- 

 mentioned. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Much like the preceding, but ratlier taller and more upright, sus- 

 taining itself, by the branched tendrils, upon neighbouring plants. 



. Leaflets oblong, hairy, variable in their termination, but always 

 more abru])t or notched than in F. lutea, with a more conspi- 

 cuous point. Stipulas ovate, acute, entirely green. Fl.on very 

 short stalks, pendulous, somewhat larger than T. lutea, of nearly 

 the same colour, but more tawny or reddish externally, with 

 reddish stripes, and no grey or blueish tint. The essential spe- 

 cific diff'^rence however consists in the standard being clothed 

 externally with abundance of shining yellowish hairs, never ob- 

 served to' vary. Legume like the last, in shape, hairiness and 

 position. 



There cannot but be some uncertainty respecting the older syno- 

 nyms of these two plants. J. Bauliin says he could not, in his 

 dried specimens, discover the character of "galea fusca," under 

 which they were sent to him. 



8. V. /cevigaia. Smooth-podded Sea Vetch. . 



Flowers solitary, nearly sessile. Legumes reflcxed, smooth. 

 Stems ascending. Stipulas cloven, unstained. Leaflets 

 bluntish, very smooth. 



V. laevigata. EngL Bot. v. 7. t. 483. Fl. Br. 773. mild. v. 3. 1 108. 



V. hybrida. Huds. 319. With. 639. 



V. maritima, flore albo longo. Moris, v. 2. 62. sect. 2. f. 21 ./? 



On the pebbly coast of the south of England. 



AtWeymoutli, Dorsetshire. Rev. Mr. Baker, Mr. Hudson, and 

 others. 



Perennial. July, .August. 



Root furnished with many lateral, subterraneous, fleshy knobs ; 

 branched at the crown. Herbage allied to the two last species, 

 but in every part perfectly smooth. Stems either 3 or 4 inches 

 high, and upright ; or above a foot long, and somewhat recli- 

 ning, quadrangular, scarcely striated. Tendrils rather short, in 

 2 or 3 divisions. Leaflets elliptic-oblong, bluntish, or rounded, 

 with a minute point, but never notched, nor very abrupt ; their 

 texture firm ; their colour a rather dark green. Stipulas short, 



