Ldth7jriis.'] xxYL leguminos^ : yicie^. 



113 



Arbroath, and in Lanarkshire and Kirkcudbrightshire. ^. Cobham, 



Kent; Bath; Isle of Wight, County of Kerry, Ireland. ©. 6 8. 



Stipules semi-sagittate, entire. Teeth of the calyx elongated from 

 a triangular base, shorter than the tube,- the two upper ones diverg- 

 ing. Standard of corolla in var. a. with blue streaks, in j6. usually 

 without them. Seeds globose, with an oblong or oval hllum. The 

 chief difference between the two vars. is in the larger flowers of var, 

 /3., its narrower and fewer leaflets, the latier causing the leaves to be 

 shorter than the fruit-bearing peduncle; but there seem to be many 

 intermediate forms. 



12. V. hirsuta Koch (hairy T.) ; leaflets 6 



1 



oblong 



8 pairs Unear- 



lei^rumes 



oblong 



truncate, peduncles 1 — 6-flowered, 

 2-seeded hairy. Ervum Z. : E. B. t. 970. 



Corn-fields and hedges; too frequent. 0. 6 — 8. — Stems 2 — 3 ft. 

 long, weak, straggling and climbing. Stipules semi-sagittate, the 

 lower lobe usually cleft into several setaceous segments. Flowers 

 very insignificant, pale blue. Teeth of the calyx subulate, longer 

 than the tube, the two upper converging. Seeds orbicular, slightly- 

 compressed, with a long linear hilum. 



/ 



e 



18. Lathyrus Linn. 



Vetchling. 



Everlasting-Pea. 



Cal. with its mouth oblique, its upper segments shortest. 

 Style plane, broader upwards, downy on the upper side. — Leaves 



legumlnose plant of Theophrastus. 



leaflets. — l^^ame : XaOvpog^ a 



Leaflets wanting, 



!• L. A^phaca L. (yellow F.) ; peduncles single-flowered, 

 tendrils without leaves, stipules very large foliaceous cordate- 



sagittate. 



E. B. t. 1167. 



Norfolk, 



Borders of sandy and gravelly fields. In England, rare. 

 \Varwick, and Gloucestershire, and the counties to the south of 

 these. 0. 5 — 8. — True leaves^ each consisting of a single pair of 

 leaflets, are rare, and only exist on this singular plant in the youngest 

 state. Floivers yellow. 



2. L, Nissolia L. (crimson F. or Grass-Vetch) ; leaflets want- 

 ing but in place of them a simple linear-lanceolate sessile leaf- 

 like petiole without tendrils, stipules minute subulate. E. B. 

 t. 112. 



Bushy places, and grassy borders of fields, in England, but scarcely 

 further north than Derbyshire. ©. 



^» 



5, 6. 



Leaflets one pair. 



3 



L. hirsutus L. (rough-podded V.) ; peduncles 2-flowered, 

 legumes hairy, seeds tubercled, each tendril with a pair of 



hnear-lanceolate leaflets, stem and petiole winged. E. B, t. 

 1255. 



