DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. Vicia. 209 



mostly in pairs. Leaflets elliptic-oblong ; lower ones 

 abrupt. Stipulas with a blackish depression beneath. 

 Seeds round, smooth. E. B. 334*. 



Cornfields, cultivated grounds. 'J 



An. June. 



Ls. winged ; tendril terminating the leaf-stalk branched. Pet. 



purplish crimson. 



Plant varies in size, and in the form and breadth of the Is. 



Sown as pasturage for horses. Seeds food for pigeons. 



V. angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Crimson V. Flowers 

 solitary, nearly stalkless. Leaflets linear ; lower ones 

 inversely heart-shaped. Stipulas with a pale depres- 

 sion beneath. Seeds round, smooth. Sb. 224. E. 

 B. Suppl. 2614. 



Grassy pastures, on chalk, or gravel. Sm. Shotover Hill. Stow 

 Wood. Sb. Hills between Wytham and Ensham bridge. B.v. 

 An. June. 



Plant smaller than any variety of Vicia sativa : of a slender, 

 delicate habit, distinguished by its very conspicuous, elegant, crim- 

 son fli., white at the keel, and lower edge of the wings, and rather 

 large in proportion to the other parts. E. Fl. 



(V. lathyroides. Spring V, Flowers solitary, nearly 

 stalkless. Leaflets elliptic-oblong ; lower ones inversely 

 heart-shaped. Tendrils simple, shorter than the leaf- 

 lets. Seeds cubic, warty. E. B. 30. 



Fallow fields, gravelly soil, chalky pastures, dry hanks. Sm. Side of 

 the bridle road from Spernall to Studley, Warwickshire. Pn. Fl. 

 An. April, May. 

 Stem three to four inches, downy. Fl. bluish purple.) 



V. sepium. Common Bush V. Flowers about four 

 together, in short axillary clusters. Legumes upright, 

 smooth. Leaflets egg-shaped, blunt ; the upper ones 

 gradually smaller. E. B. 1515. V. maxima dume- 

 torum. G. E. 1227. 



Thickets, hedges. 



Per. May. 



Stems about two f. weak, climbing with tendrils. Stip. more or 

 less crescent-shaped, and toothed. Cor, variegated with blue, 

 dull purple, and greenish white. 

 Has been recommended as excellent food for cattle. 



ERVUM. Tare. 



E, tetraspermum. Smooth-podded T. Flowers mostly 



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