120 XXIII. LEGUMINOSAE. [Vicia. 



■''V. hirsuta, S. F. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. PL ii. 614. Stems, &c., glabrate or 

 pubescent, 1ft. high or more. Leaflets in 6-8 pairs, obtuse or truncate, mucronate. 

 Stipules lobed or toothed at the base. Peduncles 1-6-flowered, usually exceeding 

 the leaves. Calyx-teeth linear-subulate, equalling the tube, nearly equal, silky. 

 Standard entire. Pods sessile, oblong, hairy, 2-seeded. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : naturalised in cultivated fields, waste places, &c. Hairy tare. 

 Nov. to Feb. Europe. 



*V. Cracca, L., Sp. PL 735- Perennial, much branched. Stems diffuse, 

 2ft.-4ft., glabrabe or puberulous. Leaves sessile; leaflets numerous, linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute or mucronate. Stipules entire. Eacemes many -flowered. Flowers 

 drooping, blue or purplish. Calyx-teeth unequal, shorter than the tube. Pod linear- 

 oblong, fin.-lin. long. Seeds many. 



SOUTH Island : cultivated land by the Opawa, Marlborough, in considerable quantity, but 

 not seen elsewhere. Jan. Europe. 



^V. sativa, L., Sp. PL 736. Annual. Stems lft.-2ft. high or more, simple, 

 pubescent or hairy, prostrate or ascending. Stipules with long teeth. Leaflets 

 10-14, oblong-obovate, truncate, mucronate or emarginate. Flowers 1-3, sessile or 

 nearly so. Calyx-teeth linear-subulate, acute, equalling or shorter than the tube, 

 hairy. Pods linear, lin.-3in. long, hairy or silky. 



Only known under cultivation. Common vetch. 



Var. segetalis. Stem rather stout. Leaflets of upper leaves linear- oblong, obovate, obtuse 

 or truncate, mucronate. Flowers 1 or 2, rarely 3, sessile or scarcely pedicellate. Pods ljin.-2in. 

 long, ascending or spreading, pubescent. 



Var. Bobartil. Stem slender. Leaflets of the upper leaves linear. Flowers 1, rarely 2. 

 Pods patent. 



NORTH and SOUTH Islands : naturalised in cultivated and waste places. Nov. to Jan. 

 Europe, North Africa. 



*V. Narbonensis, L., Sp. PL 737, 'uar. serratifolia. Stems robust, erect or 

 ascending, 12in.-18in. high, pubescent or hairy. Stipules strongly toothed or lacini- 

 ate. Leaflets in 3-4 pairs, obovate, obtuse, strongly toothed. Flowers 1-3, axillary, 

 sessile. Calyx-teeth ovate-lanceolate, ciliated, shorter than the calyx-tube. Pod 

 broad, 2in.-3in. long, compressed, obliquely narrowed into a stout beak, sparingly 

 ciliated on both margins, 6-8-seeded. 



KAIKOURAS Island, Port Fitzroy ; in considerable quantity, 1867. Dec. Austria, 

 Hungary. 



* LENS, Gcenier and Godron. 

 Calyx deeply 5-lobed ; lobes nearly equal, linear, valvate. Corolla and stamens 

 as in Vicia. Ovary shortly stipitate or subsessile ; ovules 2 ; style inflexed, scarcely 

 flattened above, minutely hairy on the inner face ; stigma minute, capitate. Pod 

 compressed, 1-celled, 2-valved. Seeds 1-2, compressed, lenticular, the funicle ex- 

 panded into a small aril. Slender herbs, with pinnate leaves terminating in tendrils. 

 Stipules almost free. Flowers small, in few-flowered racemes or solitary. 



*L. esculenta, Moench., Meth. 131. Annual. Stems slender, branched, 

 puberulous. Stipules lanceolate, ciliate ; leaflets in about 8 pairs, oblong, subacute. 

 Peduncles naked, equalling or exceeding the leaves, 2-flowered. Pods glabrous, 

 compressed, 2-seeded. 



NORTH Island: Aackl&nd, Gheeseman. Lentil. South Europe, Western Asia, &o. 



I have not seen New Zealand specimens. 



