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6. V. Or'ohm (DO.) ; leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late mucronate in many (7 — 10) pairs, dip. half-arrowshaped 

 slightly toothed. at the base, calyx-teeth longer tlian their tube, 2 

 upper ones triangular, ,th.e, others triangular-subulate.: — Orohus 

 syhatiais Sm. — St. ascending, 1 — 1| foot long. Tendrils re- 

 duced to a short slender point. Fl. many, cream-coloured streaked 

 with purple. Pods linear-oblong. Hile extending about ^ 

 round the seed. — Northern rocky woods. P. V. VI. E. S. I. 



** Upper part of the style hairy all over, the hairs rather longer 

 below the stigma but scarcely bearded ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base. 



6. V. Orac'ca (L.); ped. long many-flowered, Its. lanceolate 

 mucronate silky in about 10 pairs, slip, half-arrowshaped entire, 

 calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, upper pair minute, others 

 Subulate, standard sinuate at about the middle of each side, its 

 limb and claw equally long,, pods linear-oblong smooth. — St. 31. 

 6. — St. 3 — 4 feet long. Fl. blue varied with purple. Seeds sub- 

 globose, black. Hile linear, extending i round the seed.— :- 

 Hedges. P. VI.— Vm. - J^ g j 



*** Style bearded below the stigma, in other respects glabrous or 

 uniformly hairy all over its upper part ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base ori' the upper side. 



7. V. bithynlica (L.) ; ped. falling short of the leaves 1 — 2- 

 flowered, Us. of uppa- 1, in 2 pairs elliptic-lanceolate mucronate or 

 Unear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped toothed, calyx- 

 teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, pods linear- 

 oblong hairy. — St. 32. 5. — St. 12 — 18 in. long. Fl. almost always 

 solitary, purple. " Seeds globose, speckled with black and grey ; 

 hile oval." Upper part of the style hairy all ocer. The in- 

 land plant has broader leaflets and more cut stip. than the mari- 

 time one. — Bushy places on a gTavelly soil, rare. P. VII. VHI. 



F. 



8. V. sepium (h.~)'; fl. 4 — 6 in small axillary nearly sessile 

 dusters, leaflets in 4-^8 pairs ovate blunt mucronate gradually 

 smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. half-arrowshaped undivided 

 or lobed, calyx-teeth imequal shorter than their tube, 2 upper 

 ones curved upwards, pods linear-oblong glabrous.- — St. 31. 16. 

 — St. about 2 feet high. Fl. purplish. Calyx hairy. Hile 

 linear, 'extending about f round the seed. IJpper part of the 

 style nearly oi quite glabrous, bearded. L. more or less hairy, 

 leaflets sometimes ovate-lanceolate truncate. — Woods and 

 hedges. P. VI.— VHI. E. S. I. 



[ V. f Irerigdta (Sm.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-ob- 

 long rounded mucronate in 4 pairs, stip. cloven, cuhjx-tccth nearly 



