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egual as long as the tuhe subulate, standard glabrous, pods com- 



fressed oblong glabrous. — St. suberect, 3 — 4 in. to 1 foot long. 

 1. pale purple. — Perhaps a state of V. lutea ; I have not seen 

 jpeoimens. — On the pebbly beach at Weymouth formerly, but 

 now lost. P. \TI. YUl.l ' ' E. 



9. V. hyb'rida (L.) ; fl. soUtaiy axillary, leaflets oboTate emar- 

 ginate apiculate in 6 — 7 pairs, calyx-teeth unequ-al spreading 

 8ub\ilate loiwer than their tube, standard hairy, pod ovate-oblong 

 hairy. — St. 32. 3. — St. ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. reddish yellow. 

 Haii-s on the pods simple. " Seeds round with a short hUe."' 

 I have seen no native specimens. — On Glastonbury Tor Hill. 

 Swan Pool, Lincoln. P. VI. \T1. E. 



10. V. lutea (L.) ; fl. solitaiy axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 5 — 8 pairs, calyx- 

 teeth unequal, upper ones very short and em^■ed upwards, lower 

 one longer than the tube, standard glabrous, pods eUiptic-oblong 

 hairy. — St. 31. 13. — St. procumbent, 1 — 2 feet long. Fl. sulphm-- 

 coloured. Hairs on the pods bulbous. Seeds round, compressed, 

 with a short bile. L. varying greatly in haiiiness. — Pebbly 

 ground near the sea. P. TI. — VIH. E. S. 



11. 1^. sativa (L.) ; _/f. axiihtry nolitary or in pairs, leaflets in 

 'j — 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate mucronate, upper 

 ones narrower or linear trimcate mucronate, calyx-teeth equal 

 lanceolate-subulate long equalling then- tube, standard glabrous, 

 pods linear slightly ■iHhy, seeds globose smooth. — Se^ds slightly 

 compressed; hile linear, occupying about J of the cu'cum- 

 ference. — a. V. sativa (Sm.) ; leaflets oM elliptic- or obovate-oblong, 

 the lower ones shorter and broader, fl. usually in pairs, pods 

 mostly parallel to thest., St. 1 — 1^ foot high. St. 31. 10. — ;8. V. 

 angusttfoUa (Roth) ; leaflets of the upper 1. linear-lanceolate, 

 lower ones obovate retuse or obcordate, fl. solitarv or in pairs, 

 pods mostly patent, st. slender. E. B. S. 2614 'St. 31. 11.— 

 •y. V. Bobartii (Forst.) ; leaflets of the upper 1. linear, fl. solitary, 

 pods patent, st. prostrate. -E. B. S. 2708. V.4mgiistifoUaSm. — 

 13. and y. in dry places, a. is a doubtful native, perhaps onlv 

 an escape from cultivation. A. V. VI. Common Vetch. E. S, I. 



**** Style bearded below tlie stigma ; calyx not gibbous. 



12. V. lathyroides (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 1 — 3 

 pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 

 straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 

 cubical tubercular, hile short oblong. — St. 31. 12. — St. procum- 

 bent. 3 — 5 in. long. Fl small, purple. — Dry graveUy and sandy 

 places. A. V.VL " E. S. 1 



