82 25. LEGTJMINOS^. 



converging, pods oblong 2-seeded hairy. — Ervum Sm., H. B. 970. 

 Cracca minor Godr.— Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobe trifid with seta- 

 ceous segments, inner lanceolate. Fl. small, pale blue, standard 

 entire. Calyx-teeth subulate. Pod obliquely truncate; its 

 upper suture nearly straight and prominent at the end. Seeds 

 globose, compressed, red with darker spots, smooth ; hilum long, 

 linear.— fi. angustifolia (Fries) ; ped. 1— 2-flowered, pods gla- 

 brous.— Corn-fields and hedges. A. VI. — VIII. Hairy Tare. 



2. V. tetrasperma (Moench) ; peduncles 1 — 2-flowered abouf 

 equalling the leaves, leaflets linear-oblong blunt mucronate in 4 — 

 6 pairs, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper 

 ones shortest " diverging," pods linear-oblong about 4-seeded 

 glabrous.— Ervum Sm.,E. B. 1223. St. 32. 14.— Stipules half- 

 arrowshaped. Fl. small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, 

 emarginate. Calyx-teeth elongate-triangular. Pod rounded; 

 its upper suture decurved at the end. Seeds 3— 5, globose, dull 

 brown, shghtly rough ; hilum oblong. — Fields and hedges. A. 

 VI.— VIII. Smooth Tare. 



3. V. gracilis (Lois.); peduncles 1 — 4 -flowered at last twice 

 as long as the leaves, leaflets linear acute in 3 — 4 pairs, calyx- 

 teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones shortest, 

 pods linear 5 — 8-seeded glabrous. — E. B. S. 2904. — Stip. half- 

 arrowshaped. Fl. twice as large as those of V. tetrasperma, pale 

 blue ; standard emarginate. Caly.x-teeth elongate-triangular, 

 " two upper slightly converging." Pod with its upper suture 

 slightly decurved at the end. Seeds globose, variegated with dark 

 brown and yellow, smooth ; hilum short, oval, half as long as that 

 of the last.— Fields and hedges. A. VI.— VIII. E. I. 



ft Peduncles elongated, many-flowered ; calyx gibbons at the 

 base on the upper side. 



4. V. sylvatica (L.); peduncles exceeding the leaves, leaflets 

 elliptical obtuse mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply 

 toothed at the base, teeth setaceous, calyx-teeth shorter than their 

 tube subulate. — E. B. 79. St. 31. 3. — St. many feet long, climb- 

 ing by their branched tendrils. Fl. many, cream-coloured and 

 streaked with blue. Hilum extending about half round the seed. 

 —Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Wood Vetch. 



5. V. Orobus (DC); leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

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

 slightly toothed at the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tube, 

 2 upper ones triangular, the others triangular-subulate.^ Oro- 

 bus sylvaticus, Sm., E. B. 518. — St. ascending, 1 — 1|- foot long. 

 Tendrils reduced to a short slender point. Fl. many, cream- 

 coloui-ed streaked with purple. Pods hnear-oblong. Hilum ex- 

 tending about i round the seed. — Rocky woods. P. V. VI. 



