84 25. LEGUMINOSyE. 



hairy.— E. B. 482. St. 32. 3.— St. ascending, 1 foot long. FL 

 reddish yellow. Hairs on the pods simple. " Seeds round with 

 a short hilum." I have seen no native specimens. — On Glaston- 

 bury Tor Hill. Swan Pool, Lincoln. P. VI. VII. E. 



11. V. lutea (L.); fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

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

 teeth unequal, upper ones very short and curved upwards, lower 

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

 hairy.— £;. B. 481. St. 31. 13.— St. procumbent, 1—2 feet long. 

 Fl. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the pods bulbous. Seeds 

 round, compressed, with a short hilum. L. vaiying greatly in 

 hairiness. — Pebbly ground near the sea. P. VI.^VIII. E. S. 



12. V. sativa (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 

 5 — 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate mucronate, upper 

 ones narrower or hnear truncate mucronate, calyx-teeth equal 

 lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard gla- 

 brous, pods linear slightly silky, seeds globose smooth. — Seeds 

 slightly compressed ; hilum linear, occupying about | of the cir- 

 cumference. — «. V. sativa (Sm.) ; leaflets all elHptic- or obovate- 

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

 pods erect, st. 1— H foot high. E. B. 334. St. 31. lO.— /3. V. 

 angustifolia (Sm.) ; leaflets of the upper 1. hnear-lanceolate, 

 lower ones obovate retuse or obcordate, fl. solitary 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 truncate or 

 retuse, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2708. — 

 /i. and y. in dry places, a. is a doubtful native, perhaps only 

 an escape from cultivation. A. V. VI. Common Vetch. 



**** Style bearded below the stigmas calyx not gibbous. 



13. 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, hilum short eUiptical. — E. B. 30. St. 31. 12. 

 — St. procumbent, 3 — 5 in. long, Fl. small, purple. — Dry gra- 

 velly and sandy places. A. V. VI. 



13. Lathyrus Linn. Vetchlina. 



1. L. Aphaca (L.) ; peduncles single-flowered, petioles leafless 

 forming tendrils, slip, very large leaflike cordate- sagittate.— 

 E. B. 1167.— St. weak, climbing. Fl. yellow, on long stalks. 

 Remarkable for its total want of 1. wdiich are replaced by the 

 stipules ; rarely 1 or 2 lanceolate leaflets may be found. Pods 

 subfalcate; seed smooth, compressed. — Sandy and sravellv flelds 

 in the south. A. V.— VIII. ' E. 



