Vicia silvatica L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1035; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 347; Turczan. 

 Cal. Baical. no, 375; Karel. et Kiril. Euum. PI. Fl. All. no. 273; Ledcb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 676; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 787, no. 361 (misprint 861); lfi)i>M. (pji. Ajit. II (1903) 

 p. 334. 



In woods of foliage ti'ees near Kushabar, and also on the river Amyl, near Petropaw- 

 lowsk. The specimens are characteristic in having the leaflets comparatively small and 

 broadly ovate, 4 — 13 mm. in length, and 3 — 6 mm. in breadth. The raceme is vigorous, 

 considerably longer than the axillary leaf, flower}', commonly with 20 — 30 flowers. The 

 apex of the keel is of a deep violet colour. In full flower in the middle of July. 



Distribution: The greater part of Europe, Siberia, eastwards to Trans Baikal, and 

 north-wards to 61><S° north lat. 



Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench, Method. PI. (1794) p. 148; KptM. $.1. Ajit. II (1903) 

 p. 3.36. Erviim ietraspermum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1039; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 352; 

 Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 278; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 663. 



Pretty common in the tracts along the river Abakan, on the islets, in thickets and 

 meadows, where I have collected it in flower and with young pods in the second half of 

 June. All of the specimens are nearly completely glabrous; the pods are glabrate, with 4, 

 rarely 3, seeds, /. leiocarpum Gren. u. Godr. Fl. France (1848) p. 474. The stem is slender 

 and relaxed; the flower comparatively small, only 5 mm. long, single. 



Distribution: Europe, except the extreme north, southern Siberia, eastwards to the 

 government of Yeniseisk, the Caucasus and south-western Asia to the north-western Hi- 

 malayas, Corea, Japan, North Africa. 



Vicia unijuga A. Br. Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1853, App. 12. Orobus lathyroides L. 

 Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1027; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. Ill, p. 356; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 383; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 688; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1842) p. 795, no. 373; Kptij. O.!. Ajit. 

 II (1903) p. 341. 



In dry places in meadows and thickets on the Lower Abakan, and in woods of coni- 

 ferous and foliferous trees near Tagarski osero, south of Minusinsk. Collected in full 

 flower at the beginning of July. 



Distribution: Through south-eastern Siberia, from the eastern part of the Altai, 

 northwards to about 58° north lat., Manchooria, Corea, China, northern Japan, Sakhalin. 



Vicia sativa L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1037; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 665. 

 As a weed in fields by the road between Minusinsk and Kushabar. 

 Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia, Siberia, North Africa, North America. 



Pisum sativum L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1763) p. 1026; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. I, p. 660. 



As a weed scattered in the cultivated districts between Minusinsk and Kushabar. 



Distribution: Europe, south-western Asia, Siberia, the Himalayas, North Africa. 



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