92 25. lEGTJMINOSiE. 



glabrous. PI. in short dense racemes, dull yellow. Pods an 

 inch long. — Thiclsets on a chalky or gravelly soil, rare. P. VI. 

 TFild Liquorice. E. S. 



Tribe II. Viciem. 



13. Vi'ciA, Linn. Vetch.. 



* Upper part of the style equally hairy all over. 



t Peduncles long, few-iiowered; cal. not gibbous at the base 

 on the upperside. — Annuals. Eevum. Tares. 



1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; ped. ] — Q-fl. about equalling the leaves, 

 leaflets in 6 — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate muoronate, calyx- 

 teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones converging, 

 pods sessile oblong 2-seeded hairy, hile long linear. — JErvum Sm. 

 E. B. 970. Cracca minor Godr. — Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobe trifid 

 with setaceous segments, inner lanceolate. PL small, pale blue, 

 standard entire. Oalyx-teeth subulate. Pod obhquely trun- 

 cate ; its upper suture nearly straight and prominent at the end. 

 Seeds globose, compressed, red with darker spots, smooth. 

 Ped. rarely 1 — 2-flowered and pods glabrous. — Oorn-fields and 

 hedges. A. VL— VIII. Hairy Tare. E. S. I. 



2. V. tetrasper'ma (Moench) ; ped. 1 — ^-fl. about equalling 

 the leaves, leaflets linear-oblong hlunt mucronate in 4 — 6 pairs, 

 calyx-teeth unequal shorter than the tube the 2 upper ones 

 shortest " diverging," pods shortly stalked linear-ohlong about 

 4:-seeded glabrous, hile oblong. — Ero^mi Sm. E. B. 1223. St. 

 •32. 14. — Stipules half-arrowshaped. Fl. small, pale blue ; 

 standard with blue streaks, emarginate. Calyx-teeth long-tri- 

 angular. Pod rounded ; its upper suture deom-ved at the end. * 

 Seeds 3 — 5, globose, dull brown, slightly rough. — Fields and 

 hedges. A. VI.— VIII. Smooth Tare. E. S. I. 



3. V. gracilis (Lois.) ; ped. 1 — 4-fl. becoming twice as long 

 as the leaves, lec^ets linear aciite in 3 — 4 pairs, calyx-teeth un- 

 equal shorter than their tube, the 2 upper ones shortest, pods 

 linear 6 — 8-seeded glabrous, hile roundish-oval. — E. B. S. 2904. 

 — Stip. half-arrowshaped. Fl. twice as large as those of V. tetra- 

 sperma, pale bine; standard emarginate. Oalyx-teeth long- 

 triangular, "two upper slightly converging." Upper suture of 

 pod slightly deourred at the end. Seeds globose, variegated 

 with dark brown and yellow, smooth, half as large and hile half 

 as long as those of Sp. 2. — Fields and hedges in the South. A. 

 VI.— VIII. E. 



