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tt Peduncles long;, many -flowered ; calyx gitbous at the base 

 on the upperside. — ^Perennial. 



4. V. sylvat'ica (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, leaflets elliptic 

 blunt mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply toothed at 

 the base, teeth setaceous, ca^y^-ieeiA shorter than their tube,SM5!<- 

 late.—E. B. 79. -Si. 31. 3.— St. many feet long, chmbing by 

 branched tendrUs. PL many, cream-coloured and streaked 

 •with blue or purple. Hile extending about half round the seed. 

 —Woods and thickets.— P. VII. VIII. Wood Vetch. E. S. I. 



5. V. Or' ohm (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 

 npper ones triatigidar, the others triangular-subulate. — Orobus 

 sylvaticus L. E. B. 518. — Sb. ascending, 1 — \\ foot long. Ten- 

 drils reduced to a short slender point. PI. many, cream-colotired 

 streaked with purple. Pods linear-oblong. Hile extending 

 about 5 roimd the seed. — Northern rocky woods. P. V. VL 

 Bitter Vetch. E. 8. I. 



** Tipper part of the style hairy all over, the hairs rather longer 

 below the stigma but scarcely bearded ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base. 



6. V. Crac'ca (L.) ; ped. long many-flowered, Its. lanceolate 

 mucronate sUky in about 10 pairs, stip. half-ari-owshaped entire, 

 calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, upper pair minute, others 

 subulate, standard sinuate at about the middle of each side, its 

 limb and claw equally long, pods linear-oblong smooth. — E. B. 

 1168. St. 31. 6.— St. 3—4 feet long. PL blue varied with 

 purple. Seeds subglobose, black. Hile linear, extending 5 

 round the seed.— Hedges. P. YE.- VIH. E. S. I. 



*** Style bearded beloio the stigma, in other respects glabrous or 

 uniformly hairy all over its upper part ; calyx gibbous at the 

 base on the upperside. 



7. V. bithyn'ica (L.) ; ped. falling short of the leaves 1 — 2- 

 flowered, Its. of upper I. in 2 pairs elliptic-lanceolate mucronate or 

 linear-lanceolate acute, stip. haU-arrowshaped toothed, calyx- 

 teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, pods linear- 

 oblong hairy.— E. B. 1842. St. 32. 6.— St. 12—18 in. long. 

 PI. almost always solitary, purple. " Seeds globose, speckled 

 with black and grey ; hile oval." Upper part of the style hairy 

 all over. The inland plants have broader leaflets and more cut 

 stip. than those found near the sea. — Bushy places on a gravelly 

 soil, rare. P. VII. VLH. E. 



