94 25. LEGccrMrN"os^. 



8. V. sipium (L.) ; A. 4 — 6 in small axillary nearly sessile 

 clusters, leaflets in 4—8 pairs ovate blunt muoronate gradually 

 smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. lialf-arrowshaped undivided 

 or lobed, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube, 2 upper 

 ones curved upwards, pods linear-oblong glabrous. — E. B. 1515. 

 St. 31. 16. — St. about 2 feet high. Fl. purplish. Calyx hairy. 

 Hile linear, extending about f- round the seed. Upper part of 

 the style nearly or quite glabrous, bearded. L. more or less 

 hairy, leaflets sometimes ovate-lanceolate truncate. — Woods 

 and "hedges. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



9. V. hyVrida (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets obovate emar- 

 ginate apiculate in 6 — 7 pairs, calyx-teeth unequal spreading 

 subulate longer than their tube, standard hairy, pod ovate-oblong 

 haity.—E. B. 482. St. 32. 3.— St. ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. 

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

 a short hile."— On Glastonbury Tor Hill. P. VI. VII. E. 



10. V. lutea (L.) ; fl. sohtary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 6 — 8 pairs, calyx- 

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

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

 hairy.— ^. B. 481. St. 31. 13.— St. procumbent, 1—2 feet lon^. 

 Fl. sulphur-coloiu'ed. Hairs on the pods bulbous. Seeds round, 

 compressed, with a short hile. L. varying greatly in hairiness. 

 — Pebbly and sandy ground near the sea. P. VI. — VHI. E. S. 



11. V. sativa (L.) ; Jl. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 

 6 — 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obeordate muoronate, upper 

 ones narrower or linear truncate muoronate, calyx-teeth equal 

 lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard glabrous, 

 pods linear slightly silhy, seeds globose smooth. — Seeds slightly 

 compressed; hile linear, occupying about \ of the circum- 

 ference. — a. V. sativa (Sm.) ; leaflets all elliptic- or ovate-oblong, 

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

 mostly parallel to the st., st. 1 — 1| foot bigh. Sy. E. B. 392. 

 St. 31. 10. — /3. V. angustifolia (Roth) ; leaflets of the upper 1. 

 linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or obeordate, 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. hnear, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2708. 

 V. angustifolia Sm. — a is only known in cultivation. /3 and y 



in dry places. A. V. VI, Common Vetch. E. S. I. 



**** Style bearded below the stigma ; calyx not gibbous. 



12. V. lathyroi'des (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 1 — 3 

 pairs obovate or oblong retuse muoronate, calyx-teeth subulate 



