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LEGinilNOS.'E 



* Aniniah : hallets few : flo'vo-s- fciu : style wilh a 

 ring of down (Tares) 



1. /'. Itcrsi'ila (Hairy Tare). — A slender, much-branched, hairy 

 plant, forming tangled masses of stems and leaves; leaflets 12 — 

 id \ flowers i — 6 together, minute, pale blue; pods sessile, hairy, 

 2-seeded. — Fields and hedges ; very common. This, though a 

 mischievous weed, is not the Tare of Holy Scripture, which is 

 supposed to be the Darnel {Lbliiiin tenuileiituiii). — Fl. May — 

 August. Annual. 



2. V. /('/'r(7.\//77//a (Smooth Tare). — More slender, less branched, 

 almost glabrous ; leaflets 6 — 12 ; flowers i — 2 together, minute, 

 pale blue ; pods shortly stalked, glabrous, 3 — 5-seeded. — In 



\iLiA iiiRSL'TA {H,-ch-y Tare), 



simil.ir situations with the last, but less common. — F"l. May — 

 August. Annuol. 



3. /'. gniei/is (Slender Tare), a closely-allied Ibrm, with 6 — S 

 hajlets ; flowers twice as large, 1 — 4 together and pods longer, 

 5 — 8-seeded, occurs in the south of England. — Fl. May — 

 August. Annual. 



** J'ereiniials : leaflets many : flowers very many : j 

 with a ring of hair's 



4. V. Craeea (Tufted Vetch). — Leaflets about 20, 



iyle 



narrow, 



pointed, silky, with branched tendrils ; stipn/es half-arrow-shaped, 

 entire; //('fi"tv,f crowded in i-sided, 10 — 30-nowered racemes, blue 

 and purple. — FJushy places ; very c(jmmon. One of the most 

 ornamental of Liritish plants, adorning th'e tops of the hedges with 

 its bright flowers. — Fl. June — August. I'^erennial. 



5 V. Orol'us (Bitter Vetch). — A branched, herbaceous plant, 

 with many prcjstrate steins : leaflets 14— -20, oblong, acute, with- 



