1^4 legumin6s/E 



sessile axillary clusters of 4 — 6, bluish-purple ; pods smooth. — 

 'iVoods and hedges, very coriimoii. — ]"1. May — August. Perennial. 



8. V. lutea (Rough-podded Yellow Vetch). — About 2 feet long, 

 prostrate; kajlcis 10 — 14; fhnvers solitary, sessile, rather large, 

 pale yellow; pods hairy. — Sea coast ; rare, — Fl. June — August. 

 Perennial. 



9.* V. hevigdta (.Smooth-podded Vetch), a smaller form, 

 which is glabrous, and has pale blue or \\\\'\'(\%\\ flo'vers, has been 

 found on the beach at \\'e\ mouth. 



10.* V. hyhrida, differing from ]^, li'ilea in having reddish- 

 yellow flo'iven with a hairy standard . petal, is recorded from 

 Glastonbury Tor and from Swan Pool, near Lincoln. 



II.* ]\ ,f(7//7V7 (Common Vetch). — Stem stout, about 2 feet 

 high; leajhts to — 14, oblong, mucronate, the lower ones often 

 obcordate ; sfipi/lcs half-arrow-shaped, tppthed at the base, often 

 with a dark blotch ; flowers large, in pairs, blue and purple or 

 red; pods ascending, parallel to the stem, 2 — 3 in. long, linear, 

 silky. - -Fields ; common as an escape, being extensively cultivated 

 as fodder for cattle. — M. April — June. Annual. 



12. ]^. aii^Ksti/o/ia (Narrow-leaved Vetch). — A slender form, 

 closely allied to the preceding, but with very narrow leaflets, red 



flowers, and spreading /(^^.f. Occurs truly wild. — Dry places; 

 common. -Fl. May, June. i\nnual. 



**** /A'apkts few : flowers few : style tufted below stit^ma 

 t on one side 



13. V. lathyrdides (Spring A'etch). — Nearly allied to the last, 

 but very much smaller, prostrate, and rarely exceeding 6 in. in 

 length ; leaflets 2 — 6 ; stipules entire, not marked with a dark 

 iXyoi; flenvers solitary, sessile, small, purple ; /rVj glabrous. — Dry 

 places ; not common. — Fl. April — June.; Annual. 



19. L.atuvrus (Vetchling).— Herbs, flosely aUied to Vhia, but 

 with fewer leaflets, broader petals, and a flattened, longitudmally 

 bearded 5/1 7c. (Name of (Ireek origin.) 



* Annuals : no true leaflets : plowers solitarv 



1. /;. Apliaea (Yellow Vetchling).— A, pretty trailing, glabrous 

 I)lant, remarkable for being entirely desti^^ute oi leaflets, the place of 

 which is supplied by a pair of very large ovate-hastate stipules at the 

 base of each tendril ; y/t'zfvvy yellow. —Sandy and gravelly fields in 

 the south ; rare. — Fl. May — August. y\)nnual. 



2. L. Mssolla (Crimson or Grass Vetthling).- -.A beautiful and 

 well-marked species, with upright slender steins, i -3 feet high ; 



