90 25. LEauMiNos^, 



standard entire. Calyx-teeth subulate. Pod obliquely 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. — Corn-fields and 

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



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

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

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

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

 4:-seeded glabrotis, hile oblong. — Ervwm Sm. E. B. 1223. St. 

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

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

 angular. Pod rounded ; its upper suture decurved at the end. 

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

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



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

 as the leaves, le<yflets linear acute in 3 — 4 pairs, calyx-teeth un- 

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

 linear 5 — 8-seeded glabrous, hile roundish-oval. — J?. £. S. 2904. 

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

 sperma, pale blue ; standard emarginate. Calyx-teeth long- 

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

 pod slightly decurved 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, 



tt Pedimcles long, many-flowered ; calyx gibbous 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, calyx-teeth shorter than their tube subu- 

 late. — JE. B. 79. St. 31. 3. — St. many feet long, climbing by 

 branched tendrils. Fl. 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'obas (BO.); leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo- 

 late mucronate in many (?■ — 10) pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped 

 slightly toothed at the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tube, 2 

 upper ones triangular, the others triangular-subulate. — Orobus 

 sytvaticu.s L. JE. B. 518. — St. ascending, 1 — 1^ foot long. Ten- 

 drils reduced to a short slender point. Fl. many, cream-coloured 

 streaked with purple. Pods linear-oblong. Hile extending 

 about 5 round the seed. — Northern rocky woods. P. V. VI. 

 Bitter Vetch. E. S. I. 



