92 25. LEGTJMINOS^. 



hairy.— R B. 482. 8t. 32, .3.— St. ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. 

 reddish yellow. Hairs on the poda simple. " Seeds round -with 

 a short hile."— On Glastonhmy Tor Hill. P. VI. VII. B. 



10. V. liitea (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 

 late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 5 — 8 pairs, calyx- 

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

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

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

 H. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the pods bulbous. Seeds round, 

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

 —Pebbly ground near the sea. P. VI.— VIH. E. S. 



11. V. sativa (L.) ; _/?. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 

 5 — 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate mucronate, upper 

 ones narrower or linear truncate mucronate, calyx-teeth equal 

 lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard glabrous, 

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

 compressed ; hile liuear, occupying about J of the circum- 

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

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

 mostly parallel to the St., st. 1 — IJ foot high. Sy, E. B. 392. 

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

 linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or obcordate, 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. linear, fl. solitary, pods 2>atent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2708. 

 V. angustifolia Sm. — a is only inown in cultivation. 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 mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 

 straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 

 cubical tiiheroular, hile short oblong. — E. B. 30. St. 81. 12.— 

 St, procumbent, 3 — 5 in. long. Fl. small, purple. — Dry gravelly 

 and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 



14. Lath'trtis Linn. Vetcliling. 

 * No true leaflets, 



1. L. Aph'aca (L.) ; ped. 1-&., petioles lea/less forming tendrils, 

 stip. very large lea/like hastate-ovate. — E. B. 1167. — St. weak, 

 climbing. Fl. yellow, rarely 2 together. Eemarkable for its 

 want of 1., which are replaced by the stipules ; rarely 1 or 2 

 elliptic leaflets occur. Pods subfalcate; seed smooth, com- 



