80 25. LEGUMINOSAE. 
numerous (7—10) pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped slightly toothed at 
the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tube, 2 upper ones trian- 
gular, the others triangular-subulate——Orobus sylvaticus Sm., 
E. B. 518.—St. ascending, 1—14 foot long. Tendrils reduced 
to a short slender poimt. Fl. numerous, cream-coloured streaked 
with purple. Pods linear-oblong. Hilum extending about 3 round 
the seed.—Roeky woods. P. V. VI. 
** Upper part of the style hairy all over, the hairs rather 
longer below the stigma but scarcely bearded. Calyx gibbous 
at the base. 
6. V. Cracca (L.); peduncles elongated, many-flowered, leaf- 
lets lanceolate mucronate silky in about 10 pairs, stip. half-arrow- 
shaped entire, calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, upper pair 
minute, the others subulate, standard sinuated at about the mid- 
dle of each side, its limb and claw equally long, pods lmear-ob- 
long smooth.—E. B. 1168. St. 31. 6—St. 3—4 feet long. FI. 
blue variegated with purple. “Seeds subglobose, black. Hilum 
linear, extending half round the seed.”--Hedges. P. VI.—VIII. 
*** Style bearded below the stigma, in other respects glabrous 
or uniformly hairy all over in its upper part ; calyx gibbous 
at the base on the upper side. 
7. V. bithynica (L.); peduncles shorter than the leaves 1—2- 
flowered, leaflets 2 in the upper leaves elliptic-lanceolate mucro- 
nate or linear-lanceolate acute, stip. half-arrowshaped toothed, 
calyx-teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, pods linear- 
oblong hairy. E. B. 1842. St. 32. 5.—St. 12—18 in. long. 
FL. almost always solitary, purple. ‘“ Seeds globose, speckled 
with black and grey; hilum oval.” Upper part of the style 
hairy all over. The inland plant has broader leaflets and more 
cut stip. than the maritime one.—Bushy places on a gravelly 
soil. P. VII. VIII. 
8. V. sepium (L.); fl. 4—6 in small axillary nearly sessile 
clusters, leaflets in 4—8 pairs ovate obtuse mucronate gradually 
smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. half-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. 
“Seeds globose, speckled with black and grey; hilum linear, 
extending through about 3 of the circumference.” 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. 
9. V. levigata (Sm.); fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic- 
oblong rounded mucronate in 4 pairs, stip. cloved, calyx-teeth 
