VICIA. sl 
nearly equal as long as the tube subulate, standard glabrous, pods 
compressed oblong glabrous.—E. B. 483.—St. suberect, 3—4 in. 
to 1 foot long. Fl. pale purple. Seeds oblong, brown, attached 
by one end. I have not seen specimens.—On the pebbly beach 
at Weymouth formerly, but now lost. P. VIL. VILL E. 
10. V. kybrida (L.); fl. solitary axillary, leaflets obovate emar- 
ginate apiculate in 5—7 pairs, calyx-teeth unequal spreading subu- 
late longer than their tube, standard hairy, pod ovate-oblong 
hairy. E. B. 482. St. 32. 3.—St. ascending, 1 foot long. Fi. 
reddish yellow. Hairs on the pods simple. “Seeds round with 
ashort hilum.” Ihave seen no native specimens.— On Glaston- 
bury Tor Hill. Swan Pool, Lincoln. H.and A. P.VI.VIL. E. 
ll. V. lutea (L.); fi. 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. —E. B. 481. St. 31. 13.—St. procumbent, 1—2 feet long. 
Fl. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the pods with a bulbous base. 
Seeds round, compressed, with a short hilum. L. varying greatly 
in hairiness.— Pebbly ground near the sea. P. VI—VIII. E.8. 
12. V. sativa (L.); fl. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 
5—7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate-mucronate, the 
upper ones narrower or linear truncate mucronate, calya-teeth 
equal lanceolate-subulate long equalling their tube, standard gla- 
brous, pods linear slightly silky, seeds globose smooth.—Seeds 
slightly compressed ; hilum linear, occupying about 4 of the cir- 
cumference.—. V.,sativa (Sm.) ; leaflets all elliptic- or obovate- 
oblong, the lower ones shorter and broader, fl. usually in pairs, 
pods erect, st. _—14 foot high. E. B. 334. St. 31. 10.—8£. V. 
angustifolia (Sm.); leafiets 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, S¢. 31. 11.— 
y. V. Bobartii (Forst.) ; leaflets of the upper 1. lmear truncate or 
retuse, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. E. B. 8. 2708.— 
B. and y. in dry places. «. is a doubtful native, perhaps only 
an escape from cultivation. A.V. VI. Common Vetch. 
*& Style bearded below the stigma ; calyx not gibbous at the 
base. 
13. V. lathyroides (.); fl. axillary solitary, leaflets m 2—3 
pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 
straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 
cubical tubercular, hilum short elliptical —E. B. 30. Sé. 31. 12. 
—St. procumbent, 3—5 in. long. Fi. small, purple.—Dry gra- 
velly and sandy places. A. V. VI. : 
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