VICIA. 



of the Lerant. Toumefort. Found by Dr. Sibthorp in the 

 Pcloponnefus. His fpecimens anfwer well to WiUdenow's 

 defcription, except that the haves, tliougli clothed with 

 fliining hairs, are fcarcely " whitifh, or filvery." Thejlemi 

 are about a foot high, fqiiare, ftriated, villous. Leaflets from 

 fourteen to twenty, obtufe ; thofe of the lower leaves ob- 

 ovate, emarginate, pointed, crowded. Tendrils (hort, cloven. 

 Common Jlalk dilated, femi-cylindrical. Stipulas pointed. 

 Clujlers rather longer than the leaves. Floiucrs the Cze of 

 V.faiiva, turned all one way. 



9. V. cajfub'tca. Caffubian Vetch. Linn. Sp. PI. 1035. 

 Willd. n. 8. Ait. n. 4. (V. Gerardi ; Jacq. Auftr. t. 229. 

 V. peduncuhs multifloris, petiolis polyphyllis, foliolis villo- 

 lis, ftipulis acutis iutegris appcndiculatis t Gerard Gal- 

 lopr. 497. t. 19, excellent. V. multiflora calTubica fru- 

 teicens, lentis filiqua ; Pluk. Phyt. t. 72. f. 2.) — Stalks 

 many-flowered, fhorter than the leaves. Leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong, (lightly downy. Stipulas lanceolate, entire, with a 

 divaricated awl-fhaped fpur at the bafe. — Native of moun- 

 tainous woods and meadows, in Provence, Pomerania, and 

 Auftria. Perennial, flowering in June, and ripening feed in 

 Auguft. This, it feems, has been formerly confounded with 

 V. fylvatica, but the Jlems are only about eighteen inches 

 high, ereft, not climbing. The whole of the herbage is 

 iomewhat downy. Leaflets very numerous, oppofite or al- 

 ternate, obtufe or emarginate. Stipulas narrow, with a ca- 

 pillary point. Flowers light purple, from fix to twenty, 

 drooping, the fize and fliapc of F. Jylvatica. Legumes ovate, 

 hardly an inch long, likewife refembling thofe of the fylva- 

 tica. The name cajfubica, taken from a province of Pome- 

 rsmia, is extremely exceptionable, for a plant found in fo 

 many different countries. 



10. V. atrgpurpurea. Dark-purple Vetch. Desfont. At- 

 lant. V. 2. 164. Willd. n. 9. — Stalks many-flowered, (horter 

 than the leaves. Calyx-teeth briftle-fhaped, very villous. 

 Leaflets lanceolate, villous. Stipulas half-arrow(haped, 

 deeply toothed. Legume hairy. — Native of the ifles of 

 Hyeres, and of Algiers. Annual. The whole plant is vil- 

 lous. Stem fquare, ftriated. Leaflets from eight to twelve, 

 bluntifh, pointed. Stipulas ovate, with deep, hnear-lanceo- 

 late, pointed teeth. Calyx clothed with long fpreading hairs. 

 Corolla of a deep blood-red. Legume covered with fhort 

 reddifh hairs. Very different from the following fpecies. 

 Willdenov/. 



11. V. villofa. Villous Vetch. Roth Germ. v. 2. 

 part 2. 182. Hod. Syn. 399. Willd. n. 10. — " Stalks 

 longer than the leaves, with many imbricated flowers. Leaf- 

 lets oblong-ovate, villous. Stipulas half-arrowfliaped, 

 ovate ; bluntly toothed at the bale." — Native of Germany, 

 Auftria, and Hungary. Refembles y. Cracca, but the root 

 IS annual ; Jloivers larger ; Jlem weaker ; herbage more vil- 

 lous ; legumes twice as broad, and half as long again, as in 

 that Ipecies, with feeds twice as large, grey covered witli 

 footy powder, not black and fmooth. Roth. 



12. V . polypbylla. Many-leaved Vetch. Desfont. At- 

 lant. v. 2. 162. Willd. n. 11. Sm. Fl. Grxc. Sibth. t. 699, 

 unpublilhed. (V. orientalis multiflora incana, angulliiTinM) 

 folio ; Tourn. Cor. 27. Buxb. Cent. 5. 46. f. 3;.) — Stalks 

 longer than the leaves, many-flowered. Leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, downy. Stipulas half-haftate, lanceolate, 

 entire. — Native of Hungary, Greece, mount Hymeltus, and 

 Barbary. Perennial. Stems branched, angular, climbing, 

 clothed, like the rcll of the herbage, with foft filky hairs. 

 Leaflets very numerous, near an inch long. Stalks rather 

 longer than the leaves, each bearing a duller of larger, lefs 

 nnmerous and crowded fiowers, than in the following. 

 Calyx-teeth very unequal. Standard Ikyblue, with purple 



veins. Wings and keel white ; the latter tipped witlx violet. 

 Legume oblong, fmooth. 



13. V. Cracca. Tufted Vetch. Linn. Sp. PI. 1035. 

 Willd. n. 12. Fl. Br. n. 2. Engl. Bot. t. 1168. PuWh 

 n. 4. Curt. Lond. fafc. 5. t. 54. Mart. Ruft. t. 1 17. Fl. 

 Dan. t. 804. (Cracca ; Rivin. Tetrap. Irr. t. 50.) — Stalks 

 the length of the leaves, with many imbricated flowers. 

 Leaflets lanceolate, bluntifh, downy. Stipulas half-arrow- 

 fliaped, mollly entire. Found in thickets, h'.dj;es, and 

 fields throughout Europe, as well as in North America, 

 flowering in July and Augull, when the denfe clujlers of 

 numerous blue Jlo-wers make a handfome appearance. The 

 petals are all blue ; Jloivers more crowded ; leaflets ftiorter and 

 rather blunter than in the laff. In the Jlipulcu we find no 

 permanent difference, the lower lobe being more or lefs di- 

 varicated or d>:flexed. Curtis juftly remarked that thejlignui 

 is hairy all round. 



14. V. tenuifolia. Slender-leaved Vetch. Roth Germ, 

 v. 2. pt. 2. 183. Willi, n. 13. Ait. n. 6. ■ Donn Cant, 

 cd. 5. 176. — " Stalks longer than the leaves, with many im- 

 bricated flowers. Leaflets linear, three- ribbed, fmoothilh. 

 Stipulas Imear, entire." — Native of fandy hillocks in Ger- 

 many, as well as in Tauris. Said to be very like the pre- 

 ceding ; but of a more humble and upright growth. The 

 lower Jlipulas only are half-haftate ; the upper ones fimple 

 and linear. Flowers fewer in each clufter, always violet- 

 coloured. Legumes about half as large. Roth. 



15. W . onobrychioides. Saint-foin Vetch. Linn. Sp. PI. 

 1036. WiUd. n. 14. Ait. n. 7. AUion. Pcdem. v. i. 325. 

 t. 42. f. I. (V. onobrychidis flore ; Bauh. Prodr. 149.) — 

 Stalks longer than the leaves, with many diftant flowers. 

 Leaflets linear, rather abrupt, fmooth. Stipulas lanceo- 

 late, deeply toothed at the bafe. — Native of Switzerland, 

 Italy, the fouth of France, Greece, Cyprus, and the Archi- 

 pelago, flowering in fummer. The root is annual. Herb 

 branched, climbing, with the habit of V. Cr/uca, but fmooth, 

 and much more variable in fize, as well as in the breadth of 

 the leajlets, which are moreover fometimes acute, fometrmet 

 obtufe or abrupt, always tipped with a brilUy point. 

 Flowers thrice as large as in Cracca, fewer and more re- 

 mote, parti-coloured with crimfon and white. Legume an 

 inch and half long, lanceolate, pointed, with many fmall 

 feeds. 



if). V. biennis. Biennial Vetch. Linn. Sp. PI. 1036. 

 Willd. n. 15. Ait. n. 8. (V. n. 9; Gmel. Sib. v. 4, 10. 

 t. 2. ) — Stalks much longer than the leaves, with many fcat- 

 tered flowers. Leaflets eUiptic-lanceolate, fmooth. Com- 

 mon footftalks angular, furrowed. Stipulas lialf-arrow- 



fliaped, ftalked Native of Siberia. A tall, fmooth, bienni.-d 



plant. Leaflets ribbed, an inch and quarter or inch and 

 half long. Flowers half the fize of the laft, whitifh, with a 

 hh:e Jlandard. 



1 7. V. allij/lma. Tall Vetch. Desfont. Atlant. v. 2. 163. 

 Willd. n. lO. — " Stalks many-flowered. Leaflets .ibout 

 twelve, elliptical, abrupt, fmooth. Stipulas tootlied." 

 — Native of Barbary, in hedges near Arzeau. Akin to 

 the foregoing, but the abrupt leajlets, and toothed flipulas, 

 diftinguifh it. Desfontaines. We would obferve that no- 

 thing is more variable than the termination of tlie leaflets in 

 this tribe ; yet we do not difpute the diftinftncfs of llie pre- 

 feiit fpecies. Tlie herb is perennial, perfedly fmooth 

 throughout, fix feet high. Flower-flalis longer than the 

 leaves, angular. Flowers numerous, pale blue, fcarcely 

 larger than m V.fpium; fee the fccond fedion. 



18. \.Bivone. Blue Sicihan Vetch — Stalks as long a« 



the leaves, about thrcc-flowercd. Leaflets elliptical, oluufe, 



hairy. StipiJas lunate, deeply toothed. Legume obloun, 



U 2 reticulated, 



