VICIA. 



lateral, about the li/,e of the la(l, pale blue ilreakeil with 

 purple. Legume an incli long, elliptical, acute, comprefl'ed, 

 with two feeds. 



27. V. graminea. , GrafTy -leaved Vetch. — Stalks about 

 four-rtowered, fhorter than the leaves. Leaflets linear, 

 pointed, fnnooth. Stip\ilas ovate, entire, (lightly half-arrow- 

 ihaped. — Gathered by Commerfon, at Buenos Ayres. We 

 do not lind any account of this fpecies, a fpcciinen of which 

 was given by Thouin to the younger Linnxus. The whole 

 herb is nearly or quite fmooth. Stem two feet or more 

 in height, flender, angular, furrov/ed, fcarcely branched. 

 Leaves remote, each of three pair of very narrow leaflets, 

 above an inch long, with a fimple or divided tendril at the 

 end of their common (talk. Flotvers very fmall, pale, ap- 

 parently tinged with purple. Calyx a little downy, the 

 teeth fhorter than the tube. Legume fmooth, comprefled, 

 not an inch in length, elliptic-oblong, with an oblique in- 

 curved poi"t, and fix or feven fmall round_/tm/j. 



28. V. longifolia. Long-leaved Vetch. Poiret in Lam. 

 Dicl. n. 15. — Stalks much longer than the leaves, with 

 many diilant flowers. Leaflets numerous, linear, elongated, 

 fmooth. Stipulas lanceolate, half-arrowfliapcd, entire. — 

 Gathered in Syria, by La Billardiere. Stems llraight, an- 

 gular, ftriated, ftiff", fmooth, branched. Leaflets from fix- 

 teen to twenty, alternate, diilant, very narrow, an inch and 

 a half long, ribbed, entire. Stipulas narrow and acute. 

 Tenilrils in two or three divifions. Floiuers yellowidi-white, 

 drooping, in very loofe clujlers. Legume not obferved- 

 Po'iret. 



29. V. orohoides. Four-leaved Vetch. Wulf. in Jacq. 

 Coll. V. 4. 323. Willd. n. 2y. Hoft. Syn. 399. (Orobus 

 pannonicus quartus ; Cluf. Hift. v. 2.231.) — Stalks about 

 four-flowered, fliorter than the leaves. Leaflets two pair, 

 ovate, pointed, without a tendril. Stipulas half-arrow- 

 fhapcd, toothed at the fide — Found by Wulfen, in the 

 mountainous woods of Carinthia and Carniola, flowering in 

 May and June. We have fpecimens from Jacquin. The 

 root is perennial, tuberous. Stems ereft, a foot and half 

 high, fimple, leafy, angular, ftrongly furrowed, fmooth. 

 Leaves of two j)air of large, fmooth, reticulated leaflets, an 

 inch, or inch and half, long, with a fmall awl-fhaped ftipu- 

 laceous point in tlie place of a tendril. Clufius's figure erro- 

 neoufly reprefeiits an odd leaflet here and there. Flowers 

 an inch long, yellow, with a piirplifli calyx, about four to- 

 gether, in fliort, lax, axillary rluflers. 



For v. Ervilia, Willd. n. 23. fe EnviM.v and EuvUM. 

 We are now convinced that this plant is an Ervum. 

 Sedt. 2. Flowers axillary, nearly fejfile. 



30. V.faliva. Common Vetch. Linn. Sp. PI. 1037. 

 Willd. n. 26. Fl. Brit. n. 3. Engl. Bot. t. 334. Purfli 

 n. 2 ? Mart. Rull. t. 116. Fl. l)an. t. 522. (Vicia ; 

 Rivin. Tetrap. Irr. t. 54. Ger. Em. 1227. Lob. Ic. 

 V. 2. 75. Camer. Epit. 320.) 



e. Fl. Brit. V. anguRifolia; Willd. n. 28. Rivin. 

 Tetrap. Irr. t. 55. (V. lathyroidcs ; Hudf. 318, a. 

 Dickf. H. Sice. fafc. 4. 12. V. fylveftris, five Cracca 

 major; Ger. Em. 1227. V. globofa ; Retz. Obf. fafc. 3. 



39 ? Willd. n. 27 ?) 



y. Fl. Brit. (V. fylveftris, flore ruberrimo, filiqua longa 

 nigra; RaiiSyn. 321. V. anguftifolia; Sibth. Oxon. 2,24. 

 V. folio angulliore, flore rubro ; Dill. Gifl". append. 47.) 



Legumes feffile, folitary or in pairs, nearly ereft. 

 Lower leaves with abrupt leaflets. Stipulas toothed, 



marked witii a dark deprcfllon Native of cultivated 



ground, and grafly pafturis, throughout Europe, flowering 

 in May and .Tunc. A very variable annual plant, more or 

 lefs hairy, diftinguilhed by a brown or blackifh depreifed 



mark on each flipula, which is vifibk in all the fuppofed 

 varieties ; but we are not fure that thofe varieties may not 

 be fpecifically diftinft ; at lealt our 7, which is charafterized 

 by its long, cylindrical, black legumes, and very elegant 

 crimfon (o\\tnry flo'ivers. The leaflets of F.flitiva, ufuaJly 

 from four to fix pair, vary much in breadth ; thofe of the 

 lower leaves are fliorter, abrupt, or even inverfcly heart- 

 (haped ; the rcfl; lanceolate or linear ; all tipped with a 

 bridle. Tendril at the common ttalk lung and branched. 

 Flowers varioufly fltadcd with red and blue. Legume com- 

 preifed, rough, or a little downy, with many globofe, or 

 flightly lenticular, very fmooth yt«/!f. The ufeof this plant 

 for fodder is well known. The feeds are the favourite food 

 of pigeons. 



31. W . amphicarpa. Subterraneous Vetch. Dorthes in 

 Journ. de Phyf. v. 35. 131. Willd. n. 29. (Aracus 

 ojjlo.hm; Cluf. Exot. 87. t. 88.) — Legumes folitary, fefiile ; 

 the lower ones fubterraneous, ovate. Leaflets linear, abrupt, 



three pair. Stipulas lialf-arrowfliapcd, toothed Native of 



Provence. Root annual. Stems a fpan long, diffufe, angu- 

 lar. Leaves flightly hairy, with more or lefs of a tendril. 

 Flowers crimfon, moll like V.fativa y. ic^um^ lanceolate, 

 acute, above an inch long, with many feeds. Such is the 

 ordinary fruftification ; but feveral flotvers are produced 

 from fubterraneous leaflefs ilalks. Thefe are very fmall, 

 coiiliiling of a clofed colourh-fs calyx, in which, when ex- 

 amined againft the light with a magnifying glais, flatnens 

 may diflinftly be feen. Each of Xhnie flowers produces an 

 oval-pointed legume, with one very perfeft fed. Orolus 



faxatilis, Venten. Jard. de Cels, t. 94, may poffibly be this 

 plant, though the author did not oblerve its two-fold fructi- 

 fication. Many perfons have taken the prefcnt Vicia for 

 Lalhyrus amphicarpos, which exhibits a fimilar phenomenon, 

 but is widely dillinft in other refpecls. 



32. V. pufiila. Small American Vetch. Mulilei.b. 



Cat. 65. Willd. II. 30. Purlh n. 1 Stalks folitary, 



capillary, fingle-flowcred. Legumes oblong, fmooth. 

 Leaflets about fix, linear -lanceolate, bluntifli. Stipulas 

 half-arrowfliaped, entire. — Found by the Rev. Mr. Muh- 

 lenberg, in Pennfylvariia, and New Jerfey. Mr. Purlh fays, 

 it grows in low graffy grounds, from Pennfylvania to Vir- 

 ginia, flowering in .Inly and Auguft. 'Y\\i; flowers are ex- 

 ceedingly fmall, white, with a tinge of red. Purfl}. Root 

 annual. Stem four or five inches liigii, afccnding. Tendril 

 of the lower leaves fimple, of the upper divided, and very 

 long. Legume fmall. IVithlenow. 



33. V. lathyroides. Spring Vetch. Linn. Sp PI. 1 037. 

 Willd. n. 31. Fl. Brit. n. 4. Engl. Bot. t. 30. .lacq. 



folo- 



Mi'fc. Aullr. V. 2. 299. t. 18. Fl. Dan. t. 58. Hudf. 

 y. (V. minima; Rivin. Tetrap. Irr. t. 55. Ervum 

 nienfe ; Linn. Sp. PI. 1040.) — Legumes felTile, folitary, 

 fmooth. Leaflets about fix ; the lower ones abrupt. Sti- 

 pulas half-arrowfhaped, nearly entire. Seeds cubital, tu- 

 bcrculated. Native of France, Britain, Norway, and the 

 Levant. With us it grows in fallow fields, or graffy paftnre.<, 

 on a gravelly or chalky foil, flowering in April and May ; 

 at which time of the year it may always be found in Hyde- 

 park, near Kenfinglon gardens. The root is annual, tiiough 

 befet with red flefhy tulxrcles. Herb downy, or rather filky. 

 Stems procumbent, fpreading, from tnri-O to fix inches 

 long. Tendrils fimple, generally very fliort, or wanting. 

 Leaflets molHy inverfcly heart-fliaped ; thofe about the top 

 of the ilem more oblong and narrower. Stipulas not m.irkcd, 

 and feldum toothed, /'/otwt/ fnuill, blneilh. Legume CTcA, 

 very fnvJolh, by which, and efpecially the cubical rough 

 feeds, this long-obfcure fpecies is at any time to be known 

 from all the varieties of y.faliva. Sometimes the flowers 



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