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out tendrils; stipules half-arrow-shaped, slightly toothed ; flowers 

 in loose, i-sided, 6 — 20-flowered racemes, purplish-white. — 

 Rocky woods, mostly in the north.— Fl. May — September. 

 Perennial. 



6. V. sylvdtica (Wood Vetch). — A large and beautiful species, 

 with a long stem, 3 — 6 feet high, climbing by means of its 

 branched tendrils; leaflets about 16, elliptical, abrupt, with a 

 short point ; stipules crescent-shaped, deeply toothed at the base ; 



viciA cracca {Tufted Vetch). 



flowers in loose, 1 -sided, 6 — 18-flowered racemes, cream-coloured, 

 with bluish veins. — Mountainous woods ; not common. — Fl. 

 June — August. Perennial. 



*** Leaflets many : flowers few : style tufted below stigma I 

 on one side 

 7. V. sepium (Bush Vetch). — Leaflets 12 — 16, ovate, obtuse, 

 decreasing in size towards the apex of the leaf; flowers in nearly 



