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it a peculiar aspect easily recognised. The staminal tube is usually 
much more oblique at the top than in Lathyrus. The common Bean isa 
Vicia, supposed to be a variety produced by cultivation of the south 
Kuropean V’. narbonensis. 
Leaflets above an inch long, 1 or 2 pairs to each ieaf .. : . 10. V. bithynica. 
Leaflets more than 2 pairs to each jeaf, usually small. 
Peduncles elongated (at least half as long as the leaf). 
Flowers few and small, on slender peduncles. Pod scarcely 
6 lines long. 
Plant glabrous or nearly so. Pod with 4to6seeds . . 2. V. tetrasperma. 
Plant hairy. Pod with 2seeds_. ; »~ DOV. hirsuta, 
Flowers at least 6 lines long. Pod an inch or ‘more. 
Leafstalks ending in a short point. Racemes short and close. 
Plant quite glabrous, drying black. Stipules quite entire Lathyrus niger. 
Plant slightly hairy. Stipules usuaily toothed . : “B: Ve Ovobag. 
Leafstalks ending in a tendril. Racemes long. 
Flowers white, with purplish veins. Stipules deeply 
divided at the base : : ; 2 Z ; 
Flowers of arich purple blue. Stipules mostly entire 
Peduneles not longer than the calyx, or flowers quite sessile. 
V. sylvatica. 
. V. Cracca. 
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Flowers pale yellow. Pod hairy ; 7. V. lutea. 
Flowers purple, blue, orred. Pod glabrous. 
Flowers 3 or 4 together, shortly stalked 6. V. sepium. 
Flowers sessile, solitary or rarely 2 together. 
Flowers large. Seeds smooth ; 5 8. V. sativa. 
Flowers small. Seeds granulated 9. V. lathyroides. 
1. V. hirsuta, 8. F. Gray (fig. 278). Z/atry V., Z'ure.—A more or less 
hairy annual, with slender, weak stems, 1 to 3 feet long, often climbing 
by means of the branched tendrils. Stipules small, narrow, often 
divided. Leaflets small, oblong, 6 or 8 pairs to each leaf. Peduncles 
slender, with very few, usually 2 or 3, insignificant, pale blue flowers, the 
fine teeth of the calyx almost as long as the standard. Style glabrous. 
Pod nearly 6 lines long, flat and hairy, containing 2 slightly com- 
pressed seeds, with a long, linear hilum. 
In hedges, cornfields, and waste places, common in Europe and Russian 
Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle. Extends all over 
. Britain, but is rare in the Highlands of Scotland. Fl. the whole summer. 
2. V.tetrasperma, Moench. (fig. 279.) Slender V.—A slender annual. 
glabrous, or nearly so, the weak stems often climbing, from 6 inches to 
near 2 feet long. Leaflets narrow, the lower ones obtuse, 3 to 6 pairs 
in each leaf, the tendrils simple or branched. Peduncles slender, with 
1 to 6 or 7 pale bluish flowers, larger than in V. hirsuta, but much 
smaller than in any other British Vicia, seldom exceeding 3 lines. Calyx- 
teeth much shorter than the standard. Pod flat, not above 6 lines long, 
usually containing about 4 seeds, but sometimes 5 or 6. V. gemella, Crantz. 
In fields, hedges, and waste places, all over temperate Europe and 
Russian Asia. Not uncommon in England, hardly wild in Scotland, and 
very rarein Ireland. Fl. the whole summer. <A variety with more pointed 
leaflets, and with the number of seeds more frequently 5 or 6, has been 
distinguished under the name of V. gracilis, Loisel. ; it is confined to 
the middle and south of England, and is a doubtful native. 
38. W. Cracca, Linn. (fig. 280). Tufted V.—Rootstock perennial, the 
annual stems weak, and climbing by means of the branched tendrils to 
the length of 2 or 3 feet or rather more; the whole plant hairy, or nearly 
glabrous. Stipules narrow and entire. Leaflets numerous, oblong or 
linear, the largest 8 or 9 lines long. Flowers numerous, in I-sided 
