122 THE PEAFLOWER TRIBE. 
racemes, on peduncles rather longer than the leaves, of a fine bluish- 
purple, each one about 5 lines long. Style hairy, all round below the 
stigma. Pod flattened, glabrous, about an inch long, with 6 or 8 seeds. 
In hedges and bushy places, throughout Europe and Russian Asia, from 
the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle, and in northern America. 
Common in Britain, Fl. summer. 
4. V. sylvatica, Linn. (fig. 281). Wood V.—A handsome, usually 
glabrous species, climbing over shrubs and small trees, sometimes to the 
length of 6 or 8 feet. Stipules deeply divided at their base. Leaflets 
fewer and broader than in V. Cracca, usually 8 or 10 pairs to each leaf, 
oblong, or the lower ones ovate, obtuse or notched at the top. Flowers 
considerably longer than in V. Cracca, white with bluish streaks, loosely 
drooping in long racemes. Pod glabrous, broad, an inch long, 4-6 — 
seeded. - 
In open woods and bushy places, in the hilly, and especially the northern 
districts, of Europe and Russian Asia to the Arctic Circle, and in the moun- 
tains of southern Europe and central Asia. Not uncommon in Scotland, 
and in most hilly, wooded districts of England and Ireland. Fl. summer. 
5. V. Orobus, DC. (fig. 282). Upright V.—A slightly hairy branching 
perennial, with a somewhat creeping rootstock ; the stems more erect 
than in other Vicie, and the tendrils all reduced to a fine point ter- 
minating the leafstalk, or in the upper leaves replaced by a terminal 
leaflet, as in Lathyrus niger, but the plant does not usually dry black, 
as in that species, and the style is that of Vicia Cracca. Stipules 
broader than in the last two species, and slightly toothed. Leaflets 8 
to 10 pairs to each leaf, narrow-oblong, with a fine point. Peduncles 
about the length of the leaf, with a close raceme of 6 to 10 rather 
large purplish-white flowers. Pod flattened, about an inch long, with 
3 or 4 seeds, or rarely more. 
In mountain pastures and woods, in western Europe, from the 
Pyrenees to southern Norway, reappearing eastward in Bavaria and 
Transylvania. In Britain, spread over Wales, northern England, and 
a great part of Scotland, very rare in Ireland. Fl. early summer. 
6. V. sepium, Linn. (fig. 283). Bush V.—A slightly hairy perennial ; 
the stems 1 to 2 feet: high, weak and straggling but scarcely climbing. 
Stipules small and entire, or larger and toothed. Leaflets 4 to 6 pairs 
in each leaf, ovate or oblong; the leafstalk ending in a tendril, usually 
branched. Flowers smaller than in JV. sativa, of a ight reddish-purple, 
2 to 4 together in the axils of the upper leaves, drooping from short 
pedicels, and forming a sessile cluster or a very short raceme. Style 
with a dense tuft of hairs under the stigma on the outer side, with a 
*.few short hairs on the opposite side. Pod glabrous, about an inch 
long. Seeds few, half encircled by the long, linear hilum. 
In woods and shady places, and hedges, extending over Europe and~ 
Russian Asia, from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Circle. Common ; 
in Britain. fl. all summer. | 
7. V. lutea, Linn. (fig. 284). Yellow V.—A glabrous or slightly 
hairy annual, said, however, by some to form a perennial rootstock ; 
the stems spreading, branched, usually low, but sometimes ascending 
to a foot or more. Stipules, foliage, and solitary flowers of V. sativa, 
but the corolla is of a pale yellow, and the rather broad pods are re- 
flexed, and covered with long hairs. Seeds few, with a short hilum, 
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