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Leaflets above an inch long, 1 or 2 pairs to each leaf . . .10. Bithynian V, 

 Leaflets more than 2 pairs to each leaf, usually small. 

 Peduncles elongated fat least half as long as the leaf J. 

 Flowers few and small, on slender peduncles. Pod 

 scarcely 6 lines long. 

 Plant glabrous or nearly so. Pod with 4 to 6 seeds . 2. Slender V. 



Plant hairy. Pod with 2 seeds 1. Hairy V. 



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 Black Pea. 



Plant slightly hairy. Stipules usually toothed . . 5. Upright V. 

 Leafstalks ending in a tendril. Racemes long. 



Flowers white, with purplish yeins. Stipules deeply 



divided at the base 4. Wood V. 



Flowers of a rich purple-blue. Stipules mostly en- 

 tire 3. Tufted V. 



Peduncles not longer than the calyx, orfloivers quite sessile. 



Flowers pale-yellow. Pod hairy 7. Yellow V. 



Flowers purple blue or red. Pod glabrous. 



Flowers 3 or 4 together, shortly stalked 6. Bush V. 



Flowers sessile, solitary or rarely two together. 



Flowers large. Seeds smooth 8. Common V. 



Flowers small. Seeds granulated 9. Spring V. 



1. Hairy Vetch. Vicia hirsuta, Koch. (E 

 {JErvum, Eng. Bot. t. 970.) 



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 to 8 

 pairs to each leaf. Peduncles slender, 

 with very few, usually 2 or 3, insigni- 

 ficant, pale-blue flowers, the fine teeth 

 of the calyx almost as long as the stand- 

 ard. Style glabrous. Pod nearly 6 lines 

 long, flat and hairy, containing two 

 slightly compressed 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 said 

 to be rare in the Highlands of Scot- 

 land. Fl. the whole summer. 



g. 273.) 



