LEGUMlNOSiE. 
pairs, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper 
ones shortest " diverging," pods linear-oblong i-eeeded glabrous. 
—Ervum Sm. E. fl.1223. St. 32. 14.— Stipules half-arrowshaped. 
Fl. small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, cmarginate. 
Calyx-teeth elongate-triangular. Style long, from the middle of 
the apex of the pod, deflcxed. Seeds 3 — 5, globose, dull brown, 
slightly rough ; liilum oblong. — Fields and hedges. A. VI.— VIII. 
Smooth Tare. 
3. V. gracilis (Lois.) ; peduncles 1 — 4-floweredat length twice 
as long as the leaves, leaflets linear acute in 3 — 4 pairs, calyx- 
teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones shortest, 
pods linear 6 — 8-seeded glabrous. — Loisel. Fl. Gall. t. 12. Ervum 
Hook., Bab. Fl. Bath. 74. — Stip. half-arrowshaped. Ft. twice as 
large as those of V. tetrasperma, pale blue ; standard emarginate. 
Calyx-teeth elongate-triangular. Style from the upper suture of 
the pod, decurved. Seeds globose variegated with dark brown 
and yellow, smooth ; hilum short, oral, half as long as that of the 
last. — Corn-fields and hedges. Near Bath. Isle of Wight. 
Kent. A. VI.— VIII. E. 
** Upper part of the style hairy all over; peduncles elongated, 
many -flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base on the upper side. 
4. V. sylvatica (L.) ; peduncles longer than the leaves, leaflets 
elliptical obtuse mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply 
toothed at the base : teeth setaceous, calyx-teeth shorter than their 
tube subulate.— E. B.79- St. 31. 3.— St. many feet long, climb- 
ing by their branched tendrils. Fl. numerous, cream-coloured 
and streaked with blue. Hilum extending about half round the 
seed.— Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Wood Fetch. 
5. V. Orobus (DC.) ; peduncles ultimately longer than the 
leaves, leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate mucronate in 
numerous (7 — 10) pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped slightly toothed at 
the base, calyx-teeth much longer than their tube, 2 upper ones 
triangular, the others triangular-subulate. — Orobus sylvaticus 
E. B. 518. — St. ascending, 1 — 1$ foot long. Tendrils reduced 
to a short slender point to the petiole. Fl. numerous, cream- 
coloured streaked with purple. Hilum extending through about 
§ of the circumference of the seed. — Rocky woods. P. V. VI. 
*** Style bearded below the stigma, in other respects glabrous 
or uniformly hairy all over in its upper part ; calyx gibbous 
at the base on the upper side. 
t Peduncles elongated, many-flowered. 
6. V. Cracca (L.) ; leaflets lanceolate mucronate silky in about 
10 pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped entire, calyx-teeth shorter than 
their tube, upper pair minute, the others subulate, standard but 
