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little longer than the keel and sinuated at about the middle of 
each side, pods linear-oblong smooth. — E. B. 1168. St. 31. 6. 
— St. 3 — 4 feet long. Fl. blue variegated with purple. " Seeds 
subglobose, black. Hilum linear, extending half round the seed." 
Upper part of the style hairy all over. — Hedges. P. VI. — VIII. 
ft Peduncles few-flowered. 
7. V. bithynica (L.) ; peduncles shorter than the leaves, leaf- 
lets 4 in the lower, 2 in the upper leaves, elliptic-lanceolate mucro- 
naie or linear-lanceolate acute, stij). half-arrowshaped toothed, 
calvx-teeth longer than their tube lanceolate-subulate, ])ods linear- 
oblong hairy.— E. B. 1842. St. 32. 5.— St. 12—18 in. long. 
Fl. almost always solitary, purple. " Seeds globose, speckled 
with black and grey ; hilum oval." Upper part of the style 
hairy all over. — Bushy places on a gravelly soil. P. VII. VIII. — E. 
8. V. sejnum (L.) ; jl. 4 — 6 in small axillary nearly sessile 
clusters, leaflets in 4 — 8 pairs ovate obtuse mucronate gradually 
smaller upwards on the petiole, stip. half-arrowshaped undivided 
or lobed, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube, 2 upper 
ones curved upwards, pods linear-oblong glabrous. — E. B. 1515. 
St. 31. 16.— St. about 2 feet high. Fl. purplish. Calyx hairy. 
" Seeds globose, speckled with black and grey ; hilum linear, 
extending through about § of the circumference." Upper part 
of the style nearly or quite glabrous, bearded. L. more or less 
hairy. — /3. montana (Koch ?) ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate truncate. 
—Woods and hedges. /3. Hoy, Orkney. P. VI.— VIII. 
9. V. laevigata (Sm.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic- 
oblong rounded mucronate in 4 pairs, stip. cloven, calyx-teeth 
nearly equal as long as the tube subulate, standard glabrous, pods 
compressed oblong glabrous. — E. B. 483. — St. suberect, 3 — 4 in. 
to 1 foot long. Fl. pale purple. Seeds oblong, brown, attach- 
ed by one end. I have not seen specimens of this plant and have 
drawn the character from Smith's figure and description. — On 
the pebbly beach at Weymouth. P. VII. VIII. E. 
10. V. hybrida (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets obovate emar- 
ginate apiculate in 5 — 7 pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped cut, calyx- 
teeth unequal spreading subulate longer than their tube, standard 
hairy, pod ovate-oblong hairy. — E. B. 482. St. 32. 3. — St. 
ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. reddish yellow. Hairs on the pods 
simple. " Seeds round with a short hilum." I have seen no 
native specimens. — On Glastonbury Tor Hill. P. VI. VII. E. 
11. V. lutea (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute or rounded at the end apiculate in 5 — 8 pairs, stip. 
ovate pointed coloured simple or with one patent lobe, calyx-teeth 
■unequal, upper ones very short and curved upwards, lower one 
longer than the tube, standard glabrous, pods elliptic-oblong 
hain'. — E. B. 481. St. 31. 13.— St. procumbent, 1—2 feet long. 
