LECiUMINOS.*. 
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Fl. sulphur-coloured. Hairs on the poils with a bulbous base. 
Seeds round, compressed, with a short hilum. L. varying greatly 
in hairiness. — Pebbly ground near the sea. P. VI. — VIII. — E. S. 
12. V. sativa (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary or in fairs, leaflets in 
5 — 7 pairs elliptic-oblong retuse or obcordate-mucronate, the 
upper onesnarrower or linear truncate mucronate.stip. half-arrow- 
shaped toothed, calyx-teeth equal lanceolate-subulate long equal- 
ling their tube, standard glabrous, pods linear slightly silky, seeds 
globose smooth. — Seeds slightly compressed ; hilum linear, oc- 
cupying about J of the circumference. — *. saliva (DC.) ; leaflets 
* all elliptic- or obovate-obJong, the lower ones shorter and broader, 
fl. usually in pairs, pods mostly erect, st. 1 — li foot high. V. sa- 
tiva Sm. E. B. 334. St. 31. 10. — /3. angustifolia ; leaflets of 
the upper 1. linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or ob- 
cordate, fl. solitary or in pairs, st. slender. V. angustifolia Sm. 
E. B. S. 2614. St. 31. 11. — y. Bobartii; leaflets of the upper 1. 
linear truncate or retuse, fl. solitary, st. prostrate. V. Bobartii 
(Forst.) E. B. S. 2708. — Cultivated ground. /3 and y in dry 
gravelly or sandy places. A. V. VI. Common Vetch. 
**** Style bearded below the stigma ; calyx not gibbous at the 
base. 
13. V. lathyroides (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 2 — 3 
pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 
straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 
cubical tubercular, hilum short elliptical. — E. B. 30. St. 31. 12. 
— St. procumbent, 3 — 5 in. long. Fl. small, purple. — Dry gra- 
velly and sandy places. A. V. VI. 
13. Lathyrus Linn. 
1. L. Aphaca (L.) ; peduncles single-flowered, petioles leafless 
forming tendrils, slip, very large leaf-like cordate-sagittate.— 
E. B. 1167.' — St. weak climbing. Fl. yellow, on long stalks. 
Remarkable for its total want of 1. which are replaced by the 
large stipules. Rarely ] or 2 lanceolate leaflets may be found. 
Pods somewhat cylindrical; seed smooth, compressed. — Sandy 
and gravelly fields, rare. A. V. — VIII. E. 
2. L. Nissolia (L.) ; peduncles 1 — 2-flowered, petioles leaflike 
linear-lanceolate without I. or tendrils, stip. minute subulate. — 
E. B. 112. — St. mostly erect. L. closely resembling those of 
grasses. Fl. purple, on long stalks. Pods cylindrical ; seeds 
tubercular, round ; hilum small, oval. — Bushy grassy places, 
rare. A. VI. ' E. 
3. L. hirsutus (L.) ; peduncles 2-flowerered, 1. of one pair of 
linear-lanceolate leaflets, pods hairy, seeds globose tubercular. — 
E. B. 1255. — St. winged, climbing to the height of 1 or 2 feet. 
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