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25. LEOUMINOS^. 
2. A. aljmius (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate free, leaflets 
elliptic blunt in 10 — 12 pairs, racemes short close, peduncles 
equalling the leaves, 2)ods oblong hairy narrowed at both ends 
pendulous stalked in the calyx. — E. B. S. 2717. St. 19. 13. — 
Stip. sometimes slightly connected at the base. St. a few inches 
long, slender. Fl. few, drooping, white tipped with purple. — 
Lofty mountains. Aberdsh., Forf., Perthsh. P. VII. S. 
3. A. glycyjfhyl'los (L.) ; st. prostrate, stip. ovate-lanceolate 
free, leaflets ovate in 5 — 6 pairs, racemes ovate, peduncles falling 
much short of the leaves, ^wc/s linear incurved erect glabrous. — 
E. B. 203. — St. 2 — 3 feet long, scarcely branched, nearly 
glabrous. Fl. in short dense racemes, dull yellow. Pods an 
inch long. — Hedges and thickets on a chalky or gravelly soil, 
rare. P. VI. Wild Liquorice. E. S. 
Tribe II. Viciece. 
14. Vi'ciA Linn. Vetch. 
* Upper ]>art of the style equcdly hairy all over. 
f Peduncles long, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at the base 
on the upperside. — Annuals. Ervum. Tares. 
1. V. hirsiUa (S. F. Gray) ; ped. 1 — 6-Jl. about equalling the 
leaves, leaflets in 6 — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mucronate, 
calyx-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones 
convei'ging, pods sessile oblong ^-seeded hairy. Idle long linear. — 
Ervum Sm. E. B. 970. Cracca minor Godr. — Stip. 2-lobed, 
outer lobe trifid with setaceous segments, inner lanceolate. Fl. 
small, pale blue, standard entire. Calyx-teeth subulate. Pod 
obliquely truncate ; its upper suture nearly straight and pro- 
minent at the end. Seeds globose, compressed, red with darker 
si)Ots, smooth. Ped. rarely 1 — 2-fiowered and pods glabrous. — 
Corn-fields and hedges. A. VI.— VIII. Hairy Tare. E. S. I. 
2. V. tetrasper'ma (Moench) ; ped. 1—2-/1. about equalling the 
leaves, leaflets linear-oblong blunt mucronate in 4 — fi pairs, 
calyx-teeth unequal shorter than the tube the 2 upi)er ones 
shortest " diverging," pods shortly stalked linear-oblong about 
A-seeded glabrous, liile oblong. — Ervum Sm. E. ]>. 1223. 
V. gemella (Crantz). St. 32. 14. — Stipules half -arrow- 
shaped. Fl. small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, 
emarginate. Calyx-teeth long-triangular. Pod rounded ; its 
