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upper suture decurved at the end. Seeds 3 — 5, globose, dull 
brown, slightly rough. (A narrow and acute leaved form, var. tenuixsima 
(Druce), has been mistaken for Sp. 3.) — Fields aud hedges. A. VI. — 
yill. Smooth Tare. E. S. I. 
3. V. temds'sima (Schinz & Thell.) ; ped. 1 — 4-fl. becoming 
twice as long as the leaves, leaflets linear anite in 3 — 4 pairs, 
calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube, the 2 upper ones 
shortest, pods linear 5 — 8-seeded glabrous, hile roundish-oval. — 
I'', gracilis (Lois.) E. B. S. 2904. — Stip. half-arrowshaped. Fl. 
twice as large as those of V. tetrasperma, pale blue ; standard 
emarginate. Calyx-teeth long-triangular, " two upper slightly 
converging." Upper suture of pod slightly decurved at the end. 
Seeds globose, variegated with dark brown and yellow, smooth, 
half as large and hile half as lonq as those of Sp. 2. — Fields 
and hedges in the South. A. VI.-^VIII. E. 
+t Peduncles long, many-flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base 
on the upperside. — Perennial. 
4. V. sylvat'ica (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, leaflets elliptic 
blunt mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply toothed at 
the base, teeth setaceous, calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, subtt- 
late. — E. B. 79. St. 31. 3. — St. many feet long, climbing by 
branched tendrils. Fl. many, cream-coloured and streaked 
with blue or purple. Hile extending about half round the seed. 
—Woods and thickets.— P. VII. VIII. Wood Vetch. E. S. I. 
5. V. Or'obus (DC.) ; leaflets ovate-ob]cng or ovate-lanceo- 
late mucronate in many (7 — 10) pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped 
slightly toothed at the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tube, 2 
upper ones triangular, the others triangular-subulate. — Orobus 
sylvaticns L. E. B. r)18. — St. ascending, 1 — 1|, foot long. Ten- 
drils reduced to a short slender point. Fl. many, cream-coloured 
streaked with purple. Pods linear-oblong. Hile extending 
about i round the seed. — Northern rocky woods. P. V. VI. 
Bitter Vetch. E. S. I. 
** Upper part of the style hairy all over, the hairs rather longer 
below the stigma but scarcely bearded ; calyx gibbous at the 
base. 
6. V. Grac'ca (L.) ; ped. long many-flowered, Its. lanceolate 
mucronate silky in about 10 pairs, stip. half-arrowshaped entire, 
calyx-teeth shorter than their tube, upper pair minute, others 
subulate, standard sinuate at about the middle of each side, its 
limb and claw equally long, pods linear-oblong smooth. E. B. 
