VICIA. — LATHYEUS. 
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compressed ; liile linear, occupying about j of the circum- 
ference. — a. V. sativa (L. em. Reichard.) ; leaflets all elliptic- or 
ovate-oblong, the lower ones shorter and broader, fl. usually in 
pairs, 7>0(/s mostly parallel to the st. ,st. 1 — lA foot high. Sy. 
E. B. 392. St. 31. 10.— /3. V. anguUifolia (Reichard.) ; leaflets 
of the upper 1. linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or 
obcordate, H. solitary or in pairs, pods mostly patent, st. 
slender. E. B. S. 2614. St. 31. 11.— 7. V. Bobar'tii (Forst.) ; 
V. angustifolia (L., Sm.) ; leaflets of the upper 1. linear, fl. 
solitary, jwds jiatent, st. prostrate. E. B. S. 2708. — a is only 
known in cultivation. (3 and 7 in dry places. A. V. VI. 
Common Vetch. E. S. I. 
**** Style bearded below the stigma; calyx not gibbous. 
11. V. lathyrdi'des (L.) ; fl. axillary solitary, leaflets in 1—3 
pairs obovate or oblong retuse mucronate, calyx-teeth subulate 
straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 
cubical tubercnlar, hile short oblong. — E. B. 30. .SV. 31. 12. — 
St. procumbent, 3—5 in. long. Fl. small purple.— Dry gravelly 
and sandy places. A. V. VI. E. S. I. 
15. Lath'ykus Linn. em. Bernh. Vetchling. 
* iVb true leaflets. 
1. L. Aph'aca(L.) ; ped. petioles leafless formi7ig tendrils, 
stip. very large leaflike hastate-ovate. — E. B. 1167. — St. weak, 
climbing. Fl. yellow, rarely 2 together. Remarkable for its 
want of 1., which are replaced by the stipules, rarely 1 or 2 
elliptic leaflets occur. Pods subfalcate ; seed smooth, com- 
pressed. — ^Sandy and gravelly fields, chiefly in the South, rare. 
A. V.-VIII. E. 
2. L. j\'iss6lia (L.) ; ped. long 1 — 2-flowered, petioles leaflike 
but leafless linear lanceolate, 710 tendrils, stip. minute subulate. 
— E.B. 112. — St. mostly erect. Petioles grasslike. Fl. purple 
on long stalks. Pods cylindrical ; seeds tubercled, round ; 
hile small, oval. — Bushy grassy places, rare. P. VI. E. 
Petioles with one paii- of leaflets and a tendril. 
[L. sphcer'icus (Retz.) ; ped. 1-fl. with a long point shorter 
than the petiole. Its. linear -lanceolate, seeds globose ; has been 
found in Hertfordshire.] 
3. L. hirsutus (L.) ; ped. 2-flowered, Its. linear-lanceolate, pods 
hairy, seeds globose tubercled.— jE". B. 1255.— St. winged, climb- 
