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as the leaves, leaflets in 6—8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mu- 
cronate, cah'X-teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 ujiper ones 
converging, pods oblong 2-seeded hairy. — Ervum Sm., E. B. 970. 
St. 32. 12. — Sti}). 2-lobed, outer lobe trifiil with setaceous seg- 
ments, inner lanceolate. FI. small, ])ale blue, staudard entire. 
Calyx-teeth subulate. Seeds orbicular, compressed, red with 
darker s])Ots, smooth ; hilum long linear. — Mr. Borrer found a 
few specimens at Ilenfield with 1 — 2-flowered peduncles and 
glabrous jjods in company with the usual form of the species, 
thev are the 8. anqustifolia (Fries). — Corn-fields and hedges. 
Vl.— YIII. Hairy Tare. 
2. tetrasperma ( Koch) ; j)eduncles \-2-fiowered about as 
long as the leaves, leaflets linear-oblong blunt mucronate in 4 — 6 
pairs, calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper 
ones shortest “ diverging,” pods linear-oblong 4-seeded glabrous. 
— Ervum Sm., E. B. 1223. St. 32. 14. — Stipules half-arrow- 
shaped. FI. small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, emar- 
ginate. Calyx-teeth elongate-triangular. Seeds 3 — 5, globose, 
didl brown, slightly rough ; hilum oblong . — Fields and hedges. 
A. VI. — VIII. Smooth Tare. 
3. V. gracilis (Lois.) ; peduncles 1 — 1-flowered at length twice 
as long as the leaves, leaflets hnear acute in 3 — 4 pairs, calj"x- 
teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones shortest, 
pods linear 6 — H-seeded glabrous. — Loisel. FI. Gall. 1. 12. E.B. S. 
2904. Ervum Hoot. — Stip. half-arrowshaped. FI. twice as large 
as those of tetrasperma, pale blue; standard emarginate. 
Calvx-teeth elongate-triangular. Seeds globose variegated with 
dark brown and yellow, smooth ; hilum short, oval, half as long 
as that of the last. — Fields and hedges. A. VI. — VIII. E. 
ft Peduncles elongated, many-flowered ; cahx gibbous at the 
base on the upper side. 
4. V. sylvatica (L.); peduncles longer than the leaves, leaflets 
elhptical obtuse mucronate in about 8 j)airs, stip. lunate deeply 
toothed at the base: teeth setaceous, calyx-teeth shorter than their 
tube subulate. — E. B. 79. St. 31. 3. — St. many feet long, climb- 
ing by their branched tendrils. FI. numerous, cream-coloured 
and streaked with blue. Ililum extending about half round the 
seed. — Woods and thickets. P. VII. VIII. Wood Vetch. 
5. V. Orobus (DC.); peduncles ultimately longer than the 
leaves, leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate mucronate in 
numerous (7 — 10) pairs, stip. half-aiTOWshaped slightly toothed at 
the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tube, 2 ujiper ones trian- 
gular, the others triangular-subulate. — Orobus sylvaticus Sm., 
E. B. 518. — St. ascending, 1 — 1^ foot long. Tendrils reduced 
