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26 . LEGUMINOS^E. 
10. V. kybrida (L.) ; fl. solitary axillary, leaflets obovate emar- 
ginate apiculatc in 5 — 7 pairs, stij). luilf-arrovvshaped cut, calyx- 
teeth unequal sqweading subulate longer than their tube, standard 
hairy, pod ovate-obloiig hairy . — E. B. 482. St. 32. 3. — St. 
ascending, 1 foot long. Fl. reddish yellow. Hairs on the pods 
simple. “ Seeds round with a short hilum.” I have seen no 
native specimens. — On Glastonbury Tor Hill. P. VI. VII. E. 
11. V. lutea (L.); fl. solitary axillary, leaflets elliptic-lanceo- 
late acute or rounded at tbe end apicidate in 5 — 8 pairs, stip. 
ovate pointed coloured simple or with one patent lobe, calyx-teeth 
unequal, upper ones very short and curved upwards, lower one 
longer than the tube, standard glabrous, pods elliptic-oblong 
bairy. — E. B. 481. St. 31. 13. — St. procumbent, 1 — 2 feet long. 
Fl. sulpbur-coloured. Hairs on the pods 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.) ; Jl. axillary solitary or in pairs, leaflets in 
5 — 7 jjairs ellij)tic-oblong retuse or obcordate-mucronate, the 
upper ones narroweror linear truncate mucronate, stij). half-arrow- 
shaped toothed, calyx-teeth equal lanceolate-subulate long equal- 
ling tbeir tube, standard glabrous, pods linear slightly silky, seeds 
globose smooth. — Seeds slightly compressed ; hilum linear, oc- 
cupying about \ of tbe circumference. — a. sativa (DC.); leaflets 
all elliptic- or obovate-oblong, the lower ones shorter and broader, 
fl. usually in pairs, qjods erect, st. 1 — 1^ foot high. V. sativa Sm., 
E. B. 334. St. 31. 10. — B. angustifolia ; leaflets of the upper 1. 
linear-lanceolate, lower ones obovate retuse or obcordate, fl. soli- 
tary or in pairs, qmds jiatent, st. slender. V. angustifolia Sm., 
E. B. S. 2614. St. 31. 11. — y. Bobartii; leaflets of tbe npj)er 1. 
linear truncate or retuse, fl. solitary, pods patent, st. prostrate. 
V. Bobartii (Forst.) E. B. S. 2708. — Cultivated ground. /3 andy 
in (by 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-teetb subulate 
straight as long as their tube, pods linear glabrous, seeds nearly 
cubical tubercular, bilum short elliptical. — E. B. 30. St. 31. 12. 
— St. procumbent, 3 — 5 in. long. Fl. small, purple. — Dry gra- 
velly and sandy jflaces. A. V. VI. 
13. Lathyrus iiwH. 
1. L. Aphaca (L.); peduncles single-flowered, pefio/es leafless 
forming tendrils, stip. very large leaf-like cordate-sagittate. — 
E. B. 1167- — St. w'eak, chmbing. Fl. yellow, on long stalks. 
