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teeth equal as long as their tube the 2 upper ones converging, 
poitfo oblonff 2-seeded hairy. — Ermtm Sm., E. B. 970. Cracca minor 
Qodr. — Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobe trifid with setaceous segments, 
inner lanceolate. Fl. small, pale blue, standard entire. Calyx- 
teeth subulate. Pod obliquely ti-uncate ; its upper suture nearly 
straight and prominent at the end. Seeds globose, compressed, 
red with darker spots, smooth ; hihun lo^^g, linear. Pea. rarely 
1 — ^2-flowered and pods glabrous. — Com-tields and hedg^es. A. 
VI.— \in. Hairy Tare. E. S. I. 
.2. V. tetrasper'ma (Moench) ; pcd. 1 — 2-^. about equalling 
the leaves, leajkts linear-oblong hlunt mucronate in 4 — 8 pairs, 
cttlyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones 
shortest "diverging," po(k limar-ohlmg about 'i-seeded glabrous. 
—Ervtim^m.,E.B. 1223. St.'32. 14— Stipules half-arrowshaped. 
Fl. small, pale blue ; standai-d with blue streaks, emarginate. 
Ciilyx-teeth long-trianoailar. Pod roimded; its upper suture 
decurved at the end. Seeds 3 — .5, globose, dull brown, slio-htly 
rough; hilum oblong. — Fields and hedges. A. VI. — VlII. 
Smooth Tare. ' • ^^'^ « E.' S. I. 
•3. V. grac'ilis (Lois.) ; ped. 1 — 4-fl. becoming twice as long 
IS the leaves, leaflets linear acute in -3 — 4 pairs, calyx-teeth 
unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones shortest, pods 
linear .5 — S-seedfd glabrous.— B. S. 2904.— Stip. half-arrow- 
jhaped. Fl. ticice as large as those of V. tetrasperma, pale blue ; 
ptandard emarginate. Cal\-x-teeth long-triangular, " two upper 
-slightly converging." Upper suture of pod slightly decurved 
at the end. Seeds dobose, variegated with dark brown and 
yellow, smooth, half as Im-ge, and oval hilum half as long, as 
those of Sp. 2.— Fields and hedges in the South. A. VI.— VlII. 
E. I. 
I -ft Peduncles long, many-flowered ; cal}'x gibbous at the base 
on the upper side. 
4. V. sylvat'ica (L.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, leaflets 
•lliptic blunt mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. limate deeply 
oothed at the base, teeth setaceotts, calyx-teeth shorter than their 
ube subulate. ~E.B. 79. iSit. 31. 3.— St. many feet long, climb- 
ng by their branched tendrils. Fl. many, cream-coloured and 
treaked with blue or pm-ple. Hilum extending about half roimd 
he seed.— Woods and thickets. P. \H. YJH. Wood Vetch 
I E. S. I. 
5. V. O'robus (DC.) ; leaflets ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo- 
ate mucronate in many (7—10) pairs, stip. half-aiTowshaped 
Uffht/y toothed at the base, calyx-teeth longer than their tiibe. 
' upper ones triangidar, the others ti-iangular-subulate.- Oro- 
1ms sylvoticus Sm., E. B. 518.— St. ascending, 1— li foot long, 
-endrils reduced to a short slender point. Fl. manv, cream- 
