VICIA. 
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shining gr. St. 1-2 ft. long procumbent and quadrangular below, 
succulent upwards and partly climbing by the branched tendrils, 
nearly smooth, sparingly branched except quite at the base. 
Lfts. in about 6 pairs, slightly hairy, those of the lower 1. shorter 
broader and more abrupt than those of the upper. Stip. with, 
the black impressed spot beneath large and spreading over the 
whole surface ; in the lower stip. it is paler or frequently not 
present ; they are also narrower than the upper with a single 
distinct spreading tooth at the base. Cal. pale green smooth ; 
the 2 upper teeth equal, 3 lower unequal ; the points of all 
curving upwards. Keel and wings of cor. pale sulphur ; stand- 
ard streaked wdth dark grey or dull v. -purple lines, moi;e or less 
purplish at the base when fresh, but turning plain y. like the 
rest in drying. Pods about an inch long and 4 or 5 lines broad, 
usually more or less clothed with close-pressed hairs, but some- 
times nearly or quite smooth : hairs issuing from a bulb or pus- 
tule. 
/3. pallidijlora DC. 1. c. ; more hairy, fl. nearly white. — V. lutea 
13. hirta WB. 1. c.; Koch 1. c. 
Occasionally in vineyards, rrr ; in my own on the Levada de 
S ta Luzia near Funchal a single pi. once only, July 19th, 1844. — 
Whole pi. more robust and hairy, sprinkled with scattered di- 
stinct whitish hairs, dark gr., wdth thicker longer st. 2-3 ft. long. 
Lfts. in 6-9 pairs. Upper stip. simple with a large black spot 
beneath, lower semi-sagittate wdth a small pale one. FI. very 
pale sulphur, nearly white or cream-colour. Upper teeth of 
cal. connivent shorter, the 3 lower especially the lowest or mid- 
dle one longer than the cal. -tube. Standard smooth outside, 
plain-col. i. e. without dark lines or streaks. Style strongly 
bearded beneath below the stigma. Pods broad flat very hairy, 
appearing pustulose, each hair growdng from a very large distinct 
bulb or pustule. 
I am much inclined to concur wdth my able and accurate friend 
Mr. Newbould in believing that V. Icevigcita Sm. EB. t. 483 was 
merely a smooth-podded state or var. of V. lutea L. 
ttf6. V. NARBONENSIS L. 
St. branched ascending or erect not climbing by the tendrils ; 
lfts. in 2-6 pairs large oval-oblong or ovate serrate or entire thick 
or juicy ; smooth and shining; stip. broad acute semi-sagittate 
and sharply toothed, the lower simple and entire ; fl. rather 
large ; rac. 1-4- or 5-fld. very short ; cal. smooth campanulate, 
the teeth unequal ovate or lanceolate acute shorter than the 
tube 3-nerved ; pod oblong broad and flat smooth densely fringed 
or muriculato-pilose at the edges ; seeds subglobose compressed. 
— Desf. ii. 166 ; DC. ii. 364. 
