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VI'CIA* *. 
Linncan Class and Order. Diade'lphia f, Deca'ndria. 
Natural Order. Legumino's^e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 345. — Sm. 
Gram, of Bot. p. 174. — Lindl. Syn. p. 75 ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 
87. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 532. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 259. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 509. — Papiliona'ce^e J of Linn . — Rosales; 
subty. V icidas, Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614 & 661. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, unequal, with 
5 acute segments ; the 2 uppermost shortest, approaching, all equal 
in breadth. Corolla (fig. 2.) butterfly-shaped, of 5 petals ; standard 
(fig. 3.) largest, oval, ascending, with a broad claw, the sides de- 
flexed, the back somewhat keeled ; wings (fig. 4.) 2, oblong, con- 
verging, shorter than the standard, with narrow claws ; keel (fig. 5.) 
rounded, compressed, of 2 united petals, with separate claws. 
Filaments (fig. 6.) 10, 9 united into a compressed tube, open at the 
upper edge ; the tenth hair-like, quite distinct, closing the fissure. 
Anthers small, roundish. Germen (fig. 7.) strap-shaped, com- 
pressed. Style (see figs. 7 & 8.) short, cylindrical, bent upwards 
at a right angle. Stigma (see fig. 8.) blunt, with a tuft of hair 
below the summit. Legume (pod) (fig. 9.) oblong, more or less 
compressed, pointed, of 1 cell, and 2 coriaceous (leathery) rather 
rigid valves. Seeds (fig. 10.) several, roundish, or angular, with 
an oval or strap-shaped, lateral hilum. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the style being bent at right angles with the germen, and hairy on 
both sides below the stigma. 
Ten species British. 
VI'CIA SYLVA'TICA. Wood Vetch. 
Spec. Char. Plant smooth. Leaflets numerous, elliptic-oblong, 
mucronate. Stipulas binate, deeply toothed at the base. Pedun- 
cles longer than the leaves, many-flowered. 
Engl. Hot. t. 79. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1035. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nded.) p.318. — 
Sm. FI. Bril. v. ii. p. 768. Eng FI. v. iii. p. 279. — With. (7lh ed.) v. iii. p. 841. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 614. — Lindl. Syn. p. 84. — Hoot. Brit. FI. p.322. — 
Lighif. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 393. — Sibth. Fl.Oxon. p.223. — Abb. Fl.Bedf. p. 157. — 
l’urt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 742. ; and v. iii. p. 371. — Relli. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 
293. — Dav. Welsh Bot. p. 70. — Hook. FI. Scot, p.214. — Grev. Fl.Edin. p. 157. — 
FI. Devon, pp. 121 &c 174. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. i. p. 160. — Rev. G. E. Smith’s 
PI. of S- Kent, p. 40. — Winch’s FI. of Northum. and Durham, p. 48. — Walk. 
FI. of Oxf. p.208. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 316.— Curt. Br. 
Ent. v. x. t 455 ! — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 13. — Mack. C’atal. of PI. of lrel. p. 66. — 
Vicia sylvatica multiflora maxima, Ray’s Syn. p. 322. 
Localises. — In woods, thickets, and hedges ; most frequent in the Noith and 
North-west of England, more rare in the South. — Oxfordsh. Medley Grove: Dr. 
SiBTHORf. Hedges by the road-side going from Burford to Wychwood Forest, 
Fig. 1. The Calyx. — Fig. 2. The Corolla. — Fig. 3. The Standaid. — Fig. 4. The 
Wings. — Fig. 5. The Keel. — Fig. 6. Stamens and Pistil. — Fig. 7. Germen, Style, 
and Stigma.— Fig. 8. Style and Stigma, magnified.— Fig. 9. Legume. — Fig. 10. 
A Seed. — Fig. 11. Stipula. 
* Said to be from vincio, to bind together ; because the species have tendrils, 
by which they bind other plants. Don. 
t See Spartium scoparium, folio 77, note f. 
t See Lathyrus lutifolius, folio 117, note 4. 
