61G 377. Vick. 63. LEGUMINO.SiE. PL ex. cal. 
Vicia minima praecox Parisiensium, JDillen in Rail Syn. 321,7. 
Vicia lathyroides, Lin. S. P. 1037. 
Ervum soloriiense, Lin. S. P. 1042. 
Spring vetch. Spring tare. 
Fallow lands in gravel or chalk; annual; April, May. 
Stem procumbent, downy ; tendrils simple or 0 ; leaflets 
reverse heartshape, upper leaflets slender ; flowers bluish or 
white; legumen bald, many-seeded. 
d. Vicia. Flowers solitary , yellow , axillary , sessile ; 
legumen dry , lent hack; perennial. 
7. Vicia lutea. Yellow vetch . 
Legumen solitary, sessile, bent back, hairy; stem dif- 
fuse ; stipules coloured ; standard bald. 
Vicia lutea, Lin. S. P. 1037. 
Sea shores and rocks ; perennial ; August. 
Root creeping ; stem bald, slightly branched ; leaves 
many-paired ; leaflets hairy underneath ; stipules blackish 
red •, flowers sulphur-yellow or white, streaked; legumen 
5 or 6-seeded ; seeds smooth. 
8. Vicia hylrida . Mule vetch. 
Legumen solitary, sessile, bent back, hairy; stem upright; 
standard villous ; leaflets naked. 
Vicia luteo flore sylvestris, Raii Syn. 321, 6. 
Vicia hybrida, Lin. S. P. 1037. 
Bushy places ; perennial ; June. 
Stipules green; flowers yellow streaked with purple; 
standard reddish at bottom ; legumen 5-seeded. 
9. Vicia laevigata. Smooth vetch . 
Legumen sessile, solitary, bent back, bald ; stem rather 
upright; leaflets quite bald. 
Vicia hybrida, Hudson FI. Angl. 319. 
Vicia laevigata, Engl. Bot. 483. 
Sea vetch. 
Rocks by the sea ; perennial ; July and August. 
Stem branched, quite bald ; leaflets elliptical, lanceolate ; 
stipules green ; flowers greyish yellow, or pale purple ; 
gumen 5-seeded. 
