PL ex. cal. 63. LEGUMINOSiE* 377. Vicia. 617 
e. Aphaca. Peduncles few-flowered, axillary ; legumens 
small ; hilum lateral; perennial. 
10. Vicia sepium. Hedge vetch. 
Peduncles 4-flowered; legumens upright; leaves many- 
paired ; leaflets ovate, obtuse ; outer leaflets smallest. 
Vicia sepium perennis, Raii Syn. 320,2. 
Vicia maxima dumetorum, Ger. em. 1727,2; Park. 1072. 
Vicia sepium, Lin.S. P. 1038. 
Bush vetch . 
Bushy places and hedges ; perennial; May and June. 
Stem 2 feet high ; tendrils branched ; stipules lunate, 
toothed; flowers purplish or blue; calyx hairy; legumen 
bald ; seeds globular, smooth. 
|3. alba. Floivers white. 
Vicia folio subrotundo, brevi, obtuse mucronato, pediculo brevi insi- 
dente, flore viciae sepium seu dumetorum vulgaris, Raii Syn. 321,3. 
11. Vicia Bithynica. Bit hynian vetch. 
Peduncles l or 2-flowered ; legumen upright, rough; 
leaflets 2 to 6-paired, ovate, lanceolate; stipules toothed. 
Vicia Bithynica, Lin. S. P. 1038. 
Sandy pastures ; perennial ; July and August. 
* Stems many, branched, bald ; tendrils long, bald ; leaflets 
large, acute, hairy beneath ; stipules large ; teeth unequal, 
acute, divaricated ; calyx-teeth fringed ; standard large, 
lead colour ; wings and keel white ; legumen 5 or 6-seeded ; 
seeds round, smooth. 
f. Faba. Peduncles few-flowered , axillary; legumen large, 
leathery ; hilum terminal ; annual. 
12. Vicia vulgaris. Common vetch. 
Legumens 3 or 4, gibbous ; leaflets ovate, not cut ; stipules 
arrowshape, toothed at the base; tendrils awlshape. 
Faba, Raii Syn. 323, 1. 
Faba major hortensis, Ger. em. 1209, 1. 
Faba sativa, Park. 523. 
Vicia Faba, Lin. S. P. 
Faba vulgaris, De Candolle FI. Gall. 4028. 
Great garden bean. Windsor bean. Mazagan bean. 
Cultivated ; annual ; April and May. 
Stem angular, upright, pipey ; tendrils very short ; corolla 
white with black spots; seeds compressed. — Stem made into 
flax ; seeds nutritive but flatulent, eaten fresh, or when dry 
ground with wheat into flour. 
