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xxvi. leguminoSjE : vicie.-e. 
[ Vida. 
according to Smith’s description, it differed by the reflexed and quite 
glabrous legumes, very smooth leaves, stipules unstained, and a 
perennial root. The smoothness of the entire plant is readily 
explained by proximity to the sea ; but the characters are those 
of V. lutea, which grows at the same place: it is therefore not 
improbable that both species may have been kept in view, especially 
as the flowers have been said to be sometimes yellow. 
3. Y. sepium L. ( Bush V.) ; racemes 4 — 6-flowered nearly 
sessile, calyx-teeth unequal, legumes upright glabrous, leaflets 
4 — 8 pairs ovate obtuse gradually smaller upwards upon the 
petiole. E. B. t. 1515. 
Woods and shady places, frequent. I/.. 6 — 8.— Stem 1 — 2 ft. high. 
Leaflets large. Standard glabrous. Hilum of seed long, linear. 
4. V. lutea L. (rough-podded yellow V.) ; flowers sessile soli- 
tary, calyx-teeth unequal, standard glabrous, legumes reflexed 
hairy, stems diffuse, leaflets obtuse or acute, stipules coloured 
upper ones ovate. E. B. t. 481. 
Rocky or stony ground especially near the sea. Cornwall, Suffolk, 
Sussex, Derbyshire. On Glastonbury Tor-hill. Weymouth. Mearn- 
shire ; between Montrose and Arbroath; hills at Queensferry ; 
Dunure Castle, Ayrshire, abundant. It- 6 — 8. — Stems 6 — 12 inches 
high, weak. Leaflets elliptical-lanceolate, hairy beneath and at the 
edges, 6 — 9 pairs on a petiole. Flowers large, yellow. Legumes com- 
pressed. Seeds with a short hilum in this and V. hybrida. The 
stipules in this and the next species do not seem to differ in form ; 
they are hastate about the middle of the plant, but become ovate 
upwards by the smallness of the lateral lobes. 
5. V. *hybrida L. (hairy-flowered yellow Vi) ; flowers nearly 
sessile solitary, calyx-teeth unequal spreading, standard hairy, 
legumes reflexed hairy, stems ascending, leaflets abrupt, stipules 
unstained upper ones ovate. E. B. t. 482. 
On Glastonbury Tor-hill. Swan Pool near Lincoln. If.. 6, 7. 
— Flowers yellow, reddish externally. Similar to the last, but distin- 
guished by its hairy standard. The first of the above stations is 
mentioned by Ray ; but Ray considered his plant to be V. lutea, 
which species was found there in 1799 by the late Mr. Dawson Tur- 
ner, when in search of V. hybrida but in vain. The second locality 
depends on Mr. Nicholson, as mentioned in the Brit. FI. ed. 3rd, 
p. 326. The species, even if no mistake occurred, may have been in- 
troduced by ballast, and have afterwards died out or been eradi- 
cated, as it no longer appears to be found in this country. 
*** Peduncles elongated, few-flowered. Calyx gibbous at the base. Style 
with a tuft of hairs beneath the stigma . Aracus. 
6. V. Bilhynica L. (rough-podded purple V.) ; peduncles 
rather shorter than the leaves 1- or rarely 2-flowered, legumes 
