VI'CIA PSEUDOCRACCA. 
FALSE CRACCA VETCH. 
Class. Order. 
DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
LEGUMINOSEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Italy. 
2f feet. 
Aug. Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1824. 
No. 507. 
The name, Vicia, is referred, by some etymolo- 
gists, to the Latin, vincio to bind together, in allu- 
sion to its tendrils training about and binding other 
plants. This derivation is, however, uncertain. 
Some authors have considered it as a word derived 
from the Celtic. 
This is both a useful and ornamental annual. It 
may, with advantage, be planted against fences of 
every description, at the foot of vacant walls, or in 
any situation requiring to be hidden, or rendered 
attractive in summer. In ornamental gardening, 
much depends on attention to minor points of this 
description. It is not sufficient that plants of rarity 
and beauty combine to form a good collection; but 
it is likewise desirable that their attractions be not 
deteriorated by connexion with unworthy objects, nor 
that they be displayed where neglect may occasion 
a drawback on the pleasures which their presence is 
calculated to produce. The natural rudeness of the 
simplest cottage garden, if characterized by attentive 
culture, vrill always please. 
This species of Vetch should be raised by slight 
heat, and turned out in May for flowering. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. v. 2, 317. 
