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rather large deep green leaflets. The flowers are of a bright yellow, and are produced in a large cluster at the 
extremity of each peduncle. The pods are nearly four inches long, and are somewhat sword-shaped and 
furrowed. This plant is a native of Spain, and as it is mentioned by Gerard, it must have been introduced before 
1596. Linnasus observes of this plant, that it sleeps with the leaflets bent back towards the base of the petiole, 
and not pointing forwards. The seeds should be sown where the plants are to remain, as they do not bear trans¬ 
planting ; and when the plants come up, they should be thinned out so as to leave them at least a foot and a 
half or two feet apart, to allow room for the widely-spreading branches. 
GENUS VI. 
VICIA, Lin. THE VETCH. 
Lin. Syst. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, 2 superior teeth shortest. Style villous at the apex. Legume many-seeded. 
Usually climbing herbs, with the leaves generally ending in a branched tendril. Flowers white, purple, or yellow.—(G. Don.) 
1.—VICIA ATROPURPUREA, Desf. THE DARK PURPLE VETCH. 
Synonyme? V. Nissoliana, Lin. 
Engravings.- —Bot. Reg. t. 871; and our Jig. 8, in Plate 23. 
Specific Character. —Plant villous. Stems tetragonal. Tendrils 
very trifid. Leaflets oblong, mucronate, numerous, opposite, and 
alternate. Stipules lanceolate, semi-sagittate, usually toothed at the 
base. Peduncles many-flowered, hardly the length of the leaves. 
Flowers secund, approximate. Calvcine teeth setaceous, pilose, longer 
than the tube. Style elongated, somewhat clavate, bearded at the 
apex. Legumes oblong, compressed, very hairy. Seeds globose, black, 
rather velvety.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— A very showy species, with dark purple flowers, a native of Algiers, where it was found 
by Desfontaines. It was introduced in 1815, from seeds sent from the Botanic Garden, Gottingen, by the late 
M. Fischer, to the London Hort. Soc.; but we do not know where seeds are now to be procured. 
2.—VICIA ONOBRYCHIOIDES, Lin. THE SAINTFOIN-LIKE VETCH. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2206 ; and our fig. 7, in Plate 23. 
Specific Character. —Stems striated. Tendrils almost simple. 
Leaflets numerous, linear, alternate or opposite, obtuse, and mucronate, 
with parallel nerves. Stipules linear, semi-sagittate, dentate. Pedun¬ 
cles very long, many-flowered. Flowers distant. Calycine teeth 
lanceolate, length of the tube. Style clavate, bearded at the apex. 
Legumes lanceolate.— (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —A handsome species, bearing some resemblance to the common tufted vetch of the hedges, 
Vicia Cracca. It has commonly fourteen leaflets; the peduncles are three times as long as the leaves, and the 
flowers, of which there are ten or twelve on each peduncle, are three times as large as those of V. Cracca , and all 
disposed one way. The pod is compressed, lanceolate, and narrowed at both ends. It is a native of France and 
Switzerland, and it has also been found on Mount Atlas. It was introduced in 1759. 
The seeds are said to do 
best when sown in autumn; and when sown in spring they should be lightly covered, and well watered • they 
are, however, frequently several months before they vegetate. They should always be sown when the plants are 
destined to remain, as they do not bear transplanting well. They do best in a shrubbery, where their roots are 
sheltered from the sun, and where they have a support to climb up. Only three or four seeds should be sown in 
each patch; and where the plants have no natural supports near them, they should be carefully trained to 
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