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Papilionacese. 
— Ls with 4 —5 pairs of leaflets; leaflets oval or oval-ob¬ 
long. Stipules half-moon-shaped, with hair-like points, 
5—7-toothed. FIs violet-red, later dirty yellow-red.— 
Mountain woods; here and there; distrib. 6 
dumetorum L. 58S. 
10. Stipules half-moon-shaped, inciso-dentate. Ls with 5—9 
pairs of oblong leaflets. FIs beautifully variegated with 
white and violet. PI. glabr.—As the last. 6, 7 
sylvatica L. 584. 
— Stipules semi-hastate, the upper ones also lanceolate, en¬ 
tire. Ls with 6 — 15 pairs of linear, or linear-oblong 
leaflets. FIs blue or blue-violet 11 
11. Standard indented on each side in its upper third 
part; the lower part (the claw) twice as long as the 
upper. Cal. distinctly bossed at the base. Pods almost 
rhomboidal. Ann. • or bienn. pi. Y. villosa glabrescens 
Koch; the true villosa, which is not found in Switz., is easily 
distinguished by its soft, spreading villosity, and by its 
long, narrow cal.-teeth.—Among the corn, and in arti¬ 
ficial meadows, rare and gen. variable; GL Y. J. S. 6 
varia Host. 585. 
— Standard indented on each side, in the middle or 
lower third part; the lower part as long as, or shorter 
than, the upper. Cal. not bossed. Pods linear-oblong. 
Perenn. pis. Type of V. Cracca .... 12 
12. Carpophore (stalk of the pod above the cal.) longer than 
the cal.-tube. PI. covered with a spreading villosity. 
Stems rather stiff, almost erect. Leaflets larger and 
often more numerous than in 587; lower tooth of the 
cal. subulate from the base. —Thickets, slopes; Gh W. 
O. U. A. 5 . . . . . Gerardi Dec. 586. 
— Carpophore shorter than the cal.-tube . . 13 
13. Racemes fairly d,ense, about as long as, or rather longer 
than, the ls. Lower tooth of the cal. lanceolate (enlarged 
at the base). Hilum surrounding Va of the seed. Stem 
weak, climbing.—Hedges, among corn; road-sides; distrib. 6 
Cracca L. 587. 
— Racemes rather lax, gen, much longer than the ls. Hilum 
only surrounding Vs of the seed. Stems firmer, more 
erect than in the last, racemes more closely set in the 
upper part of the pi., with larger fls.—Thickets; forest 
meadows; W. Y. 5, 6, earlier than the last 
tenuifolia Dec. (an Roth?) 588. 
14(1). Racemes 3—12-fld. 13 
— Racemes 1—2-fld, (Fls appearing 1—2 together, sessile 
or very shortly peduncled, in the l.-axils. Ann. pis) 17 
