Papilionacese. 
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15. Ls with 4—7 pairs. Perenn. pis. FIs of a dirty violet, 
rarely white or (v. ochroleuca) yellowish white.—Fields, 
road-sides; everywhere. 4, 5 . . sepium L. 589. 
— Ls with 1—3 pairs. Ann. pis (leaflets large) . 16 
16. Petiole terminated by a simple point. FIs large, white, 
wings spotted with black. Hilum terminal. Broad bean. 
f Faba L. 590. 
— Petiole terminated by a simple or branched tendril. FIs 
smaller than in the last, of a dirty purple. Hilum lateral. 
—Bale (Grenzach, Isteinerklotz). 5 narbonensis L. 591. 
17 (14). FIs pale yellow. (Pods rough) .... 18 
— FIs red or violet (varied rarely to white) . . 19 
18. Standard glabr. Leaflets obtuse.— Fields;, rare; W. Y. 
Z. L. A. 5.Iiitea L. 592. 
— Standard hairy. Leaflets truncate or indented.—Fields, 
very rare and only observed now and then; formerly 
near Cossonay and recently between Montreux and 
Chillon, at Colombey and near Lausanne. 5 
*hybrida L. 593. 
19. Cal.-teeth lanceolate, the upper ones reflexed at the 
top. Pods stipitate. Leaflets all linear, indented with 
2 acute lobes.—As the last; between Montreux and Chillon. 5 
*peregrina L. 594. 
— Cal.-teeth lanceolate-subulate, pointed forwards. Pods 
sessile ......... 20 
20. Ls all, or at least the lower ones, terminated by a simple 
point, with 2 or 3 pairs. Stipules entire. FIs small 
(7—9 mm). Pods glabr.—Sandy hills, very rare; Peney, 
Canton Geneva, and Valere near Sion. 4, 5 
lathyroides L. 595. 
— Ls with branched tendrils, the upper ones with 4—8 
pairs of leaflets. Stipules toothed. FIs larger. Pods, at 
least when young, pubescent. Type of V. sativa 21 
21. Pods bossed, with a short pubescence, yellowish-brown 
when ripe. Seed compressed. FIs gen. of 2 colours. Ls 
gen. with 7 pairs. Leaflets, at least those of the lower 
and middle ls, truncate and gen. indented.—In corn¬ 
fields; distrib., also cultivated. 5 . .. sativa L. 596. 
— Pods narrower than in the last, not bossed, almost or 
quite glabr. throughout their entire development, 
black at maturity. FIs almost of one colour. Ls gen. with 
5 pairs; leaflets of the upper and middle ls acute or 
acuminate. Y. Forsteri Jord., segetalis Thuill.?, nemora- 
lis Bor.—b. Bobartii Forst. Leaflets of the upper ls 
linear.—Hedges, fields, road-sides. Western and southern 
Switz.; also occasionally adventitious. 5 
angustifolia Reich. 597. 
