latter half-cordate, rounded, entire at the top, the basal lobe
folded and saccate. Filaments white, glabrous, the tenth
separate. Anthers oblong, yellow, equal. Ovarium linear
glabrous. Style compressed contrary to the ovarium, white
Stiyma brush-like, bearded all round with white spreading
hairs. Legumes linear-lanceolate, pointed, many-seeded
compressed, glabrous, attenuated at the base, about two
mches long. Seeds from 14 to 20, globose.
Our drawing of this very pretty Vetch was taken from
Mrs. Marryat s collection at Wimbledon in June last. The
plant had been raised from seeds received by Mrs. Palliser
from Professor Tenore, who discovered it in a wood on the
road to Bagnuoli in the kingdom of Naples. It appears to
come very near to our native V. sylvatica, and indeed its
characters are hardly marked enough to separate it- but
even should it prove to be only a variety of that specie’s, its
beauty will nevertheless entitle it to a place in the flower
border. It should be planted in a gravelly loam, and is
easily multiplied by seeds, which it perfects abundantly
_W_e would recommend the seeds to be sown where the plant
is intended to remain, as few of the Leguminosce bear to be
disturbed when once planted.
The word Vida, employed by Pliny and other Roman
authors to denote a species of this genus, is of doubtful origin
and occurs in most of the languages of Europe with little
variation. I), Don.
1. Keel. 2. Wing, 3. Stamens. 4. Pistil. 5. Pod.
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