. Field and woodland plants. THE Hemlock Storks-bill. eight paii-s of leaflets ; and tlie minute, pale blue flowers, in clustersof from one to six, are on long peduncles. The pods have only twoseeds, and are hairy and sessile. The other Tare referred to is the Slender Tare (V. tetrasperma),found principally in the South of England. It owes its specificname to the fact that its pods usually contain four seeds. It ismore slender and much less branched than the Hairy Tare, andits leaves have generally only from three to five pairs of flowers are pale blue, appearing from June to Augu
. Field and woodland plants. THE Hemlock Storks-bill. eight paii-s of leaflets ; and tlie minute, pale blue flowers, in clustersof from one to six, are on long peduncles. The pods have only twoseeds, and are hairy and sessile. The other Tare referred to is the Slender Tare (V. tetrasperma),found principally in the South of England. It owes its specificname to the fact that its pods usually contain four seeds. It ismore slender and much less branched than the Hairy Tare, andits leaves have generally only from three to five pairs of flowers are pale blue, appearing from June to August, and are M 162 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS generally solitary or in pairs, on peduncles which are about as longas the leaves. The pods are smooth. The same genus includes the Tufted Netch ( Vicia Cracca)—a verycommon plant on hedgerows and bushy waysides, where it climbsover the neighljouring plants and shrubs, covering them with. The BiRDs-rooT Trefoui. its dense racemes of bluish-purjilc flowers from June to cHmbing stem is very weak, but it often grows to a length ofsix feet or more, supporting itself by means of the branched tendrilsat the tips of its leaves. The leaves are pinnate, with about tenpairs of narrow, pointed, silky leaflets, usually from half an inchto three-quarters in length ; and at the base of each leaf-stalk is apair of narrow, half arrow-shaped stipules. The racemes are WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER 163 one-sided, on rather long stalks, with from ten to thuty flowers,each nearly half an inch long. The pods are smooth, flattened,about an inch lono;, containing from six to eight seeds.
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