VICIA. 499 
puberula, subtus vix pallidiora, 5- 6 lineas longa, vix lineam lata; superiora paulo breviora. Rhachis pubes- 
cens, 8-12 lineas longa, in cirrum desinens ; cirrus bifidus, longissimus, filiformis, glabriusculus, spira- 
liter tortus. Srrevrm petiolares geminae, lanceolato«subulatz, semisagittate, trinervim, puberule, patule, 
duas lineas longe, persistentes. PrpuxcuLr axillares, solitarii, apice 2- 4- flori , sulcato- angulati, pubescentes, 
12-16 lineas longi. Fromss (fig. 1.) pedicellati,, remoti, magnitudine floris Vicio: Craccz; ; pedicellis 
pubescentibus, 1-12 lineam longis. Buacrgm nulle (?). Carvx (fig. 2.) campanulatus, quinquelobus, 
quinquenervius, membranaceus, externe pubescens, persistens; Jobis acuminatis; duobus superioribus 
brevioribus, subadscendentibus ; infimo reliquis longiore. Conor pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra 
basim inserta, glabra, violacea ; petala flabellato- nervosa ; superius (vexillum, feg. 4.) calycem triplo supe- 
rans, unguiculatum, ungue longo cuneato, orbiculatum, emarginatum, basi in unguem decurrens, superne 
adscendens, ad latera rellexum, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens ; duo lateralia (ale, fig. 5.) 
breviora, longe unguiculata, oblique oblonga, subfaleata, apice rotundata, basi semicordata, carinz adpressa 
eique supra unguem adhzrentia; duo inferiora (carina, frg. 6.) alis multo minora, longe unguiculata, sub- 
semiorbiculata, marginibus contiguis cohzrentia, concava, semicordata. Srawiwa (fig. 9.) 10, diadelpha, 
ibidem inserta, adscendentia, in carina recondita, alterna reliquis paulo breviora. FirawtwrA lineari-capil- 
ra; omnia in tubum compressum completum (nec fissum) connata, superne 
lacea, uninervia, diaphana, gla 
libera; superius vexillo oppositum (ex brevioribus) inferne solutum. Axruznz (frg. 7. 8.) subrotundo-ovatze, 
utrinque obsolete emarginate, supra basim affixe, biloculares, glabre, latere secundum longitudinem 
dehiscentes, omnes conformes. Ovanux ( fig. 9-) stipitatum, lineare, compressum, ad suturas puberulum, 
uniloculare, apice in stylum desinens ; ovula (frg. 11.) 10 aut 11*, sutura vexillum spectanti affixa (/rg. 10.), 
ovata, infra apicem suspensa. Srvros adscendens, subulatus, glaber, obtusus, apice villoso- barbatus. 
Lxcvux (fig. 12.) subcultriforme, brevissime stipitatum, acuminatum et stylo persistente rostratum, com- 
pressum, suturis incrassatis, calyce filamentisque persistentibus suffultum , obsolete reticulato- venosum , 
glabriusculum, fuscescens, 16-17 lineas longum, 5-5 7 lineas latum, uniloculare, bivalve, polyspermum ; 
valvis (fg. 19.) coriaceo- chartacei: Swiss. (fig. 14) suborbiculata, lenticulari- compressiuscula, levia, 
glabra , vix magnitudine grani cannabis; hilum laterale, lineare; dimidiam fere partem peripherie occupans. 
Podospermia longiuscula, apice bifureata, lobis inzqualibus, altero. (apicem leguminis spectante) multo 
longiore. Ixrzcuxewrox duplex j exterius chartaceum; interius tenuiter membranaceum, exteriori adhzrens. 
Eupnxo (fg. 15. 16.) suppetens non satis maturus, viridis. Corvrspowrs subrotundz, plano-convexa. 
Tanicura supera, inflexa et hilum spectans. 
5. VICIA rurcuzuLA. T Tab. DLXXXIII. 
V. caulibus debilibus , puberulis; foliolis 8- 12, linearibus, acutis, subtus calyceque pubes- 
centibus; stipulis lanceolato-linearibus , semisagittatis ; pedunculis 16-20- floris , folio longio- 
ribus , pubescentibus; leguminibus. . . . . 
Crescit in declivitate occidentali montium  Mexicanorum , prope Mescala, alt. 265 
hex. "t Floret Aprili. 
Caurzs filiformes, ramosi, elongati, debiles ramique quadrangulares, subsulcati , puberuli. Forza alterna, 
sessilia, pinnata, apice cirrosa. Foliola 8- 12, opposita vel alterna, brevissime petiolata, linearia, apice argute 
acuta ibique subfaleata, integerrima, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus pubescentia, quinque lineas 
! In specimine majore (fructifero) vidi ovarium pubescens , ovula 14 , subreniformia. 
