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from^tlie staminal tube; standard and wings oblong; keel straiglit, obtuse. 

 Stauiens diadelphous ; filaments filiform ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 

 usually many-ovuled ; style short, little incurved ; stiguia oblique. Pod usually 

 spirally twisted, many-seeded, indehiscent, rarely sickle-shaped, in M. lujyuUna 

 one-seeded. — Distkib. Species about 40 ; spread principally round the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



M. SATivA, Linn. ; Wall Cat 5045, A,B, probably a cultivated race of JSLfalcata, 

 characterised by the pod forming a double spiral and flowers usually purple, is often 

 grown for forage in Madras, Bengal, and the North-West Provinces. 



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1. m. falcata, Linnr^ I)C. Prodr. ii. 172; Boiss, FL Orient, ii. 93. M. 

 sativa, WalL Cat. 5945 0, D, M. procumbens, Besser, Pi'hn, FL Gal. ii. 127. 



Kashmir, Ladak, Kunawar, &c.; alt. 5-13,000 ft. — Distkib. AiFghanistan^ 

 Orient, and all tlirougli Europe.' 



Subglabroiis, copiously branched, 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets oblanceolate, ^1 in. long. 

 Peduncles exceeding leaves. Flowers 12-20, in close racemes. Cal^/a: ^ in. ; teeth 

 setaceous, as long as the tube. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. Pod linear, 

 sickle-shaped, glabrous, ^-^ in. long, 5-10-seeded. 



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Diffuse trailing amnials or biennials. 



, lupullna, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 172 ; biennial, pod minute linear 

 siclde-sbaped unarmed one-seeded. Wall. Cat. 5944 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 

 105. 





Tropical and temperate tracts of the north-west, ascending from the Indus valley 

 and GA^-GCTIC plain to 10-12,000 ft. — Disteib. Orient, Siberia, Europe, Abyssinia^ 

 often cultivated. 



Stem 1 ft. or more long, finely downy. Stipules toothed; points lanceolate, 

 acuminate; leaflets obovate, faintly inciso-crenato, base deltoid, entire. Flowers 

 12-20, densely capitate; peduncles exceeding the leaves. Cal?/x ^ in. ; teeth sebi- 

 ceous, as long as the tube. Corolla slightly exserted. Pod -^ in. long, indehiscent^ 

 glabroxis or do\vny, faintly veined longitudinally, finally black. 



3. m. orbicularis, AIL ; DC. Prodr. ii. 174 ; annual, pod spiral unarmed 

 large vertically compressed. Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 97. 



Kashmir ; temperate region, Falconer. — ^Distrib. Orient, Mediterranean, Abys- 

 sinia. 



Stems slender, subglabrous, a foot or more long. Stipules short, deeply laciniated; 

 leaflets ^-^ in. long, obovate-cuneate, faintly inciso-dentate. Peduncles shorter 

 than the leaves, I-3-flowered. Cal]/x ^ in. ; teeth linear-setaceous. Corolla yellow, 

 much exserted. Pod ^-J in. broad, with 4-5 flattened spirals, distantly finely trans- 

 versely veined. 



4. M. laciniata, ^W. ; DC. Prodr. ii, 180; annual, stipules laciniatedr 

 pod small subglobose spiral muricated, corolla scarcely exserted. Boiss. FL 

 Orient, ii. 104. 



Punjab; tropical region, Fleming, Jacqucmoni, Ait chison. — ^Distuib. Orient^ Medi- 

 terranean, Abyssinia. 



Steins glabrous, very slender, reaching a foot long. Leaflets ^-^ in. long, obovate- 

 cuneate, sharply inciso-dentate or even pinnatifid ; petiole equalling or exceeding 

 leaflets^r Peduncles filiform, awned, 1-2-flowered. Calyx narrowly turbinate, i^"^-'' 

 teeth setaceous. Pod ^ in. broad with 4-5 sharply muricated spirals, , .): 



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 niated, corolla twice the calyx, pod subglobose spiral muricated. .Botss. Fl* 

 Orient, ii, 102. M. canescens^ Grah. in WalL Cat. 5946. M. poljTuorphftj 

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