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176 L. LEGUMiNOS^. (J. G. Baker.) [Abrus. 



3. A. frutlculOBua, Wall Cat 5820; brancMets and leaves densely 

 silky, leaflets minute ligulate-linear, pod linear-oblong flattisb 4-6-seeded. W. 

 ^ A. Prodr. 236 ; Wiffht Ic. t. 33. 



Forests of Mysore and the Cakxatic, tropical region. 



Branches more slender than in the two others. Leaves and leaflets much smaller, 

 the latter 20-50, \-^ in. by Jj-^in., densely silky on both sides, or glabrescent above. 

 7?acc?7ic3 few-flowered, exceeding the leaves. Calyx ^ in. thinly silky; teeth distinct. 

 Pod 1-1| in. by f in. ; valves thin, at first densely silky. 



52. CXCER, Linn. 



Annual herbs. Leaves pinnate, rigid ; leaflets and stipules strongly veined, 

 deeply toothed. Floivers solitary in the axils of tbe leaves. Calyx-tube oblique; 

 teeth lanceolate, subequal. Corolla exserted ; standard broad, exceeding the 

 wings and keel. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 2 or 

 many-ovuled ; style incurved beardless, stigma capitate. Pod sessile, oblong, 

 turgid, narro-wed into the persistent style. — Distrib. Species 7, Mediteiranean 

 and West and Central Asian, one widely cultivated. 



1- C. arietinuxn, Linn. ; DC Prodr. ii. 354 ; leaflets close oblanceolate 

 or oblong, corolla scarcelv half as long again as the calvx, pubescence of pod 

 short and fine. Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 324 ; Wall Cat, 5949 ; W. ^- A, Prodr. 

 235 ; Wight Ic. t. 20 ; Hot. May. t. 2274 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 6G0. 



. Commonly cultivated in the northern provinces and Nilghiris. — Distkib. Cultivated 



in various temperate and tropical countries. ' 



A viscose much-branched annual. Leaves 1-2 [in., with usually a terminal leaflet; 



stipules small, with a few long teeth. Peduncle ^-J in. CaJyx \-\ in. ; teeth linear, 



2-3 times the tube. Pod oblong, ^-1 in. " 



2. C- soongrarlcum, Steph.\ DC. Prodr. ii. 354; leaflets lax oboyate- 

 cuneate, corolla twice the calyx, pubescence of pod dense. Jaub. *§• Spach //*• 

 PI Or. t. 43 B. 0. microphyllum, Benrh. in Boyle III. 200. 0. JaccLuemontn, 

 Jaub. <§• Sjiach in Ann. Sc. Nat. ii. 18, 231 ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 563. 



AYesterx Himalayas, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-15,000 ft. ; Piti, Lahul, 

 KuMAON, Tibet, &c. — Distrib. Orient, Afghanistan, Songaria. 



A very diflFuse annual, with wiry finely pubescent or subglabrous stems. Lea^ 



teeth lanceolate, 2-3 times the tube. Pod linear-oblong, 1 in. long. 



53. VZCZA, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves equally pinnate, ending in tvrist«» 

 tendrils. Floicers subsessile, or in peduncled racemes in the axils of the lea\e . 

 Calyx-tube carapanulate, often oblique; teeth long, often unequal. Corolla nio ^ 

 or less exserted ; standard broad; keel shorter than the wings. ^^^^^^^^t^Z^ 

 delphous, the mouth of the sheath very oblique ; anthers uniform. ^^'^ 

 nearly sessile, 2- or many-ovuled ; style' short, filiform or slightly flattene<ij 

 stigma capitate. Pod flattish, continuous within. — Distkib. Species 180, sjrea 

 principally through the north temperate zone. 



SuBGEN. 1. Srvuxn, Linn, ex parte. Annuals, with flowers in sparse 

 pedimcled racemes, rarely solitary. Style finely downy all round near the tip* 





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