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_ 1- V. tetraspenna, Moench Meth. 148; stems glabrous, peduncles 



l-Mowered, pods glabrous 3^^seeded. Boiss. FL Orient ii. 696. Emim 

 tetraspermum, Linn, ; DC. Prodr. ii, 367. 



North-west Himalayas, temperate region, rare; Kumaox, &q,— Thomson, Edge- 

 icorth, &c.— DisTRTB. Europe, Orient, &c. 



Stems very slender, copiously branched. Leaves about 1 in. long; leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 obtuse or acute, ^~| in. long. Flowers on copious axillary peduncles about as long as 

 the leaves. Cali/x {^ in. Corolla lilac, distinctly exserted. Pod linear-oblong,. 



sin. 



f',"^' Jiirsuta, Koch Synops. 191 ; stems pubescent, peduncles 3-6-flowered, 

 ^)ds hairy 2-seeded. Boiss. Pi. Orient, ii. 596. Ervum hixsutum, Linn. ; W.SfA. 

 rrodr. 2;i5 ; Jio.ib. Fl. Ind. iii. 323. E. filiforme, Ro.xb. in Wall. Cat. 6965. 

 A. Lensj Jfa^/. Cat. 5964 0. . - 



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NofiTH-wEST PnoyiNCES, from the Punjab to Nipax, in the tropical and temperate 

 region, frequent in cultivated ^rrounds. ascending to 6000 ft. ; Nilghiris.— Distrib. 

 Europe, Orient, &c. t. > b 



Stems rather stronger than in the last. Leaves longer, ending in an intricate ten- 

 tol ; leaflets 5-8 pairs, i-1 in., truncate. Fedurwles shorter than the leaves. Corolla 

 fin n h/*^'^^^^^ exserted from the calyx. Pod i-| in. long, oblique, more turgid, 



Stjbgen. 2, Cracca. Perennials with 

 racemes. Style finely downy all round near the tip. 



J, 8. V. tenera, GraJiAn Wall Cat. 6928; leaflets 12-16 distant narrow 

 j^ate, racemes laxly many-flowered as long as their pedimcles, lower calyx- 

 leetn imear-subulate, corolla small pale. Benth. in Roijle III 200. 



y*=STEBx Himalayas; Simla, Gtjuwhal, Ku]rtAON,alt. 3-8000 ft.; Silhet, Wallich, 



^_ A slender stran;n;linjr subglabrous climber. Leaves 2-3 in. long; leaflets mem- 

 toot} ^ "* » — "^^ i'^"^ ^"- broad, acute, finely silky beneath; stipules small, deeply 

 Tepv -^^^^WC5 6-20-fiowered, 1-2 in. long. Calyx -^ in., subglabrous; teeth 



n • ^°^*l^al, upper deltoid. Corolla i in. Pod oblique, linear, glabrous, rostrate, 

 ^4 in. long, 6-8-seedcd. 



ILmW^' *®'»uifolla, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 358; leaflets 20-24 narrow 

 Wrtf 1 ^^^^iitj racemes 20-40-flowered elongated long-peduncled, lower calyx- 

 nTf ^^^ceolate, corolla middle-sized deep blue. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 586. V. 

 ^ca, Benth. in Boyle III. 200, not Linn. 



^i^'^^^^'^ Himalayas, temperate region ; Clienab valley, 6-8000 fc, Thomson. 



A R, K ^^' ^'^^'-^o'^cr. -DisTRiB. Europe. 

 ttembrT ^ °"^ climber, a yard or more high. Leaves 4-6 in. long; leaflets acute, 

 copiou ^'^"^' ^^^^y beneath, l|-ll in. long ; stipules linear, with a single tooth. Racemes 

 uneauai ^^I'J^^'^g' ^^s do the peduncles, 1 ft. long. Calyx subglabrous, ^ in. ; teeth very 

 a stalV ^ shorter than the tube, upper deltoid. Corolla H i°- ^'^'^ ^ '°- ^°"S. with 



talk as long as the calyx-tube. 



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n»oHig Benth. MSS. : leaflets lG-20 close narrow ligulate, racemes 



yeUowiTh^^^ ^^°^ short-peduncled, lower calyx-teeth linear 



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J -^^.suberect n.>..„.:„i^ M \. . , .. . r. ..... :.u stems clotlied with fine 



obtuse, clothed on both 

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^pper'axil ^^^P^^^^^ed, silky hairs; stipules broad, subentire. 



^ower a« 1 ^°^» secund, an inch lonff. ' Calyx i- in., densely silkv: teeth all linear, 



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, w T — v^-.*v4, an inch long. %^uv^ji x m., v»t-**DWAj .^**-j 

 oQg as the tube, upper shorter. Corolla nearly 1 in. long. 



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