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L, LEGTJMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) 



IVicia* 



. 6. V. pallida, Turcz, ; Led. Fl Ross, i. 673 ; leaflets 16-24 distant 

 linear-oblong membranous, racemes long-peduncle d laxly many-flowered^ lower 

 calyx-teeth deltoid-cuspidate, corolla pale lilac middle-sized. V. sylvatica, 



200 



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i, narrow, deeply toothed. Uacemes i:^-zu-nowereu, uu 



Calyx ^ in., glabrous, membranous; all the teeth much 



Corolla I in. Fod 1-1^ in. long, flat, glabrous, oblique, dis- 



West Hihaxayas, t ^ ^ , 



Siberia. 



A tall straggling glabrous climber, with the habit of V, sylvatica. Leaves 2-4 in, 

 long, ending in tendrils; leaflets obtuse, ^-f in., the upper growing gradually 

 shorter; stipules small, narrow, deeply toothed. Racemes 12-20-flowered, on 



peduncles 1-4 in. long, 

 shorter than the tube, 

 tinctly-stalked, 5-6-seeded. 



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7. V. CkvimthlU Baker \ leaflets 12-16 distant linear-oblong membran- 

 ous, racemes peduncled laxly 2-4-flowered, lower calyx-teetb lanceolate, corolla 



lilac middle-sized. 



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 Punjab, at Eawul Pindee and Futteyjung, Dr, Aitchison. — Distrib. Afghanistan, 



Grijnth, 1114. 



A straggling annual, 1-2 ft. high, with slender stems, finely silky at first, soon 

 glabrescent. Leaves about 2 inches long ; leaflets obtuse, scattered, ^— ^ in. broad, ob- 

 scurely silky ; stipules deltoid, deeply palmately laciniated. Racemes about as long 

 as the leaves. Calyx J in. long, rather silky, the lower teeth half as long as the tube, 

 the upper deltoid. Corolla more than \ in. Pod above 1 in. long, oblong, flat, gla- 

 brous, reined, 5-6-seeded, 



8. V. rl^ldula, Royh III 200 ; leaflets 10-12 subdistant oblong venose, 

 racemes 6-20-flowered close long-peduncled, calyx-teetb all very short, coroUa- 

 large reddish. Lathyrus bimalensis, Camh, in Jacquem, Toy, Bot. i. 44, t. 5o. 

 V. dumetonmi, Benth. in Boyle III. 200 ? 



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West Himalayas, temperate region ; Kashmir to Kxjmaon, 7-9000 ft. , - 



A subglabrous or finely downy climlDer, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 2-3 in. long, ending 

 in intricate tendrils ; leaflets obtuse, |-1 in. long, firmer in texture than in the others, 

 finely silky beneath, with veins raised like those of a Trphrosia ; stipules small, hau- 

 hastate, deeply-toothed. Peduncles 2-3 in. long. Calyx J-^ in., glabrous ; pedicels 

 longer than in the others, fully i in. Corolla 3-4 times the length of the calyx. P^^ 

 linear, glabrous, on a stalk nearly as long as the calyx, 5-6-seeded. 



SuBGEX. 3. Euvicia. Annuals or perennials^ with the style conspicuously 

 bearded on the lower side at the tip. 



9. V. sativa, Linn; DC. Prodr. ii. 360; annual, leaflets multijugate » 

 upper leaves ligulate, flowers solitary or geminate not racemed. Roxb, Fl 1^' 

 iii. 323 ; Wall. Cat. 5967 ; Boiss. FL Orient ii. 574. 



North-west Provinces, ascending from the plains of Bexgal to 7500 ft* * 



KxTMAON, probably always cultivated. 



Stems slender, suberect, glabrous or obscurely downy. Jjeajicts 8-12, of npp 

 leaves 3_i in. long, of lower shorter, broader; stipules small, obliquely lanceol»' 

 deeply toothed. Calyx f in. ; teeth lanceolate-subulate. Corolla red-blue, twice t , 

 calyx. PocJ glabrescent, li-2in.long, 8-10-seeded, * .; 



Vau. angustifolia, Rot% (Sp.), dwarfer, diffuse, leaflets shorter of lower^le*^^ 

 deeply emarginate at apex, flowers and pod smaller. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 57-i* J 

 Bobartii, Forst. in Linn. Trans, ivl. 442. V. pallida, Jacquem. MSS. {a yellow flof^JT,^ 

 form). Plains of the north-west, a native.— Distrib. Europe, Orient. ll^^^ 



.10. V. pere^rlna, Linn.; DC. Prodr. ii. 3G2 ; annual, leaflets multiji^' 

 gate ligulate^ flowers Bolitary. Boiss. FL Orient, n, 676. 



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