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Laihyriis.'] l. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 181 



Hung. t. 243. 0. orientalis, Boiss. Diag. vs.. 106. 0. Emodi, Wall. Cat. 5948. 

 V. aureus, Stev. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 621. 



. ^ West Himalayas, tropical and temperate zone, ascending from the salt range in 

 fte Punjab to 8500 ft. in Kumaon and 10,000 ft. in Khagax.— Distkib. Europe, 

 Orient, Altai, Songaria. 



. Stems suberect, glabrous, 2-3 ft. high^ Siipuleslarge, leafy ; leaflets membranous, 

 acute, 2-4 in. long. Racemes 6-I2-flowered, eqiialling or exceeding the leaves. Calyx 

 j-\ in.; lower teeth lanceolate, upper deltoid. Corolla bright yellow, twice the calyx. 

 rod linear, beaked, 2-3 in. long. 



The genus Pistjm is principally distinguished from Lathyrus by its thick laterally 

 compressed style. The two subspecies of the common cultivated Pea are both often 

 ^tivated in the northern provinces; P. sativum, Linn.; Roxb. FL hid. iii. 321 ; 

 Wyui. Cat, 5950, with round seeds of uniform colour and 4-6 leaflets; and P. arvensb, 

 Linn,^ with compressed marbled seeds and 2-4 leaflets. Eoyle considers the latter a 

 true native. 



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55. A3M[PKZCAZtP2:A. Elliott. 



Wide 



stipules and bracts. Floioers with a strong tendency to dimorphism, those that 

 ^t the fiUly developed pods "being, as in Viola, without petals. Calyx-titbe 

 Jong, equal, teeth distinct, ui 



length; standard and w5n< 



nnequal. Corolla much exserted; petals equal in 



»ta?/ie/i« diadelphoiis ; anthers uniform. Ovary obscurely stalked, many-ovuled ; 

 %le filiform, inflexed, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod flat, linear-oblong.— 

 ^xsTRiB. Species 3, or 3 varieties of one, from the United States, Japan, and 

 Himalayas, one in each country. 



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Edg-ewortbii 



Wf5t Himalayas, temperate zone; Simla, 5-6000 ft., Edgeworth, Thomson, 

 oievis very slender, thinly shortly pubescent. Stipidcs and bracts oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, subobtuse or subacute, ^ in. long ; leaflets membranous, obscurely hairy; end 

 ^ broad ovate acute, side ones oblique. Flowers usually solitary or in pairs, but 

 ^ually racemed; pedicels very short. Calyx ^ in. ; teeth lanceolate-subulate, much 

 ^^ than the tube. Corolla ^ in., reddish. Perfect pod 1 in. long, linear, re- 

 eved, 2-3-seeded. Very near the Japanese species (Shuteria trisperm^, Miq. Ann. 



obn^' f f' ^^^' "^- ^^) ^^^ ^^® well-known American A 

 ovate bracts and copiously racemed flowers. 



monoica 



Olimbe 



56. SKVTERXA, W 



^uie-sizea racemose uni 

 than the tube. Co roll 



catTf ^ suDsessile, many-ovuled ; style incurvea, nniorm, Dearuie.>a, aLi^iu<* 

 ^tate. Pod flat, linear, recurved.— Distrib. One additional species, Trop. 



seJl" ^' "^^^^Ita, TT. (^ A. Prodr. 207; stems densely hairy, racemes dense 

 w.r^^?*^^y-flowered, bracts and bracteoles conspicuous lanceokte, leaflets obo- 

 * r^ ^^ ^^ roundish obtuse. Senth. PL Jungh. 232 ; Wight Ic. 1. 165 ; JDalz. 

 «f^f ' £'^'"^- -^'^- 68. Glycine vestita, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 6512. G. invo- 

 ^^iWalL Cat. 550Q Kiex parte. 



Hilu^^'^^^^fAt^YAs ; Khasia, SiKKiM, Bhotan and MisHMi, ascending to 5000 ft. 

 QJ WESTEE2T Peninsula and Cbylon, ascending to 7000 ft. ' 



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