172 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEE (BAKER). [ Cicer. 
47, CICER, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 524. 
Calyx-tube oblique, the teeth long, subequal. Standard ovate or 
suborbicular, narrowed into a broad claw; wings obliquely obovate, 
free ; keel broadish, incurved, obtuse or subacute. Upper stamen free ; 
anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, bi- or multiovulate ; style filiform, 
inflexed, beardless; stigma terminal. Pod sessile, oblong, turgid, 
2-valved.—Viscous annual herbs with the petiole ending in a tendril. 
A small genus belonging principally to Western Asia. 
1. C. arietinum, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 354. Stems annual, 12-18 
in. high, pubescent. Stipules flabellately cut nearly to the base. 
Leaflets 12-16, oblanceolate-cuneate, deeply inciso-dentate, subcoria- 
ceous, viscous and prominently veined. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 
6-10 lines long, geniculate and bracteolate. Calyx 4—2 in. deep, cut 
down nearly to the base, viscous, the teeth linear. Corolla purplish, 
the roundish standard exceeding and the wings about equalling the 
calyx. Pod oblong, 8-9 lines long, about half as broad, finely silky.— 
C. cuneatum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 810; A. Rich. Fl. 
Abyss. i. 195. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! ’ 
Our description is taken entirely from the wild Abyssinian specimens labelled C. 
cuneatum by Hochstetter, which do not appear to differ in any important particular from 
the cultivated C. arietinum, which is grown extensively in Abyssinia and Angola, and is 
represented by Schimper’s No. 47! The local name is Chimbera. 
48. VICIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. i. 524. 
Calyx-tube oblique, the teeth subequal. Standard obovate, narrowed 
into a broad claw; keel shorter than the wings. Stamens usually dia- 
delphous, the sheath with a very oblique mouth. Ovary subsessile oF 
stipitate, bi- or multiovulate; style inflexed, filiform or slightly flat- 
tened, bearded at the apex or pubescent throughout.. Pod compressed, 
2-valved, 2- or many-seeded.—Herbs with equally pinnate leaves end- 
ing in twining tendrils. 
A large genus, spread over the temperate regions of both hemispheres. 
Pod glabrous, 6—9-seeded. 
Flowers middle-sized, solitary, sessile . . . . . . . .. . 21. JV. satiwa. | 
Hicwert small, 1-3, poduneniaie "Sg a paucifolia. 
Vod Raivy, Peete ea ee 
1. V. sativa, var. abyssinica, Baker. A slender glabrous annual 
6-9 in. high. Stipules semi-sagittate, deeply toothed. Leaflets ™ 
3—4 pairs, lnear-oblong, 6-8 lines long, retuse and mucronate. Flowers 
solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx glabrous, 24-3 lines long, the teet 
linear. Corolla pale, half as long again as the calyx. Pod linear, 
15-18 lines long, 4 lines broad, slightly upcurved, 6—8-seeded.— 
abyssinica, Alefeld in Bonpl. 1861, 72. 
