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ClCER ARIETINUM. ChICHES OR ChICH-PEA. 



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Ctoss anrf Order. 



DlADELPHlA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus, longitudine corollae : laciniis 4 superiori- 

 bus vexillo incumbentibus. Legumen turgidum dispermum. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Cicer arietinum. Hort. Kew. ed alt. 4. p. 317. Gaertn. 



sem. 2. p. 328. t. 151. De Cand.fl.fr. 4. p. 600. 

 Cicer arietinum ; pedunculis unifloris, seminibus globosis 



gibbis foliolis serratis. TVilld. Sp. PI. 3. p. 1113. 



Schkuhr. handb. 2. p. 368. t. 202. 

 Cicer foliolis serratis. Hort. Cliff. 370. Haller Hist. 



n. 399. Blackw. Herb. t. 557. Kniph. Cent. 7. n. 11. 



£om tie. £.146. 

 Cicer arietinum ; foliis impari-pinnatis, foliolis serratis 



leguminibus dispermis. Lamarck Encycl. 2. p. 1. 



Ejusd. Illustr. t. 682. 

 Cicer. Rivin. tetrap. t. 19. fig. opt. Tragi Stirp. 609. 

 Cicer nigrum. Fuchs stirp. fol. p. 267. Cordi Hist. 



p. 169. b. 

 Cicer sativum. Bauh. pin. 347. Cam. Epit. p.%04. Ger. 



emac. 1222. /to/. //£«£. 917. — sive arietinum. Park. 



theatr. 1076. MzttA. comm. p. 335. / 1. 

 Cicer arietinum. Dod. pempt. 525. JLo6. ic. 2. p. 71. 



Descr. Stem, herbaceous,, annual, branched, hairy : 

 branches flexuose. Leaves odd-pinnate, alternate : leaflets 

 oval, serrate, villous. Stipules ovate, eared at the base. 

 Peduncles axillary, solitary, one- flowered, jointed in the 

 middle, at which part it is suddenly bent back. Calyx 

 5-cleft : segments ovate-acuminate, spreading. Corolla 

 papilionaceous, blue-purple, said to be sometimes white : 



vexillum 



