Vicia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 233 
imbricating, villous and piloso-ciliate ; flowers subsessile ; calyx pilose. ea 
DCwl.c. #. & Z1 1248. Pitgia Feu 
Has. Moist places, among grass and shrubs, common. (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd., D.) ie if } 
Diffuse or procumbent ; stems filiform, 1-2 feet long ; the branches long and flac- NO / 63 
cid. Leaves closely set, the lower ones sometimes petioled, the upper nearly sessile, y 
closely placed, rarely an inch long, nearly 10 lines wide at base, exactly heartshaped. 
Flowers deep purple. 
XLVII. ALHAGI, Tournef. ~ 
Calyx shortly 5-toothed. Vewillum obovate, complicate ; ale oblong ; 
carina straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, 9 and 1. Ovary several- 
ovuled; style filiform. Legume stipitate, ligneous, terete, few-seeded, 
irregularly constricted here and there, but not articulated, indehiscent. 
Endl. Gen, 6625. DC. Prod. 2, p. 352. 
Undershrubs or herbs, natives chiefly of the deserts of N. Africa and Central Asia. 
Leaves simple, with minute stipules. Peduncles axillary, spinous. Flowers few, 
red. The name is from the Arabic Algul. Manna is collected from these plants 
about the Taurus, and in other eastern countries. 
A. maurorum (Tournef.); stem shrubby; leaves obovate-oblong ; 
calyx-teeth acute. DC. l. ¢. ; 
Has. Karroo, near Olifant’s River and Brackfontein, Eck. ¢ Zey.! (Herb: Sd.) 
I introduce this with much hesitation. A single, spiniferous branch, without 
flower or fruit, which may or may not belong to Alhagi maurorum, exists in Herb. 
Ecklon. This is the only evidence for the plant in 8. Africa. 
XLIX. VICIA, L. 
Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-cleft or toothed. Corolla much 
exserted ; vexillum expanded. Stamens 9-1. Ovary subsessile; the 
style bent upwards at a right angle, with a tuft of hairs under the 
stigma. Legume compressed or turgid, 2 or many-seeded ; seeds sub- 
globose, with an oval or linear scar. Hndl. Gen. 6581. DC. Prod. 2, p. 354- 
Twining and climbing herbs, annual or perennial, common throughout the tem- 
perate zones of Europe, Asia, and America ; only naturalized in 8. Africa. Leaves 
abruptly pinnate, in several pairs, the common petiole mostly produced into a 
branching or rarely simple tendril ; stipules mostly semi-sagittate ; peduncles axil- 
lary, short or long, 1-2, or racemosely many-flowered. Flowers blue, purple, yellow 
or white, or parti-coloured. Name, said to be from vincio, to bind together ; because 
these plants attach or bind themselves to objects by their tendrils. English name, — 
Vetch ; French, Vesce. ; 
ANALYSIS OF THE (NATURALIZED) SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. 
Flowers solitary or in pairs, subsessile Ses ... (1) sativa. 
Peduncles elongate, many-flowered ... ak ... (2) atropurpurea, 
all mucronate, pubescent or 
tooth ed or lacinia’ i te 3 flower $ 
