VICIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1187. | 
Stigma transversely bearded on the lower side. 
1, V. sativa, Willd, iii, 1104, 
Procumbent, angular, Tendrils with from four to six pair 
of sub-opposite, retuse, from linear to obcordate leaflets, Séi- 
pules adjoined, marked underneath, Flowers always solitary, 
sessile. Legume horizontal, cylindric, from six to eighteen — 
seeded, 
Beng. Ankari, 
A native of Bengal and the provinces to the northward. 
When young the mark on the under side of the stipules is a 
glandular concavity, filled with a pellucid liquid, which 
dries up as the stipules get old, leaving a brown mark only. 
It is seldom or never cultivated in Bengal, but is common in 
its wild state. When it meets with a suitable soil, it spreads 
overa full yard of surface, with numerous succulent branches 
and leaves, which cattle are fond of. 
2. V. Faba. Willd. iii. 1111, 
_ Stem upright ; petioles without tendrils. 
A small, smooth, brown-seeded variety of the Faba ohne 7 
or Horse bean, is found in a cultivated state in Nepal, and 
from thence it has been introduced into the gentlemen’s gar-_ 
dens at Purnea, and from thence into the Botanic garden, 
where it aur luxuriantly during the dry season, 
1; -_.,_ ERVUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1188. . 
es Calyx five parted, the length of the corol. Stigma capi- 
tates airy. ) 
- aa Willd, iii. 1113. 
- Peduncles many-flowered. Legumes baingy with two » round 
seeds, Lape linear, smooth, 
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