Pye! LEGUMINOUS PLANTS. 
Ervoum. Linneus. 
Calyx 5-toothed, with sharp linear divisions. Style hairy all round. Pod 
oblong, continuous, 2-4-seeded, Leaves with tendrils. 
. E, Lens Linneeus.—(LEnTIL.) sa 
Leaflets about 8, oblong, smoothish ; stipules lanceolate, ciliated ; pedun- 
cles 2-3-flowered, as long as the leaf; pod broad, short, somewhat 
truncate, finely netted, smooth, 2-seeded. 
Habitat. i 
Quality. Seeds 2 snap a nutritious ; subnarcotic in large doses ; difficult of 
digestion. 
Uws, A food in southern countries ; the base of Revalenta, a flour so called. 
Fass. Tournefort. 
Calyx 5-toothed. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform. Pod coriaceous, 
tumid, spongy inside. Seeds with a large sear. 
1. F.culgaris Mench. Vicia Faba Linneeus.—(Common Bray.) 
- Leaflets thick, 2-5, oval, mu- ; 
cronate ; teeth of calyx 
linear, 
a cope Borders of the Caspian 
Quality, _ Roots diuretic ; seeds 
nutritious when young, but 
Somewhat poisonous when 
Gtyoyrruiza. Tournefort. 
Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, 2- 
lipped. Stamens dia- 
delphous. Pod ovate 
or oblong, 1-4-seeded. 
ees pinnated, with 
an odd one. al 
1 @, glabra Linneus.— <>» 
__(liqvorice.) Fig. 241. \_ 
Leaflets ovate, rather blunt ; ‘ 
stipules 0; spikes 
stalked, longer than the 
leaf ; pods smooth, 3-4- 
seeded, 
Habitat, Sou | 
th of Europe. 
Quatity, _Emollient, demulcent, \ 
Ur Nutritious, \j 
1868, Bott 7 its extract, in - 
Coughs, and i 
tion of pills, in the prepara- | 
241 
Fig. 241.—Glycyrrhiza glabra. 
