Ervum. LEGUMINOSZ. 235 
compressed, with the edges thin.—A. styracifolius, Wall.! L. n. 5770. c (a and 
b not seen).—Hedysarum styracifolium, Rowb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 947 (not Linn.) 
A very distinct species, widely different in appearance from all the others 
of the genus. 
SUBTRIBE IV.—VICIEE. Bronn. 
Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1). Legume continuous, 
not jointed. Cotyledons thick, farinaceous, during germination unchanged and re- 
maining under ground inclosed within the seed-coat. Radicle inflexed.—Leaves 
abruptly pinnated (except in Cicer and some species of Orobus); the common petiole 
not jointed at its base with the stem, produced at the apex (unless in the above ex- 
ceptions) into a bristle or tendril.* 
XXXVII. CICER. Tourn.; Gertn. fr. 2. t. 151; Lam. ill. t. 632. 
Calyx 5-lobed ; tube more or less gibbous on the upper side ; lobes acumi- 
nated, 2-4 of the upper ones pressing upon the vexillum. Legume turgid, 
2-seeded. Seeds gibbous, mucronate.—Herbaceous annual plants with glan- 
dular hairs. Leaves unequally or abruptly pinnated; leaflets and stipules 
strongly nerved. Flowers axillary, often solitary. Legume hairy. 
723. (1) C. arietinum (Linn.:) leaves unequally pinnated ; leaflets ovate, 
serrated, equal: stipules lanceolate, somewhat toothed: calyx scarcely gib- 
bous, the segments as long as the ale of the corolla.—Linn.! sp. p. 1040 ; 
pr ! prod. 2. p. 354; Spr. syst. 3. p. 206; Rowb.! fl. Ind. 3. p. 334; Wall. ! 
- n. 5949. 
XXXVIII. ERVUM. Linn. 
Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; segments nearly equal, linear, acute, about as long 
as the corolla. Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens diadelphous (9 and 1): 
ale longer than the keel but shorter than the vexillum. Style filiform. Stig- 
ma glabrous. Legume oblong, 2—4-seeded. Seeds orbicular or globose.— 
Leaves abruptly pinnated, terminated by a tendril. 
724, (1) E. Lens (Linn.:) stem branched : leaflets oblong, about 8, some- 
what glabrous: stipules lanceolate, ciliated: tendrils almost simple: pedun- 
cles 2-3-flowered, equal to the leaves, terminated by a bristle: legume broad, 
short, somewhat truncated, slightly inflated, reticulated, glabrous, 2-seeded : 
seeds compressed.— Linn. sp. p. 1039; DC. prod. 2. p. 366; Spr. syst. 3. p. 270; 
Wall.! L. .h. 5954. a.—E. dispermum, Rowb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1164 ; 
Willd. en. p. 766; DC. l. c. ; Spr. l. c.—Cicer Lens, Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 324. 
E. pendulum, Roth, is mentioned by Sprengel as a native of East India ; 
but this assertion is gratuitous, for Roth merely says that he received the 
seeds of it from the Berlin Garden, under the name of E. dispermum, Willd.: 
we think it can scarcely be a variety of E. Lens, but is more probably E. len- 
ticula, Schrad. | 
725. (2) E. hirsutum (Linn.:) stem branched: leaflets usually 10-12, li- 
near, obtuse, mueronulate : stipules narrow, semisagittate, often pinnatifid : 
tendrils usually 3-cleft: peduncles few- or many-flowered, about the length 
9f the leaves: calycine segments lanceolate-linear, equal, longer than the 
tube: legumes oblong, compressed, somewhat truncated, hirsute, finely reti- 
culated, 2-seeded, drooping: seeds globose.—Linn. sp. p- 1099 ; DC. ! prod. 
2. p. 366; Spr. syst. 3. p. 270; Roxb. fl. Ind. 3. p. 823; Wight! cat. n. 824, 
_* We think it unnecessary nging to this subtribe, and enumerated in 
allich’s List as Ponta or Be m ghey neti e all. L. n. 5950, Faba vulgaris, b 
Waj L, Lathyrus aphaca, Wall. n. 5952, L. sativus, Wall. L. n. 5953, and Ervum monanathos 
which are cultivated, and not even found in a naturalized state. 
