Ervum. diadelpiiia dkc anuria. 323 



I'ICIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1187- 

 Stiyiiiu 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. 5'<i- 

 />w/es adjoined, marked underneath. F/oirers always solitary, 

 sessile. Legume horizontal, cylindric, from six to eighteen 

 seeded. 



Benrf. 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 

 over a full yard of surface, with numerous succulent branches 

 and leaves, which cattle are fond of. 



'Z.y.Faha. Willd. m. 1111. 



Stem upright ; petioles without tendrils. 



A small, smooth, brown-seeded variety of the Faha minor 

 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 thrives luxuriantly during the dry season. 



ERVUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1188. 

 Calyx five parted, the length of the corol. Stiyma capi- 

 tate, hairy. 



E. hirsutum. Willd. iii. 1113. 



Pednncles many-flowered. Leijumes hairy, with two round 

 seeds. Leaflets linear, smooth. 



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