Plants of the Punjab. i 263 
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Hers, Ereot, with ALTERNATE StipuLATE Compounp LEavss. 
Vicia tetrasperma, 
LEGUMINOS#. 
We belts me ais, 
Himalaya, 
6-8,000 ft. 
Vicia Griffithii, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
BL Bek 15 1768: 
The Plains. 
Rawalpindi. 
Fatehjang 
(Aitchison). 
Baluchistan 
(Duthie). 
Vicia sativa, 
Vetch. or Tare, 
Akra, ankra. 
LEGUMINOS#. 
i Bali 175. 
The Plains to 
7,000 ft. 
Vicia peregrina, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
BF, B. Lct7s. 
The Plains. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
nearly round, reddish-brown, black or white, indented, 
beaked This plant is eaten as a vegetable, a food-grain 
and as a food for horses. ‘The dew on the leaves contains 
oxalic, acetic and malic acids and is collected and used sa 
vinegar and as a remedy for vomiting and dyspepsia. 
medium size, annual, stem smooth, very slender, 
much branched ; leaves }-1 in., ending in twisted tendrils, 
stipules large, pointed, often toothed, base ending in a point- 
ed lobe, leaflets 6-12, narrowly oblong, 1-2 in., blunt or 
short-pointed ; flowers } in., pale blue, in pairs or rarely 
solitary, on axillary stalks equal in Iength to the leaves, 
calyx +} in., bell-shaped, teeth 5, 8 lower the longest, 
petals 5, longer than the calyx, standard broad, erest, keel 
nearly straight, blunt, shorter than the wing petals, sta- 
mens 10, upper one nearly or quite free, others united, 
style short, incurved, velvety all round ; pod 4 in., smooth, 
oblong, seeds 38 or 4. 
medium size, perennial, stems slender, finely silky, 
thin, smooth, straggling, leaves 2 in., ending in twisted 
tendrils, stipules triangular, deeply cut, leaflets 12-16, 
374 In., wide apart, linear-oblong, thin, blunt, flowers  in., 
lilac, in 2-4 flowered, axillary racemes, as long as the leaves, 
calyx § in., rather silky, teeth 5, upper triangular, lower 
lanceolate, pod 14 in., oblong, flat, smooth, veined, seeds 
5-6 ; otherwise like the last species. 
small to medium size, annual, stems slender, Spreading 
or erect, rather downy, leaves pinnate ending in twisted 
tendrils, stipules small, obliquely lanceolate, deeply toothed, 
leaflets 8-12, those of upper leaves 3-1 in., strap-shaped, 
oi lower shorter, broader, sometimes deeply notched at the 
apex, flowers 2 in. or less, red-blue, usually solitary, rarely 
in pairs, axillary, sessile, calyx 2 in., teeth 5, lanceolate- 
awl-shaped, petals 5, twice the length of the calyx, style 
bearded below the stigma, pod 1-2 in., smooth, seeds 8-10 ; 
otherwise like the last species. A weed of cultivation, 
stated to be sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant. 
small, annual, slender, smooth, spreading, leaflets 
10-12, alternate or opposite, 3-1 in. long, stipules minute‘ 
bifid with linear divisions, flowers 3 in., red-purple, soli- 
tary, on short axillary stalks, calyx {in., teeth lanceolate, 
