264 
Plants of the Punjab. 
Heres, Ereor, with ALTERNATE StipuLATE CompouND LEAVES. 
Vicia sepium, 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Fabia 79. 
Kashmir. 
Vicia narbonensis, 
LEGUMINOS®. 
BP Biske a. 79 
Peshawar (Vicary). 
The Park at 
Rawalpindi. 
Vicia Faba, 
Broad bean, 
Bakla, chastang. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Pe. Le 11, 179. 
The Plains to 
8,000 ft. 
Lens esculenta, 
Lentil, 
Masur dal. 
LEGUMINOS&. 
Beet. att.U7o, 
The Plains to 
5,000 ft. 
Baluchistan 
(Hughes-Buller), 
Cultivated. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
upper shorter, curved upwards, pods 1-1} in., linear-oblong. 
abruptly turned down, smooth, rather curved, seeds 5-6; 
otherwise like the last species. 
medium size, perennial, finely downy, leaflets oblong, 
abruptly ended, stipules small, deeply toothed, flowers § 1n., 
reddish, in 2-6-flowered, nearly sessile, one-sided, racemes 
only in the axils of upper leaves, calyx 4 in., smooth or 
downy, teeth triangular with a sharp hard point, ped 1 in., 
oblique, smooth, beaked, seeds 6-10 ; otherwise like the last 
species. 
medium size, annual, stout, smooth or finely downy, 
leaflets 2 on the lowest leaves, 4-6 on the upper, 1-2 in. 
long, entire, obovate, stipules large, deeply cut, flowers 
¥in., purple and white, in nearly sessile 2-6-flowered racemes, 
calyx 3 in., upper teeth triangular, lower lanceolate, pod 
13-2 in., downy, 6-seeded ; otherwise like the last species. 
very like the last species, but larger. It is cultivated 
widely as a vegetable and possibly may have once originat- 
ed from Vicia narbonensis. 
small, annual, softly velvety, branching from the base ; 
leaves terminating in a bristle, stipules almost lobed 
at the base, leaflets 8-12, entire, lanceolate, often tipped with 
a small sharp point, sessile ; flowers pale purple in 2-4- 
flowered racemes on stalks equal to the leaves, the end of 
the stalk extending beyond the flowers, calyx teeth linear, 
silky, petals 5, standard broad, wings joined to the keel, 
shorter than the wings, stamens 10, united into a tube 
with an oblique mouth, style abrupt!y bent, bearded on 
its inner face ; pod } in. long, oblong, flattened, smooth, 
seeds 2, grey, with minute spots, flattened. The seed is 
much eaten, the young pod also as a vegetable, the dry 
leaves and stalks are used as fodder. 
