54 DIALYPETALOUS EXOGEXS 



RAM CICEE. Chick Pea. Coffee Pea. Garavance. 



Annual; hoary and glandular-pilose, the hairs secreting oxalic acid. Stem 9 to 

 18 inches high, somewhat branching. Leaflets about half an inch long, in 4 to 6 

 pairs (often alternate), with a terminal odd one instead of a tendril. Flowers 

 white, solitary, axillary, or slender peduncles half an inch to an inch in length. _ 

 Seeds resembling a ram's head, in form. 

 Hob. Gardens, &c. Nat. of Asia. Fl. July. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This is sometimes cultivated for the seeds, which are said 

 to be a tolerable substitute for Coffee. The seeds are much used, 

 as food for horses, &c. in India, being very abundant (as I recol- 

 lect to have seen it) in the Bazaars, at Calcutta, under the name of 

 "Gram." This Vetch is the "Hamoos Pea" which is announced as 

 a novelty, or great curiosity (discovered among the Arabs), in 

 LYNCH'S Expedition to the Dead Sea ; though it has been familiarly 

 known in the gardens, throughout the civilized world, ever since 

 the days of TOURNEFORT if not of HOMER! So much, for the 

 penny- wise policy of sending out Exploring Expeditions unaccompa- 

 nied by competent Naturalists. 



87. FA V BA, Tournef. 



[The Latin name for a Bean ; appropriated to this genus.] 

 Calyx tubular, 5-cleft, the 2 upper segments shorter. Style bent 

 nearly to a right angle. Legume large, coriaceous, several-seeded, 

 Seeds oblong-oval, compressed, the hilum at one end. 



1. F. VULGARIS, Moench. Leaflets 2 to 4; oval, mucronate; stipules 

 semi-sagittate, obliquely ovate ; tendrils obsolete. 

 COMMON FABA. Horse Bean. Windsor Bean. 



Annual; smooth. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, erect, simple. Leaflets 2 to 3 inches long. 

 Flowers in simple erect axillary racemes : Corolla white, with a large black spot on 

 each wing. Legume torulose ; seeds large. 

 Hob. Gardens, &c. Nat. of Asia. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



88. VrCIA, Tournef. 

 [The ancient Latin name for the Vetch, or Tare.] 



Calyx 5-cleft, or 5-toothed, the 2 upper teeth shorter. Style filiform, 

 bent; stigma villous. Legume oblong, mostly many-seeded. Seeds 

 with the hilum lateral. 



f ANNUAL: * Peduncles very short. 



1. V. satlva, L. Stem simple; leaflets 5 to 7 pairs, obovate-oblong 

 to linear, retuse, mucronate ; flowers mostly in pairs. 

 CULTIVATED VICIA. Common Vetch. Tare. 



Stem 1 to 3 feet long, procumbent, or climbing by tendrils. Leaflets % f an 

 inch to an inch and half in length, Flowers violet-purple, axillary, subsessile. 

 Hob. Cultivated grounds : Nat. of Europe. Fl. June. Fr. Aug. 



Obs. This species was formerly much cultivated, and seems still 

 to be highly prized, in Europe, as a fodder for cattle ; but in this 

 country, it is regarded as a mere weed. 



* * Peduncles elongated. 



58. V. hirsuta, Koch. Stem branching, slender; leaflets in 4 to 8 or 



