290 LEGUMINOS^. (pulse FAMILY.) 



25. V. Palae§tma, Boiss, © .5 or more, sparingly appressed- 

 hairy ; stems slender, climbing. Leaflets 5-9 pairs, linear, acute or 

 obtuse ; stipules semi-liastate, the upper lanceolate. Racemes 2-10- 

 flowered, peduncle muticous, shorter than leaf ; corolla blue, .008 to 

 .012 long; pods glabrous, stipitate, flattened, oblong-rhombic, .02 

 long, .007 broad, 2-4-seeded, torulose — Spring — Rocky places; 

 common. 



26. V. bombycina, Stapf. .2 to .4, pubescent, ascending. 

 Leaflets 6-8 pairs, lenticular, mucronate, .005 to .01 long ; stipules 

 semi-hastate. Flowers solitary ; calyx divided almost to base into 

 lanceolate-subulate lobes ; corolla pale yellow, striate, .008 long ; 

 pods pannous, cocoon-like, oblong-rhombic, .02 long, .008 broad — Spring 

 — Aintab, and eastward and northward. 



27. V. hir§uta, L. .2 to .4, hirsute or giabrescent, flaccid, 

 climbing. Leaflets 8-10 pairs, oblong-linear, obtuse or retuse ; stip- 

 ules semi-sagittate, sometimes 2-3-fid at base, the upper lanceolate. 

 Peduncles 2-6-flowered, mucronate or muticous, as long as leaves or 

 shorter; corolla pale blue, .003 to .004 long ; pods oblong-rhombic, 

 .008 long, .003 broad, 2-seeded — May and June — Lebanon ; Cas- 

 fiius. 



28. V. Ervilia, L. KirsenneTi. .2 to .4, appressed-pubes- 

 cent ; stems erect, firm. Leaflets 8-12 pairs, oblong, retuse ; stipules 

 semi-hastate, incised-dentate. Peduncles 2-4-flowered, mucronate, 

 shorter than leaf ; corolla violet, .01 long, striate ; pod oblong-linear, 

 .02 long, .005 broad, 3-4-seeded, torulose— Spring — Cultivated every- 

 where for fodder. 



29. V. gracilis, Loisel. .3 to .4, giabrescent, slender, as- 

 cending or climbing. Leaflets 3-4 pairs, oblong-elliptical to linear, 

 acute ar obtuse ; stipules semi-hastate, entire. Peduncles filiform, 

 2-5-flowered, aristate, twice as long as leaf ; calyx less than half as long 

 as bluish, .007 long corolla ; pods linear, .015 long, 

 seeded — Spring — Coast. 



Calyx-teeth long, nearly equal. Standard obovate. Wings ad- 

 herent to keel. Mouth of staminal tube oblique. Upper border of 

 style flattened at back, and bearded, lower smooth. Pod flattened, 

 short, 1-2-seeded — Small-flowered annuals, differing from the small- 

 flowered Vicias only in the style. Flowers less than .01 long. 



1. E. Lens, L. Lentil. ^Adii. .3, pubescent, erect. Up- 

 per leaves tendril-bearing ; leaflets 5-6 pairs, oblong to oblong-linear ; 

 stipules lanceolate, entire. Peduncles 1-4-flowered, aristate, about 

 as long as leaf ; calyx-teeth subulate, as long as white, violet-striped 

 corolla ; pod ovate-rhombic, .01 long, .007 broad, seeds lenticular — 

 Spring — Cultivated everywhere for its nutricious seeds, which formed 

 the basis of Esau's Pottage. 



2. E. Orientale, Boiss. .1 to .3, appressed hirsute, erect or 

 ascending. Leaves ending in a mucro or simple tendril ; leaflets 3-7 

 pairs, ovate to oblong-elliptical and linear ; stipules lanceolate-linear, 

 acute, entire. Peduncles 1-3-flowered, somewhat longer than leaf ; 

 calyx-teeth subulate, as long as or longer than pale blue, .005 long 



