296 LEGUMINOSiE. (PULSE FAMILY.) 



.01 broad ; seeds globular, velvety-black, .004 in diameter — Spring — 

 Rocky jDlaces ; common. 



* * Alpine perennials, leith small stipules ; Tceel crestless ; tendrils 0. 



6. P. fornio§uiii, Stev. 2^ .08 to .1, root-stock elongated, 

 slender; stems subterranean ; branches simple, procumbent. Stipules 

 semi-ovate, sagittate, much shorter than petiole ; leaflets 1 pair, obovate- 

 rhomMc, .006 to .01 long, entire, mucronate. Peduncles 1-flowered, 

 twice as long as leaves ; corolla incurved, .015 long, pirik ; pod .02 to 

 .03 long, .004 broad ; seeds ovate, smooth — Summer — Alpine Leba- 

 non, above Cedars. 



49. VIOWA, Savi. Bean. Lubiyah. 



Upper calyx-teeth connate or free. Standard orbicular, with in- 

 flexed auricles at base. Wings falcate, somewhat shorter than standard; 

 Keel incurved, beakless, or with a short, incurved beak. Ovary co- 

 ovuled ; style bearded lengthwise on upper surface. Pod linear-sub- 

 terete, partitioned between seeds — Twining herbs, with trefoil, stipel- 

 late leaves, and flowers clustered at tip of long, nodose peduncles. 



V, Mlotica, L. If ^Ulleiq. Pubescent. Leaflets ovate, 

 acuminate. Corolla greenish-yellow ; pod appressed-hirsute, .05 long, 

 .003 broad, pendulous ; seeds brown, with a black spot — May to 

 September — Hedges by ditches and swampy places, near coast. 



The cultivated state of this species, with hirsute stems, cylindrical, 

 .07 long, .003 broad pods, and greenish-brown seeds, is called Mash by 

 the Arabs. The seeds are cooked and eaten in the same way as lentils. 



Vigna Sinensis, L. var. sesquipedalis, L. Lvhiyah helediyah, 

 the String Bean of the country, is cultivated everywhere. 



50. DOLilCHOS, L. Lablab. Ladldb. 



Calyx and corolla as in Vigna, except that the keel is usually 

 beaked. Style in ours thickened above, bearded lengthwise. Pod 

 flattened, falcate or linear, with thickened sutures, and not partitioned 

 between seeds — Twining herbs, with trefoil, stipellate leaflets, and 

 long-stalked racemes of flowers on glandular knobs. 



D. Lablab, L. LiUdb. Liibiyah ''afinah. Sheranjtb. 11 Glabrous. 

 Leaflets rhombic-ovate, acuminate. Corolla pink, .02 long ; pod .1 long, 

 .02 to .03 broad; seeds .01 long:, .007 broad, elliptical, blackish, with a 

 long white hilus — Spring and Summer — Common in cultivation, and 

 run wild near houses. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, L., the Kidney-Bean, Haricot, or String Bean, 

 LiMyat-ifranjiyah, is cultivated along the coast. 



A species, called by the natives Lubiyat- Qusds, has pods mottled 

 with scarlet, and light fawn-colored seeds mottled with scarlet. 

 Perhaps it is a variety of P. multiflorus. 



51. RHYNCHOISIA, Lour. Rhynchosia. 



Calyx and corolla as in Vigna. Ovary 1-3-ovuled ; style incurved ; 

 stigma small, terminal ; pod flattened, not partitioned — Twining herbs 



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