172 xlvii. § papilionace^ (Baker). [Cicer. 



47. CICER, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 524. 



Calyx-tube oblique, the teeth long", subequal. Standard ovate or 

 suborbicular, narrowed into a broad claw ; wings obliquely obovate, 

 free j keel broadish, incurved, obtuse or subacute. Upper stamen free ; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, bi- or multiovulate ; style filiform, 

 inflexed, beardless ; stigma terminal. Pod sessile, oblong, turgid, 

 2-valved. — Viscous annual herbs with the petiole ending in a tendril. 



A small genus belonging principally to Western Asia. 



1. C. arietinum, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 354. Stems annual, 12-18 

 in. high, pubescent. Stipules flabellately cut nearly to the base. 

 Leaflets 12-16, oblanceolate-cuneate, deeply inciso- dentate, subcoria- 

 ceous, viscous and prominently veined. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 

 0-10 lines long, geniculate and bracteolate. Calyx J-| in. deep, cut 

 down nearly to the base, viscous, the teeth linear. Corolla purplish, 

 the roundish standard exceeding and the wings about equalling the 

 calyx. Pod oblong, 8-9 lines long, about half as broad, finely silky. — 

 C. cuneatum, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 810 ; A. Rich. Fl. 

 Abyss, i. 195. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Our description is taken entirely from the wild Abyssinian specimens labelled C. 

 cuneatum by Hochstetter, which do not appear to differ in any important particular from 

 the cultivated C. arietinum, which is grown extensively in Abyssinia and Angola, and is 

 represented by Schimper's No. 47 ! The local name is Ckimbera. 



48. VICIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 524. 



Calyx-tube oblique, the teeth subequal. Standard obovate, narrowed' 

 into a broad claw ; keel shorter than the wings. Stamens usually dia- 

 delphous, the sheath with a very oblique mouth. Ovary subsessile or ' 

 stipitate, bi- or multiovulate ; style inflexed, filiform or slightly flat- 

 tened, bearded at the apex or pubescent throughout. Pod compressed, 

 2-valved, 2- or many- seeded. — Herbs with equally pinnate leaves end- 

 ing in twining tendrils. 



A large genus, spread over the temperate regions of both hemispheres. 

 Pod glabrous, 6-9-seeded. 



Flowers middle-sized, solitary, sessilo 1. V. sativa. 



Flowers small, 1-3, pedunculate 2. V. paucifolia. 



Pod hairy, 2-seeded 3. V. kirsuta. 



1. V. sativa, var. abyssinica, Baker. A slender glabrous annual 

 6-9 in. high. Stipules semi- sagittate, deeply toothed. Leaflets in 

 3-4 pairs, linear-oblong, 6-8 lines long, retuse and mucronate. Flowers 

 solitary, nearly sessile. Calyx glabrous, 2|— 3 lines long, the teeth 

 linear. Corolla pale, half as long again as the calyx. Pod linear, 

 15-18 lines long, 4 lines broad, slightly upcurved, 6-8-seeded. — V. 

 abyssinica) Alefeld in Bonpl. 1861, 72. 



