176 L. LEGUMINOS^E. (J. Gr. Baker.) \_Abrus. 



3. A. fruticulosus, Wall. Cat. 5820; branchlets and leaves densely 

 silky, leaflets minute ligulate-linear, pod linear-oblong- flattish 4-6-seeded. W. 

 $ A. Prodr. 236 ; Wight Ic. t. 33. . ^ 



Forests of MYSORE and the CARXATIC, tropical region. 



Branches more slender than in the two others. Leaves and leaflets much smaller, 

 the latter 20-50, - in. by ^^in., densely silky on both sides, or glabrescent above. 

 Racemes few-flowered, exceeding the leaves. Calyx in. thinly silky; teeth distinct. 

 Pod 1-1 in. by f in. ; valves thin, at first densely silky. * 



52. CICER, Linn. 



Annual herbs. Leaves pinnate, rigid ; leaflets and stipules strongly veined, 

 deeply toothed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves. Calyx-tube oblique ; 

 teeth lanceolate, subequal. Corolla exserted ; standard broad, exceeding the 

 wings and keel. Stamens diadelphous ; anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, 2 or 

 inany-ovuled ; style incurved beardless, stigma capitate. Pod sessile, oblong, 

 turgid, narrowed into the persistent style. DISTRIB. Species 7, Mediterranean 

 and West and Central Asian, one widely cultivated. 



1. C. arietinum, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 354 ; leaflets close oblanceolate 

 or oblong, corolla scarcely half as long again as the calyx, pubescence of pod 

 short and fine. JRoxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 324 ; Watt. Cat. 5949 ; W. $ A. Prodr. 

 235 ; Wight Ic. t. 20 ; Bat. Mag. t. 2274 ; Bains. FL Orient, ii. 560. 



Commonly cultivated in the northern provinces and Nilghiris. DISTRIB. Cultivated 

 in various temperate and tropical countries. 



Miscose much-branched annual. Leaves l-2]in., -with usually a terminal leaflet ; 

 stipules small, with a few long teeth. Peduncle |-f in. Calyx J-| in. ; teeth linear, 

 2-3 times the tube. Pod oblong, f-1 in. 



2. C. soong-aricum, Steph.; DC. Prodr. ii. 354; leaflets lax obovate- 

 cuneate, corolla twice the calyx, pubescence of pod dense. Jaub. $ Spach III. 

 PI. Or. t. 43 B. 0. microphyllum, Benth. in Royle III. 200. C. Jacquemontii, 

 Jaub. 8f Spach in Ann. So. Nat. ii. 18, 231 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 563. 



WESTERN HIMALAYAS, temperate and alpine region, alt. 9-15,000 ft. ; PITI, LAHUL, 

 KUMAON, TIBET, &c. DISTRIB. Orient, Afghanistan, Songaria. 



A very diffuse annual, with wiry finely pubescent or subglabrous stems. Leaves 

 3-4 in. long, ending in a spiral tendril; leaflets in 10-12 pairs, growing gradually 

 smaller upwards, subcoriaceous, strongly veined; stipules f-|- in., deeply sharply pal- 

 matifid. Pedicels 1| in., with a large bract at the curve. Calyx very gibbous, f in. ; 

 teeth lanceolate, 2-3 times the tube. Pod linear-oblong, 1 in. long. 



53. VZCIA, Linn. 



Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves equally pinnate, ending in twisted 

 tendrils. Flowers subsessile, or in peduncled racemes in the axils of the leaves. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, often oblique ; teeth long, often unequal. Corolla more 

 or less exserted ; standard broad ; keel shorter than the wings. Stamens dia- 

 delphous, the mouth of the sheath very oblique ; anthers uniform. Ovary 

 nearly sessile, 2- or many-ovuled ; style short, filiform or slightly flattened, 

 stigma capitate. Pod flattish, continuous within. DISTRIB. Species 180, spread 

 principally through the north temperate zone. 



SUBGEN. 1. Ervum, Linn, ex parte. Annuals, with flowers in sparse 

 peduncled -racemes, rarely solitary. Style finely downy all round near the tip. 



