L. LEGUMINOSJ;. (J. Gr. Baker.) 177 



1. V. tetrasperma, Moench Meth. 148 ; stems glabrous, peduncles 

 1-2-flowered, pods glabrous 3-4-seeded. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 596. Ervum 

 tetraspermtun, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 367. 



NORTH- WEST HIMALAYAS, temperate region, rare ; KUMAON, &c. Thomson, Edge- 

 worth, &c. DISTRIB. Europe, Orient, &c. 



Stems very slender, copiously branched. Leaves about 1 in. long ; leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 obtuse or acute, | j in. long. Flowers on copious axillary peduncles about as long as 

 the leaves. Calyx ~ in. Corolla lilac, distinctly exserted. Pod linear-oblong, 

 iin. 



2. V. hirsuta, Koch Synops. 191 ; stems pubescent, peduncles 3-6-flowered, 

 pods hairy 2-seeded. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 595. Ervum hirsutuin, Linn. ; W. 8f A. 

 Prodr. 235 i.Ro*b.Fl.Ind.ui. 323. E. filiforme, Roxl. in Wall. Cat. 5955. 

 E. Lens, Wall. Cat. 5954 0. 



NORTH-WEST PROVINCES, from the PUNJAB to NIPAL, in the tropical and temperate 

 region, frequent in cultivated grounds, ascending to 6000 ft. ; NILGHIRIS. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, Orient, &c. 



Stems rather stronger than in the last. Leaves longer, ending in an intricate ten- 

 dril ; leaflets 5-8 pairs, i-1 in., truncate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Corolla 

 smaller, scarcely exserted from the calyx. Pod - in. long, oblique, more turgid, 

 finally black. 



r. 2. Cracca. Perennials with numerous flowers in peduncled 

 racemes. Style finely downy all round near the tip. 



3. V. tenera, Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5928 ; leaflets 12-16 distant narrow 

 ligulate, racemes laxly many-flowered as long as their peduncles, lower calyx- 

 teeth linear-subulate, corolla small pale. Benth. in Royle III. 200. 



WESTERN HIMALAYAS ; SIMLA, G-TJRWHAL, KUMAON, alt. 3-8000 ft. ; SILHET, Wallich. 



A slender straggling subglabrous climber. Leaves 2-3 in. long ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, | 1 in. by ~-^ in. broad, acute, finely silky beneath ; stipules small, deeply 

 toothed. Eaccmes 6-20-flowered, 1-2 in. long. Calyx i in., subglabrous ; teeth 

 very unequal, upper deltoid. Corolla in. Pod oblique, linear, glabrous, rostrate, 

 1 in. long, 6-8-seeded. 



4. V. texmifolia, Roth; DC. Prodr. ii. 358; leaflets 20-24 narrow 

 ligulate distant, racemes 20-40-flowered elongated long-peduncled, lower calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate, corolla middle-sized deep blue. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 586. V. 

 Cracca, Benth. in Royle III. 200, not Linn. 



NORTH-WEST HIMALAYAS, temperate region ; Chenab valley, 6-8000 ft., Thomson. 

 WEST TIBET, Falconer. DISTRIB. Europe. 



A subglabrous climber, a yard or more high. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets acute, 

 membranous, silky beneath, 1 j-lf in. long ; stipules linear, with a single tooth. Racemes 

 copious, reaching, as do the peduncles, \ ft. long. Calyx subglabrous, in. ; teeth very 



unequal, all shorter than the tube, upper deltoid. Corolla |-| in. Pod, 1 in. long, with 

 a stalk as long as the calyx-tube. 



5. V. mollis, Benth. MSS. ; leaflets 16-20 close narrow ligulate, racemes 

 few-flowered close short-peduncled, lower calyx-teeth linear, corolla large 

 yellowish. 



Valley of the Kishengunga, Winterbottom. 



A suberect perennial, with the habit of V. sepium, with stems clothed with fine 

 spreading hairs. Leaves 1^-2 in. long ; leaflets |-f in. long, obtuse, clothed on both 

 surface with adpressed, silky hairs ; stipules broad, subentire. Racemes from the 

 upper axils only, secund, an inch long. Calyx \ in., densely silky ; teeth all linear, 

 lower as long as the tube, upper shorter. Corolla nearly 1 in. long, 



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