178 L. LEGUMINOSJE. (J. G. Baker.) \Vicia. 



6. V. pallida, Turcs. ; Led. Fl. Ross. i. 673 ; leaflets 16-24 distant 

 linear-oblong membranous, racemes long-peduncled laxly many-flowered, lower 

 calyx-teeth deltoid-cuspidate, corolla pale lilac middle-sized. V. sylvatica, 

 Benth. in Royle III. 200, not Linn. 



WEST HIMALAYAS, temperate region ; KASHMIR to KTJMAON, 4-9000 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Siberia. 



A tall straggling glabrous climber, with the habit of V. sylvatica. Leaves 2-4 in, 

 long, ending in tendrils; leaflets obtuse, |-f in., the upper growing gradually 

 shorter; stipules small, narrow, deeply toothed. Racemes 12-20-flowered, onV 

 peduncles 1-4 in. long. Calyx ^ in., glabrous, membranous; all the teeth much 

 shorter than the tube. Corolla ~ in. Pod 1-1| in. long, flat, glabrous, oblique, dis- 

 tinctly-stalked, 5-6-seeded. 



7. V. G-riffithii, Baker ; leaflets 12-16 distant linear-oblong membran- 

 ous, racemes peduncled laxly 2-4-flowered, lower calyx-teeth lanceolate, corolla 

 lilac middle-sized. 



PUNJAB, at Eawul Pindee and Futteyjung, Dr. Aitchison. DISTRIB. Afghanistan, 

 Griffith, 1114. 



A straggling annual, 1-2 ft. high, with slender stems, finely silky at first, soon 

 glabrescent. Leaves about 2 inches long ; leaflets obtuse, scattered, - in. broad, ob- 

 ecurely silky ; stipules deltoid, deeply palmately laciniated. Racemes about as long 

 as the leaves. Calyx % in. long, rather silky, the lower teeth half as long as the tube, 

 the upper deltoid. Corolla more than | in. Pod above 1 in. long, oblong, flat, gla- 

 brous, veined, 5-6-seeded. 



8. V. rig-idula, Royle III. 200 ; leaflets 10-12 subdistant oblong venose, 

 racemes 6-20-flowered close long-peduncled, calyx-teeth all very short, corolla 

 large reddish. Lathyrus himalensis, Camb. in Jacquem. Voy. Sot. i. 44, t. 53. 

 V. dumetorum, Benth. in Royle III. 200 ? 



West Himalayas, temperate region ; KASHMIR to KUMAON, 7-9000 ft. 



A subglabrous or finely downy climber, 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 2-3 in. long, ending 

 in intricate tendrils ; leaflets obtuse, ^-1 in. long, firmer in texture than in the others, 

 finely silky beneath, with veins raised like those of a Tcphrosia ; stipules small, half- 

 hastate, deeply-toothed. Peduncles 2-3 in. long. Calyx -~ in., glabrous ; pedicels 

 longer than in the others, fully in. Corolla 3-4 times the length of the calyx. Pod 

 linear, glabrous, on a stalk nearly as long as the calyx, 5-6-seeded. 



SUBGEN. 3. Suvicia. Annuals or perennials, with the style conspicuously 

 bearded on the lower side at the tip. 



9. V. sativa, Linn; DC. Prodr. ii. 360; annual, leaflets multijugate of 

 upper leaves ligulate, flowers solitary or geminate not racemed. Roxb. Ft. Ind. 

 iii. 323 ; Wall. Cat. 5957 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 574. 



NORTH-WEST PROVINCES, ascending from the plains of BENGAL to 7500 ft. in 

 KUMAON, probably always cultivated. 



Stems slender, suberect, glabrous or obscurely downy. Leaflets 8-12, of upper 

 leaves f-1 in. long, of lower shorter, broader ; stipules small, obliquely lanceolate, 

 deeply toothed. Calyx f in. ; teeth lanceolate-subulate. Corolla red-blue, twice the 

 calyx. Pod glabrescent, 1| 2 in. long, 8-10-seeded. 



VAR. angustifolia, Roth (Sp.), dwarfer, diffuse, leaflets shorter of lower leaves 

 deeply emarginate at apex, flowers and pod smaller. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 574. V. 

 Bobartii, Forst. in Linn. Trans, xvi. 442. V. pallida, Jacquem. MSS. (a yellow flowered 

 form}. Plains of the north-west, a native. Distrib. Europe, Orient. 



10. V. peregrina, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 362 ; annual, leaflets multiju- 

 gate ligulate, flowers solitary. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 576. 



