Plants of the Punjab. 



263 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



nearly round, reddi-h-brown, black or white, indented, 

 beaked This plant is eaten as a vegetable, a food-grain 

 and as a food for horses. The dew on the leaves contains 

 oxalic, acetic and malic acids and is collected and used sa 

 vinegar and as a remedy for vomiting and dyspepsia. 



Vicia tetrasperma, 



Lbguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 177. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-8,000 'ft. 



Vicia Griffithii, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 178. 

 The Plains. 

 Eawalpindi. 

 Fatehjang 

 (Aitchison). 

 Baluchistan 

 (Duthie). 



Vicia sativa, 

 Vetch, or Tare, 

 Akra, ankra. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. L ii. 178. 

 The Plains to 

 7,000 ft. 



Vicia peregrina, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 178. 

 The Plains. 



medium size, annual, stem smooth, very slender, 

 much branched ; leaves ^-1 in., ending in twisted tendrils, 

 stipules large, pointed, often toothed, base ending in a point- 

 ed lobe, leaflets 6-12, narrowly oblong, |-f in., blunt or 

 short-pointed ; flowers J in., pale blue, in pairs or rarely 

 solitary, on nxillary stalks equal in length to the leaves, 

 calyx y|- in., bell-shaped, teeth 5, 3 lower the longest, 

 petals 5, longer than the calyx, standard broad, erect, keel 

 nearly straight, blunt, shorter than the wing petals, sta- 

 mens 10, upper one nearly or quite free, others united, 

 style short, incurved, velvety all romid ; pod | in., smooth, 

 oblong, seeds 3 or 4. 



medium size, perennial, stems slender, finely silky, 

 thin, smooth, straggling, leaves 2 in., ending in twisted 

 tendrils, stipules triangular, deeply cut, leaflets 12-16, 

 ^-l in., wide apart, linear-oblong, thin, blunt, flowers | in., 

 lilac, in 2-4 flowered, axillary racemes, as long as the leaves, 

 calyx I in., rather silky, teeth 5, upper triangular, lower 

 lanceolate, pod 1| in., oblong, flat, smooth, veined, seeds 

 5-6 ; otherwise like the last species. 



small to medium size, annual, stems slender, spreading 

 or erect, rather downy, leaves pinnate ending in twisted 

 tendrils, stipules small, obliquely lanceolate, deeply toothed, 

 leaflets 8-12, those of upper leaves |-1 in., strap-shaped, 

 of lower shorter, broader, sometimes deeply notched at the 

 apex, flowers | in. or less, red-blue, usually solitary, rarely 

 in pairs, axillary, sessile, calyx | in., teeth 5, lanceolate- 

 awl-shaped, petals 5, twice the length of the calyx, style 

 bearded below the stigma, pod 1-2 in., smooth, seeds 8-10 ; 

 otherwise like the last species. A weed of cultivation, 

 stated to be sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant. 



small, annual, slender, smooth, spreading, leaflets 

 10-12, alternate or opposite, |-1 in. long, stipules minute* 

 bifid with linear divisions, flowers ^ in., red-purple, soU- 

 tary, on short axillary stalks, calyx ^ in., teeth lanceolate, 



