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Plants of the Punjab. 



Herbs, Ereot, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Leaflets many. 



upper shorter, curved upwards, pods 1-1 4 in., liuear-oblong. 

 abruptly turned down, smooth, rather curved, seeds 5-0 ; 

 otherwise Hke the hist species. 



Vicia sepium, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 179. 

 Kashmir. 



medium size, perennial, finely downy, leaflets oblong, 

 abruptly ended, stipules small, deeply toothed, flowers | in., 

 reddish, in 2-6-flowered, nearly sessile, one-sided, racemes 

 oiily in the axils of upper leaves, calyx | in., smooth or 

 downy, teeth triangidar with a sharp hard point, pcd 1 in., 

 oblique, smooth, beaked, seeds 6-10 ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Vicia narbonensis, 



Legumixos.e. 

 F. B. I. ii. 179. 

 Peshawar (Vicary). 

 The Park at 

 Rawalpindi. 



Uiedium size, annual, stout, smooth or finely downy, 

 leaflets 2 on the lowest leaves, 4-6 on the upper, 1-2^ in. 

 long, entire obovate, stipules large, deeply cut, flowers 

 I in., purple and white, in nearly sessile 2-6-flowered racemes, 

 calyx I in., upper teeth triangular, lower lanceolate, pod 

 1^-2 in., downy, 6-seeded ; otherwise like the last species. 



Vicia Faba, 

 Broad bean, 



Bakla, cliastantj. 

 Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. iii. 179. 

 The Plains to 

 8,000 ft. 



Lens esculenta, 

 Lentil, 



Masur dal. 

 Legumixos^. 

 F.B. I. ii. 179. 

 The Plains to 

 5,000 ft. 

 Baluchistan 

 (Hughes Bvdler). 

 Cultivated. 



\'ery like the last species, but larger. It is cultivated 

 widely as a vegetable and possibly may have once originat- 

 ed from Vicia narbonensis. 



small, annual, softly velvety, branchmg from the base ; 

 leaves terminating in a bristle, stipules almost lobed 

 at the base, leaflets 8-12, entire, lanceolate, often tipped with 

 a small sharp point, sessile ; flowers pale purple in 2-4- 

 flowered racemes on stalks equal to the leaves, the end of 

 the stalk extending beyond the flowers, calyx teeth linear, 

 silky, petals 5, standard broad, ^^dngs joined to the keel, 

 shorter than the wings, stamens 10, united into a tube 

 with an oblique mouth, style abruptly bent, bearded on 

 its inner face ; pod | in. long, oblong, flattened, smooth, 

 seeds 2, grey, with minute spots, flattened. The seed is 

 nnich eaten, the young pod also as a vegetable, the dry- 

 leaves and stalks are used as fodder. 



