PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



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Hekbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 

 Leaflets Many. 



Cicer arietinum, 

 Gram or Chick-pea, 



Ghana. 



Leguminos^. 



F. B. I. ii. 176. 



The Plains to 2,000 ft. 



Commonly cultivated. 



Petals Dissimilar. 



small, annual, sticky, much branched ; leaves 1-3 

 in., stipules small, obliquely ovate, with a few long- 

 teeth, strongly veined, leaflets 13 or so, \ in. long, 

 ovate or oblong, deeply cut, strongly veined, flowers 

 f in., pink, blue or white, solitary axillary on stalks 

 f-f in., calyx \-\ in., teeth 5, linear, nearly equal, 

 petals 5, standard broad, longer than the wings and 

 keel, stamens 10, upper free, lower united, style 

 incurved, beardless ; pod |-1 in., swollen, velvety, 

 sessile, narrowed into the persistent style, seeds 2 

 nearly round, reddish brown, black or white, indent- 

 ed, beaked. 



Vicia tetrasperma, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 177. 

 Himalaya 6-8,000 ft. 



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 pointed lobe, leaflets 6-12, narrowly 

 oblong, ^-f in., blunt or short pointed ; flowers \ 

 in., pale blue, in pairs or rarely solitary on axillary 

 stalks equal in length to the leaves, calyx r\ in., 

 bell-shaped, teeth 5, three lower the longest, petals 

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

 nearly straight, blunt, shorter than the wing petals, 

 stamens 10, upper one nearly or quite free, others 

 united, style short, incurved, velvety all round ; 

 pod \ in., smooth, oblong, seeds 3 or 4. 



Vicia Griffithii, 



Leguminos^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 178. 

 The Plains. 

 Rawalpindi. 

 Futtehjang (Aitchi- 



son). 

 Baluchistan (Duthie). 



medium-size, perennial, stems slender, finely 

 silky, thin, smooth, straggling ; leaves 2 in., ending 

 in twisted tendrils, stipules triangular, deeply cut, 

 leaflets 12-16, \-\ in., wide apart, linear-oblong, 

 thin, blunt; flowers f in., lilac in 2-4 flowered, 

 axillary racemes, as long as the leaves, calyx | in., 

 rather silky, teeth 5, upper triangular, lower lan- 

 ceolate, pod \\ in., oblong, flat, smooth, veined, 

 seeds 5-6 ; otherwise like the last species. 



