184 MANN, 



Tkibe V. VICIE^. 

 Low or climbing herbs. Leaves usually abruptly pinnate, the petiole running out into 

 a tendril, rarely impariplnnate or simple. Stipules usually large. Flowers solitary or 

 racemed. Ovules 2 - many. Pod 2-valved. 



6. VICIA Linn. 

 Calyx often oblique, teeth nearly equal, or the 2 upper shorter. 

 Standard wide, emarginate. Wings adhering to the Iseel to their mid- 

 dle, and longer than it. Stamen next the standard free, or more or 

 less united. Ovary nearly sessile or stipitate, 2, or more often, many- 

 ovuled. Style filiform, variously barbed or villous with hairs near the 

 apex, or rarely glabrous. Pod compressed, 2-vaIved, continuous 

 within. — Usually climbing herbs, rarely low and spreading. Leaves, 

 especially the lower ones, impariplnnate, usually with many leaflets, or 

 in the upper ones the midrib lengthened into a tendril. Flowers 

 either solitary or nearly so, in the axils, or racemed. Bracts very ca- 

 ducous. 



A considerable genus, widely diffused, mostly in temperate regions. 



1. V. Menziesh Spreng. {Enum. No. 106.) A very large species 

 for the genus, climbing among shrubs ; nearly glabrous. Stems an- 

 gled, minutely pubescent, very leafy. Stipules foliaceous, pectiuately 

 dentate with long and subulate teeth, especially the lower ones, which 

 are rounded or flabellate, and h' to 1' in diameter; the upper half sag- 

 ittate and acuminate. Leaves 6' - 7' long. Leaflets 8 - 12, from Ih.' - 2h' 

 long, I'-l' wide, ovate-oblong, obtuse, very veiny, mucronulate, com- 

 monly alternate ; the lowest near the stem. Tendrils much branched, 

 compound. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 2' -4' long, 6-9 flow- 

 ered; the pedicles slender, approximate, 3" -5" long. Plowersvery 

 large, I'-l^' long, pale purple. Calyx-teeth as long as the tube, 3" 

 long, narrow, very acutely subulate, the lower one a little longer than 

 the others. Standard recurved, ecallose. Style minutely pubescent 

 all round above the middle. Stigma terminal, minute. Pod unknown. 



In forests of Manna Kea, Hawaii. 



Teibe VI. PHASEOLEyE. 



Stems usually herbaceous, twining or prostrate, rarely shrubs or trees. The leaves 

 with 3 leaflets rarely (5 -7), the two opposite ones inserted below the terminal one, or 

 rarely wanting. Inflorescence usually axillary. Stamens diadelphous, with the upper 

 stamen free at the base, although sometimes united with the others in the middle. Pod 

 2-valved. 



Cliloria teniatea, a climbing vine, belonging to this tribe, is much cultivated for its 

 fine blue flowers. 



7. ERYTHRINA Linn. [Wiliwili.] 



Calyx truncate, or more or less 5-toothed. Standard large and 



