64 MESSRS. H. A. HURST AND A. LETOTJRNEUx's 



Nubia. Plains of North-western India, Upper Ganges and 

 Concan, ascending to 3000 feet ontlie Kishangunga (/. G. 

 Baker, F. In.) . 



Vicia sativa, L. Mar. 



V. lutea, L,, T'ar. hirta, Boissier. Mar. 



V. hirta, Balbi et auct. 



V. angustifolia, Rotli. Mar. 

 V. angustifolia, var. a. albiflora, Boiss. 



V. calcarata, Desf. 



V. gracilis, Loisel. 



Cicer arietinum, L. 



Widely cultivated, but origin unknown. 



Cicer arietinum is eaten fresb as well as dry, like peas ; 

 in the latter state often with the bulbs of Cyperu^ esculen- 

 tus, when it is called by the natives " Habb el aziz u humus." 

 The word Cicer has attained a melancholy celebrity, 

 as being that by the pronunciation of which the French 

 origin of many of the victims of the Sicilian Vespers was 

 detected. It was the test-word the pronunciation of which 

 decided their life or death. 



Ervum lens, L. 

 Cultivated and escapes. 



E. ervilia, L. 



Lathy rus aphaca, L. Mar. 



L. sativus, L. Mar. 



