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201. OROBUS. 



12. atropurpureus. Rac. 10-16-flowered, 

 exceeding L. Fl. secund, nodding. Upper' 

 Teeth of Cal. veiy short ; lower not one-third 

 as long as tube. Style filiform. Stigma glo- 

 bose. Leg. reticulato-nervose. Stem striate. 

 Lts. 2-3 pair, linear, acute, many-nerved. Stip. 

 semisagittate, very narrow, about half as long 

 as common stalk, a. 3, 4. Hoist meadows 

 and fields. Sic. e. Calabria. 



13. sessilifolius. " Stalk exceeding L. 

 Teeth of Cal. nearly equal, linear, hardly as 

 long as tube. Style somewhat geniculate, some- 

 what club-shaped. Leg. narrow. Stem striate. 

 Lts. 2 pair, lineaii-subulate, approximate. Stip. 

 semisagittato-subulate, much longer than com- 

 mon L. -stalk, p." — DC. " Shade. Lucania." 

 —Ten. 



14. saxatilis. Stalks 1-flowered, awned, 

 much shorter than L. Teeth of Cal. nearly 

 equal, triangular, nearly equal to tube. Leg. 

 oblong. Stems weak. Lts. 2 pair, linear, ending 

 in thi-ee teeth ! Stip. semisagittate, very small, 

 a. 4, 5. Dry woods, mdt. Fr. Cal. 



B. Style cylindrical, hairy all round. 



15. sylvaticus. Fl. numerous, at the 

 top of the stalk. Upper Teeth of Cal. very 

 short ; lower subulate, shorter than tube. Seeds 

 1-3. Lts. numerous, oval. p. 5, 6. Shady 

 hills. G. vei-y rare. Br. rare. 



Infield cultivation we sometimes meet with 

 Phaseolus, a genus easily known by its spirally 

 twisted keel. The common species are P. 

 multiflorus, with the stalk of the raceme ex- 

 ceeding the L., and P. vulgaris, in which the 

 stalk of the raceme falls short of the L. 



The Dolichos Catiang is said also to be 

 sometimes cultivated as a French bean. 



Tribe V. PEJSUOZEM 



202. LUPINUS. 



l.albus. PL-stalks alternate. Bracteoles 0. 

 Upper Lip of Cal. entire ; lower tridentate. 

 Lts. obovato-oblong, villous beneath, a. 4, 5. 

 Cultivated ifi s. Eur. and escapes. 



2. Termis. Fl. alternate. Bracteoles seta- 

 ceous, adpressed. Upper Lip of Cal. entire or 



somewhat bidentate ; lower tridentate. Lts. 

 obovato-oblong, villous beneath, a, 5. Cul- 

 tivated in It. and escapes. 



8. varius. Fl. alternate or in half whorls, 

 bracteolate. Upper Lip of Cal. bidentate; 

 lower hardly tridentate. Lts. oblong, villous 

 beneath, a. 5. Corn. s. Fr. 



4. hirsutus. Rac. long. Fl. alternate; 

 upper whorled. Bracts linear. Cal. bracteolate. 

 Upper Lip bipartite ; lower trifid, much shorter 

 than corolla. Lts. 5-7, obovato-cuneate. Stem 

 and L.-stalk covered with spreading hairs, a. 

 5, 6. Corn. Mdt. 



5. Cosentmi. "Downy. Rac. whorled. 

 Bracts ovato-lanceolate, acuminate. Cal. brac- 

 teolate. Upper Lip bipartite ; lower obsoletely 

 tridentate. Leg. silky. Lts. 9-11, oblongo- 

 cuneate. a. 3, 4. Grassy, volcanic. Catania." 



GrUSS. 



6. micrantlius. "Hairs rigid. Rac. 

 short. Fl. alternate. Bracts filiform. Cal. 

 bracteolate, nearly as long as corolla. Upper 

 Lip bipartite ; lower trifid. Stem with spread- 

 ing branches at base. Lts. obovato-spatulate. 

 Leg. hh'sute. a. 4, 5. Dry sandy, s. Sic." 

 ■ — Guss. 



7. pilosus. " Fl. in whorled racemes. Cal. 

 hauy, bracteolate. Upper Lip bipartite ; lower 

 entire. Lts. oblong, villous, a." — DC. Luc. 



—Ten. 



8. an^ustifolius. Fl. alternate. Bracts 

 ovate. Partial Stalks very short, bracteolate, 

 (ebracteolate, DC.) Upper Lip of Cal. bifid ; 

 lower entire. Leg. villous. Seeds 6, oval. 

 Lts. linear. Pubescence adpressed. a. 4, 5. 

 Dry, sandy. Fr. Sw. It. 



9. linifolius. Bracts elliptic, acuminate. 

 Fl. alternate, bracteolate. Upper Lip of Cal. 

 bifid ; lower somewhat trifid. Seeds globose. 

 Lts. linear, channeled, a.' 4, 5. Open sandy. 

 Rome. Sic. " Lts. broader than in L. angusti- 



folius. Bracts more acuminate." — Guss. 



10. luteus. Fl. sessile, alternate, yellow. 

 Bracts ovato-lanceolate. Cal. bracteolate. 

 Upper Lip bipartite ; lower tridentate. Seeds 

 2-4, roundish. Lts. 7-11, oblong ; the lower- 

 most obovate. a. 4, 5. Sandy hills, s. Fr. 

 Sic. 



