366 BENGAL PLANTS. (Cicer. 
411, Cicer ARIETINUM Linn.; F. I. iii. 8324; F. B. I. ii. 176; 
E. D. Cc. 1061. 
Cc. 
Generally cultivated in Tirhut, Behar, N. and W. Bengal. 
A small herb. Hind. Chola, but, but kalia; Beng. 
Channa; Santal. But. The Gram or Chick- Pea. 
247. Vicia Linn. 
Annual or perennial herbs ; leaves even-pinnate ; rachis ending 
in a twisted tendril, rarely in a simple point; stipules semi- 
sin stipels 0. Flowers Staats axillary 1-3, or im 
axillary racemes; bracts small caducous, bracteoles 0. 
Sepals connate in a campanulate tube often oblique ; lobes 5 sub- 
equal or the 2 upper shorter and the lowest longer than the lateral. 
Petals ae standard obovate emarginate, 0 narrowed into a 
¢ 
Shore! ey Stamens 10, the vexillary one free or sligh 
connate with the rest; anthers uniform. Ovary —- 
stipitate, usually many-ovuled, rarely 2-ovuled; style inflex 
filiform, or flattened, usually pubescent with a dorsal np 
subapical ring of hairs, rarely glabrous; stigma t terminal, capita 
ruit a compressed pod, continuous within. Seeds globose, rarely 
compressed ; hilum oblong or linear. 
Stems prostrate; leaflets 4 or more pairs; rachis of leaf ending in ® 
tendril : 
18 
Flowers solitary, almost sessile, large (°5 in.); pods glabrous, 6- 
seeded :— 
vee 80ti00. 
Leafiets wide, obtuse see 
Leaflets narrower, those of lower leaves sabe 
sativa vat. angustifolia. 
Flowers several in a peduncled raceme, ts (715 in.); Pe sae 
hairy, 2-seede whit a 
Stems erect ; leaflets 3 or fewer pairs ; rachis of leat ending | in & ae 
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412, Victa sativa Linn.; F. I. iii. 323; F. B. Liat 
Sometimes cultivated. 
A small herb. Hind. and Beng, Ankari. The Tare 
412/2. Var. anaustironia; E. D. v. 114. 
General throughout the area. 
A small prostrate or climbing herb. 
