Vieia.] i. leguminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 177 



1. V. tetrasperma, Moench Meth, 148 ; stems glabrous, peduucles 

 1-2-flowered, pods glabrous 3-4-seeded. Botss. Fl. Orient, ii. 596. Ervum 

 tetraspermiun, lAnn. ; DC. Prodr. ii. 367. 



NoETH-WEST HiMAUkTAS, temperate region, rare; Kxjmaon, &c. — Thomson, Edge 

 worth, &c. — DisTRiB. Europe, Orient, &c. 



Stems very slender, copiously branched. Leaves about 1 in. long ; leaflets 3-4 pairs, 

 obtuse or acute, j-f iu. long. Flowers on copious axillary peduncles about as long as 

 the leaves. Calyx ^ in. Corolla lilac, distinctly exserted. Pod linear-oblong, 

 lin. 



2. V. Iilrsuta, Koch Synops. 191 ; stems pubescent, peduncles 3-6-flowered, 

 pods hairy 2-seeded. Soiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 595. Ervmn hirsutmn, Linn. ; W.SpA, 

 Prodr. 'i'S5; Boxh. Fl. Ind.m.Z^Z. E. flliforme, Roxh. in Wall. Cat. 6955. 

 E. Lens, Wall. Cat. 5954 0. 



North-west Pkotinces, from the Punjab to Nipai, in the tropical and temperate 

 region, frequent in cultivated grounds, ascending to 6000 ft. ; Nilshieis. — Disteib. 

 Europe, Orient, &c. 



Stems rather stronger than in the last. Leaves longer, ending in an intricate ten- 

 dril ; leaflets 5-8 pairs, g-1 in., truncate. Peduncles shorter than the leaves. Corolla 

 smaller, scarcely exserted from the calyx. Pod J-f in. long, oblique, more turgid, 

 finally black. 



SlTBGEN. 2. Cracca. Peremiials with numerous flovyers in peduncled 

 racemes. Style finely downy all round near the tip. 



3. V. tenera, Orah. in Wall. Cat. 5928 ; leaflets 12-16 distant narrow 

 ligulate, racemes laxly many-flowered as long as their peduncles, lower calyx- 

 teeth linear-subulate, corolla small pale. Bemth. in Boyle III. 200. 



"Westeen Himalayas ; Simla, Gijewhal, Kumaon, alt. 3-8000 ft.; Silhet, Wallich. 



A slender straggling subglabrous climber. Leaves 2-3 in, long ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, |— 1 in. by Jj-^ in. broad, acute, finely silky beneath ; stipules small, deeply 

 toothed. Bacemes 6-20-flowered, 1-2 in. long. Calyx ^ in., subglabrous ; teeth 

 very unequal, upper deltoid. Corolla § in. Pod oblique, linear, glabrous, rostrate, 

 l\ in. long, 6-8-seeded. 



4. V. tenulfolia, Both; DC. Prodr. ii. 358; leaflets 20-24 narrow 

 ligulate distant, racemes 20-40-flowered elongated long-peduncled, lower calyx-f 

 teeth lanceolate, corolla middle-sized deep blue. Boies, Fl. Orient, ii. 586. V. 

 Cracca, Bemth. in Boyle III. 200, not Linn. 



NoETH-wEST Himalayas, temperate region ; Chenab valley, 6-8000 ft., Thomson. 

 West Tibet, Falconer. —Disteib. Europe. 



A subglabrous climber, a yard or more high. Leaves 4-6 in. long ; leaflets acute, 

 membranous, silky beneath, IJ-lj in. long ; stipules linear, with a single tooth. Bacemes 

 copious, reaching, as do the peduncles, 1 ft. long. Calyx subglabrous, J in. ; teeth very 

 unequal, all shorter than the tube, upper deltoid. Corolla ^ in. . Pod 1 in. long, with 

 a stalk as long as the calyx-tube. 



6. V. mollis, Bemth. MSS. ; leaflets 16-20 close narrow ligulate, raceme* 

 few-flowered close short-peduncled, lower calyx-teeth linear, corolla large 

 yellowish. 



Valley of the Kishengunga, Winterbotiom. 



A suberect perennial, with the habit of F. sepium, with stems clothed with finfe 

 spreading hairs. Leaves li-2 in. long ; leaflets |-| in. long, obtuse, clothed on both 

 surface with adpressed, silky hairs ; stipules broad, subentire. Bacemes from the ' 

 upper axils only, secund, an inch long. Calyx i in., densely silky ; teeth all linear, 

 lower as long as the tube, upper shorter. CoraUa nearly 1 in. long. 



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