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stalk, which becomes several inches long and curves 

 downwards so as generally to force the pod into the 

 ground. If it fails in this, the pod does not develop, 



Fig 52. — Vicia avtpjucarpa. 

 a et, ordinary pods ; 6 i>, subterranean pods. 



but soon perishes ; on the other hand, as soon as it is 

 underground the pod begins to grow and develops two 

 large seeds. 



In Vicia amphicarpa, Fig. 52, a South European 



