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25. LEGUMIN OSiE . 
a. lfts. sharply serrate. — DC. 1. c. 365. V. Narbonensis Brot. ii. 
151 ; ft. serrati folia Koch 215. “ V. serrati folia Jacq. FI. Austr. 
app. t. 8 ; Sturm FI. Germ. 1 fasc. 32” (DC). — Herb. ann. Mad. 
r eg. 1, rrr. Occasionally in vineyards about Funchal; in my own 
on the Levada de S ta Luzia. June, July. Slightly hairy but 
otherwise more like a bean (Faba vulgaris Moench.) than a 
Vicia, in size and glaucous hue of lfts. and in size and aspect 
of the fl. ; also approaching it in the upright habit. Branches 
and petioles more or less hairy at least on one side, quadran- 
gular, somewhat stout, at least not slender ; and though the 1. 
nave each a branched tendril, not climbing. Whole pi. more or 
less sprinkled with short distinct hairs, 6-12 in. high. L. with 
their few large smooth or slightly hairy glaucous lfts., which are 
about 1 in. long and ±-§ in. broad, resembling those of the com- 
mon garden-bean, but with a terminal branched tendril. FI. 
axillary clustered dark blackish-purple (atro-purpureous) large, 
mostly 2-4 in a short bunch or rac. Pods (immature in my ex.) 
much compressed and thin or flattened, their edges serrulate 
with teeth terminating in a tawny-y. hair or bristle, u 1| in. 
long, 4 lines broad” (Brot.). 
tft24. Faba Tourn. 
tttl- F. vulgaris Moench. Fava. Bean. 
The only sp. — DC. ii. 354. Vicia Faba Linn., Koch 214. 
Orobus Faba Brot. ii. 147. — Herb. ann. Mad., PS. reg. 1, 2, cc. 
In vineyards, fields and gardens, cult, everywhere. Febr., March. 
— St. simple unbranched stout thick stiffly erect quadrangular 
bright gr., smooth like the whole pi. except the pods, 1^4 ft. high. 
Lfts. shining glaucous large and somewhat thick or succulent, 
in 1 or 2-5 pairs mostly irregularly alternate, oval or oblong en- 
tire mucronulate. Tendrils small or wanting. Stip. semi-sagit- 
tate sparingly and irregularly toothed large oval. Rac. 2-4- or 
5-fld. shorter than the 1. Cal. smooth pale gr. tubular, the teeth 
white-edged membranous with the midrib gr., the 2 upper short 
triangular-ovate connivent; 2 lateral twice as long, but not 
longer than the tube, lanceolate acuminate also connivent; lowest 
like the lateral but straight. FI. rather large white or greyish 
with a large deep-black patch on each wing, in small nearly 
sessile axillary clusters, fragrant. Style pubescent, very di- 
stinctly bearded beneath below the stigma. Stam. completely 
monadelphous. Pods thick coriaceous velvety slightly viscid 
2-5 in. long turgid more or less compressed 3-6-seeded, when 
quite ripe black. Seeds large oblong more or less compressed, 
separated by a thin spongy dissepiment, light yellowish- or 
dark coflee-brown ; the linear scar or hilum at one end. — For- 
merly more largely cultivated than at present since the destruc- 
tion of the vines, to which the st., dug into the ground after the 
beans were gathered, served for manure. 
