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lfts. and a short branched tendril ; lower stip. none, upper large 
leafy semi-sagittate ovate or lanceolate ; ped. 1-tid. much shorter 
than the 1. ; sep. short triangular unequal ; style spatliulate- 
rhomhoidal acute; pod large smooth reticulate oblong com- 
pressed 2-winged at the back, even, 6-8-seeded; seeds large 
globose quite smooth and even ; hilum linear =1 circumf. of seed. 
— DC. ii. 375; WB. ii. 110; Koch 221. Pisum Ochrus L. ; Brot. 
ii. 144; FI. Gr. t. 689. “ Ochrus pallida Pers.’’ — Herb. ann. PS. 
reg. 4, rrr. Summit of Pico Branco amongst grass and herbage 
in a spot frequented by shepherd-boys, and evidently introduced. 
Apr., May. — Habit of the common Garden Pea {Pisum) with 
stout succulent tubular fiexuose diffuse trailing st. 1-2 feet long, 
branched chiefly at the base, and climbing only ultimately by 
means of the tendrils of the upper 1. St. and petioles very 
broadly winged. Lfts. f-l+ in. long, broad, in pairs or al- 
ternate, subobtuse feebly mucronate. Ped. 5-12 lines long, stout, 
firm, jointed at the top, not awned, always 1-fld. Pedic. 4 or 5 
lines long. FI. pale dull y. Pods about 2 in. long and very nearly 
4 in. broad brownish-fawn-colour smooth and shining, not in the 
least torulose. Seeds perfectly globose 2^-3 lines in diam. dull 
reddish-brown or tile-colour not shining. 
+++Tribe IX. Phciseolece. 
+++ 26 . Phaseouts L. 
§ Pods compressed ; annual, lfts. entire, ped. shorter than the 1. 
ttt I* I 5 - VULGARIS L. Feijdo. French Bean or Kidney Bean. 
Twining smoothish ; lfts. rhombic-ovate acuminate ; rac. ax- 
illary stalked shorter than the 1., fl. in pairs 2-bractleted ; pods 
pendulous compressed elongate mostly straight subtorulose 
beaked ; seeds oblong-reniform compressed or more or less glo- 
bose and turgid, very variable in shape, size and colour. — Ivoch 
226. P. vulgaris et P. nanus L ., Brot. ii. 129, 130. P. vulgaris , 
Romanus ( compressus DC.), oblongus, saponaceus, tumidus , hce- 
matocarpus, sphcericus , gonospermos Savi, DC. ii. 392, 393. \ arr. : 
a. procera ; F. dc vara ; st. elongated twining and climbing to 
a considerable height (10-15 ft.). — P. vulgaris Linn.,Desf. ii. 155 ; 
Brot. ii. 129. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 2, cult. ccc. Cultiv. prin- 
cipally in the north, S. Vicente, Boa Ventura, S. Jorge, S ta Anna, 
Porto da Cruz, &c., in the chestnut woods. Aug.-Oct. — Run- 
ning up long rods or poles (paras) 8-10 ft. high, usually of Heath 
(Erica arborca L.), and forming perfect thickets and bowers of 
verdure of a light pleasant gr. Fl. light purple, lilac, rose, pale 
pink, pale ochre, cream-colour, or white, but not at all corre- 
sponding regularly in their tints (ns 1 have ascertained experi- 
mentally) with tlie variations in the seeds. These are almost 
endless : but since they are employed popularly for distinction 
