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An acclimatised form of the Broad or Field bean, Vicia Faba, is common 
in gardens throughout N.W. India, and is occasionally cultivated up to 8000 ft. 
It has smaller leaves, flowers and seeds than the European plant. 
Yicia sativa, L. (probably introduced), is common in the N.W.P., and may 
occasionally be found up to 6000 ft. (Aimora, Naini Tal). Leaflets 8-12, f-1 
in. long. Flowers red-blue, f in., usually solitary, sometimes in pairs, sessile in 
the leaf-axils. Pod glabrous, 1J-2 in. ; seeds 8-10. Cultivated as a fodder 
plant in Britain from the time of the Komans. Tare or Common Vetch. 
Flowers few or solitary, white, tinged with pale blue, in. 
long. 
Leaves J-l in. Leaflets 6-12. Pod glabrous 
Leaves l|-8 in. Leaflets 12-20. Pod hairy 
Flowers numerous, pink or purple, |-f in. long. 
Leaflets 8-16, narrowly oblong, ^ in. broad. 
Leaflets 16-82, ovate, ^ in. broad .... 
1. V. tetrasperma. 
2. V. hirsuta. 
3. V. tenera. 
4. V. rigidula. 
*1. Vicia tetrasperma, Moench ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 177. Annual, 
nearly glabrous. Leaves j-1 in. ; leaflets 6-12, narrowly oblong, 
in., obtuse. Flowers solitary or in pairs, jin. long, pale blue. 
Pod oblong, \ in., glabrous ; seeds 3 or 4. 
N.W. Himalaya (Naini Tal, Aimora), in woods, not common ; April, May. 
— Temperate Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain). 
2. Vicia hirsuta, Koch ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 177. Annual, more 
or less hairy ; stems 1-3 ft. Leaves 1^-3 in. ; leaflets 12-20, 
oblong, narrowed to the base, J-j in., tip notched. Flowers six 
or less in a raceme, i| in. long, white, tinged with pale blue. Pod 
oblong, acute, J-J in., hairy ; seeds 2. 
Simla, in hedges and fields, common ; March, April. — N. India, ascending 
to 6000 ft., Nilghiris. — Temperate Asia, N. Africa, Europe (Britain, Hairy 
Vetch or Tare). 
3. Vicia tenera, Grah. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 177. Perennial, nearly 
glabrous ; stems 1-4 ft. Leaves 2-4 in. ; leaflets 8-16, narrowly 
oblong, ^-1 in., acute. Flowers many in a raceme, ^ in., pale 
pink. Pod thin, obliquely oblong, glabrous, acute, 1-1J in. ; seeds 
6 - 8 . 
Simla ; April, May. — Kumaon to Simla, 6000-8000 ft. 
4. Vicia rigidula, Boyle ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 178, including V. 
pallida, Turcz. Perennial, glabrous ; stems 2-5 ft. Leaves 
2-6 in. ; leaflets 16-32, ovate, ^-1 x J-J in., obtuse. Flowers 
many in a raceme, § in. long, pink or purple-blue. Pod thin, 
obliquely oblong, acute, 1J-1^ in., glabrous ; seeds 5-8. 
Simla ; August, September. — W. Himalaya, 4000-9000 ft. 
25. LATHYBLTS. The Greek name of some kind of Vetch, 
probably L. sativus. — N. temperate regions and S. America. 
Annual or perennial herbs ; stems weak, sometimes climbing, 
usually angular, winged only in L. sativus. Leaflets 2-8 or in 
