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LEGUM INOSiE. 
inflata, estipitata, secundum suturam seminiferam planiuscula, acutiuscula, membranacea, transverse 
reticulato-venosa ( fig. g.), stramineo-virescentia, glabra, 7-8 lineas longa, unilocularia, polysperma, apice 
hiantia. Semina (Jig . 10.) crebra (circiter 18), biseriata, podospermiis longiusculis sustenta ( fig. 8.), 
subrotundo-reniformia, lenticulari-compressiuscula, lasvia, glabra, nitida, fusca, 1 ^ lineae longa. Integu¬ 
mentum membranaceum, intus substantia carnosa tenui vestitum. Embryo {fig- 11.) flavescens. Cotyledones 
oblique oblongae, plano-convexiusculee, carnosas, aequales. Radicula teres, obtusiuscula, uncinato-inflexa, 
cotyledonibus brevior. Plumula imperspicua. 
Phacte bieticae paulo similis. 
2. PHAGA mollis, t Tab. DLXXXV. 
P. caulibus brevibus, diffusis, molliter tomentosis • foliolis 15-17-jugis, oblongis, obtusis, 
utrinque tomen toso- sericeis j racemis longe pedunculatis, cylindraceo-oblongis, densi floris ■ 
calycibus molliter sericeis ■ leguminibus. 
Crescit in convalli Mexicana^ prope Q as ave , ait. 1 a 3 a hex. ^ Floret Majo. 
Caules caespitosi, diffusi, adscendentes, breves (2 4 - 4 _ poHi cares )’ angulati, molliter tomentosi, incani. 
Folia alterna, petiolata, imparipinnata. Foliola brevissime petiolata, opposita vel alterna, 1 5 -17- juga, 
oblonga, obtusa, basi subcuneata, integerrima, crassiuscula, obsolete venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, 
utrinque tomentoso-sericea, argenteo-incana., juniora complicata et fuscescentia, 4~5 lineas longa, 
2-2 4 lineas lata ; superiora gradatim minora ; summa duas lineas longa. Rhachis communis adjecto petiolo 
communi 5 - 4 -pollicaris, sericeo-tomentosa. Stivulie petiolares geminas, deltoideo-ovatae, acuminate, 
subfalcate, membranaceas, tomentoso-sericeae, tres lineas longas, persistentes et marcidae. Racemi axillares, 
solitarii, longe pedunculati, densiflori, subglobosi vel cylindraceo- oblongi, adjecto pedunculo 3-4-pollicares; 
pedunculo teretiusculo, 2-2 4 ~pollicari rliachique sericeo-tomentosis, incanis. Flores ( jig. i.) breviter 
pedicellati, alterni, valde approximati, 7-8 lineas longi; pedicellis 4 lineam longis, tomentosis, basi i-brac- 
teatis; bractea lineari-subulata, dense sericea, sesquilineam longa. Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, quinque- 
dentatus, obsolete nervosus, membranaceus, externe molliter sericeus; dentibus acuminato-subulatis, erectis, 
inter se subaequalibus, tubo dimidio brevioribus. Corolla pentapetala, papilionacea, calyci supra basim inserta, 
glabra, alba vel violacea?; petalaflabellato-venosa; superius (vexillum, fig. 2.) calycem duplo superans, superne 
ovato-ellipticum, inferne cuneato-angustatum, apice rotundatum et emarginatum, apicem versus subad- 
scendens, lateribus reflexum, ante apertionem floris alas et carinam amplectens; duo lateralia (ala ^,fig. 4.) 
vexillo breviora, longissime unguiculata, lineari-oblonga, subcultriformia, obtusa, semicordata, supra 
unguem gibba, carinae incumbentia, nec adhaerentia, eamque superantia; duo inferiora (carina,^. 3.) 
longissime unguiculata, late cultriformia, falcato-curvata, apice rotundata, basi semicordata, concava, 
supra unguem gibba, marginibus contiguis cohaerentia. Stamina 10, diadelpha, ibidem inserta, apice adscen- 
dentia, in carina recondita, alterna breviora. Filamenta lineari-capillacea, uninervia, diaphana, glabra, per¬ 
sistentia; novem in tubum tenuiter membranaceum compressum, supra longitudinaliterfissum connata, 
superne libera; decimum, superius, solutum. Anthera: subrotundo-ellipticae, utrinque emarginatae, bilocu- 
lares, glabrae, longitudinaliter ad latera dehiscentes, omnes conformes; connexivo haud perspicuo. Ovarium 
{fig- 5.) sessile, lineare, compressiuseulum, apice in stylum desinens, sericeo-pubescens, uniloculare ; 
ovula circiter 28, minutissima, suturae vexillum spectanti affixa {fig. 6.), biseriata, subreniformia, podo- 
spermio breviusculo sustenta. Stylus elongatus, filiformis, compressus, glaber, superne adscendens, stamina 
aequans. Stigma simplex., obtusum. Discus nullus. Fructus desiderantur. 
VICIA. Linn. 
Faba Tournef. 
Calyx campanulatus vel tubulosus, limbo quinquefidus, persistens; 
laciniis superioribus saepius brevioribus. Corolla papilionacea; vexillum 
lateribus reflexum, alas et hae carinam superantes. Stamina diadelpha, 
stamine superiore interdum nonnisi ad basim soluto, persistentia. 
Anteiere conformes. Glandula ad basim interiorem tubi staminei. Ovarium 
