. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 139. Diagram. Pl(J. 141. Wing. Fig. 142. Keel (!•). gamosepalous membranous, slightly gibbous below and posteriorly, and divided above into five narrow unequal lobes, becoming longer as they approach the back of the flower. In the bud the anterior lobe overlaps the two lateral, which in turn overlap the two posterior. These last are valvate by their posterior edges (fig. 139).^ The petals, free and alternating with the calyx lobes, together form what is termed a " papilionaceous" corolla. The posterior petal, unlike the rest (fig. 140), a
. The natural history of plants. Botany. Fig. 139. Diagram. Pl(J. 141. Wing. Fig. 142. Keel (!•). gamosepalous membranous, slightly gibbous below and posteriorly, and divided above into five narrow unequal lobes, becoming longer as they approach the back of the flower. In the bud the anterior lobe overlaps the two lateral, which in turn overlap the two posterior. These last are valvate by their posterior edges (fig. 139).^ The petals, free and alternating with the calyx lobes, together form what is termed a " papilionaceous" corolla. The posterior petal, unlike the rest (fig. 140), and termed vexillum or " standard" (Fr., etendard), is 1 T., Inst., 396, t. 221.—L., Gen., n. 873.— Adans., PI., ii. 331.—J., Oen., 360.— Lamk., Did., viii. 551; Suppl., v. 469; III., t. 634.—G^ETN., Fruct, ii. 325, t. 51.—DC, Prodr., ii. 354.—Spach, Suit, a Suffon, i. 300.—, Gen., 6581.—AiBr., in (Estr. Sot. Zeitschr. (1858); in Powplandia (1861), 66, 69, 116.—B. H., Gen., 525, 1002, n. 184 (incl. -. Abacosa Alep., Atossa Aleb., Coppol- leria Todae., Cracca RiT., Oiijunia Alej., Fndmia AiEP., Troilia Link, Ermm T. (part.), Faba T., SyfecTmm khSB., Orobella Pbesl, Oxypogon Rapin., Pa/rallosa khm., SeUunia Alef., Swantia Aiee., Titammal Ajj^t., Vicilla ScHUE., Vicioides McENCH, Wiggersia AlEF.). makes or retains most of the preceding genera in the group Vicia, which he considers not a genus, but a separate tribe, and calls ViciidecB. ^ L., Spec, 1039.—-Faba vulgaris Mcench, Meth., 130.—DC, Prod/r., ii. 354. ' In Erowm (L., Gen., 874;—DC, op. cii., 366), which, omitting the species of the group I/ens, is referred by many authors to the genus Vicia, the calyx lobes are simply longer and narrower than in Vicia proper, and the ovary often contains but two or three Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance o
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