Lens

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lens(ancient name of the lentil). Leguminosae. The lentil is one of the important food plants of the human race, although little grown in North America. Closely allied to Vicia, from which it is distinguished chiefly by the 2-ovuled ovary and 1-2-seeded pod, Vicia usually having more than 2 seeds. Low erect or partially climbing herbs: Leaves pinnate, the terminal 1eafletsometimes ending in a bristle or tendril, the lfts. 2 to many pairs and entire: flowers small, bluish white, racemose or solitary, papilionaceous; calyx-lobes nearly equal and elongated; standard broadly obovate or nearly orbicular; wings oblique, obovate, partially adhering to the short keel: pod compressed, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded; seeds lenticular. Species about a half-dozen, in the Medit. region and W. Asia, apparently only one of economic importance. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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