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 | | In his book on the fertilization of flowers, Hermann Muller distinguishes four types of papilionaceous flowers according to the way in which the pollen is applied to the bee: |
 | | The seeds, which are rich in starch and proteids, form valuable foods, as in pea, the various beans, vetch, lentil, grofind-nut (Arachis) and others; seeds of..4rachis and others yield ~iiis; those of Physosligma venenosum, the Calabar ordeal bean, contain a strong poison. |
 | | sativa, lucerne (q.v.), or alfalfa); Melilotus, Vine, Onobrychis (0. |
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