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Show 284 The Raycalls it mucronato, pediculo torum. BRS ISTH SHHe tundo brevi obtufo ee dumeidente flore 4. Strangle Tare. A: yOut t Vicia pinnis anguftis flore purpureo. The root is long, flender, and divided, and has numerous ftraggling fibres. The ftalk is weak, flender, and green; and, when it meets fupport, will grow to the height of two feet, but is never much branched. Theleaves are numerous and pinnated : each is compofed of three or four pairs of pinne, rarely more ; and thefe are oblong, narrow, and obtufe at the ends: they are of a dufky green colour; and at the ends, inftead of an odd leaf, there ftands a large divided tendril. The flowersare fmall, but ofa lively and beautiful red, with a white fpot in the centre: they grow ufually two together, and have fhort footftalks in the bofoms of the leaves. When the foil is very rich, three will growtogether ; and, when it is poor, there will ufually be only one in aplace; but two is the moft frequent number. The pods are flender and long, andftand pointing upwards: the feeds are eight or ten in each, and they are fometimes greenifh, fometimes black, and fometimes fpotted. It is common among bufhes, and in cornfields, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Vicia femine rotundo nigro, Others, Aracus, and Cracca major. C. Bauhine calls it Vicia VI. a Ray, berrimo filiqua long times white. a. The 6. Yellow Vetch with rough pods. Vicia flore flavo uis hirfutis. 7% 4du) The root is long, thick, divided into fevéra ; parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres, The ftalk is round, thicker than in mott of the vetch kind, andof a palegreen. The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and they are very beautifully pinnated, each being com. pofed of ten or more s of pinne fe oblong, narrow, and fharp-pointed, dufky green. The endofthe rib in this, as in the other {pecies, is furnifhed with a tendril for fupporting the plant in the ftead of an oddleaf, The flowers ftand in an irregular manner in the bofoms of the leaves, andare la 5 e, and of a pale yellow. The pods are fhort, thick, hairy, andplaced upright: the feeds are few, and roundifh. It is found in our fouthern counties, and flowers.in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Vicia fylve/ tea filiqua birfuta. 7. Little, early, red-flowered Vetch. Vicia pracox pumila flore rubente. 46/0) 5. Red-flowered Vetch, with fmall black feeds. The root is compofed of manyflender fibres. Vicia flore ruberrimo Jemine parvo nigro. The ftalk is round, weak, flender, ofa bluith The root is compofedof a few large fibres. The ftalk is lender, weak, and of a pale green; but, when fupported, it grows to three feet in height. The leaves are pinnated: each is compofed of about four pairs of pinnz, which are oblong, broadeft at the bafe, and fmall at the extremity, andof a faint green. The flowers grow ufually two together from the bofoms of the leaves: they are large, and of an extremely bright red. The pods are very long and flender ; and, when they are ripe, are black: the feeds alfo are black : they are round, and about ten are contained in each pod. DL aS.1,0. Nei green; and, when fupported, is about a foot high. The leaves are irregularly pinnated: eachis compofed of three or four pairs of pinne, of which one or more are naturally wanting ; and thefe are of an oblong, oval figure, and of a dufky green. The flowers ftand fingly onlong, flender footftalks, and are of a beautiful purple: they are fmall, and but of fhort continuance. The podis very flender, and moderately long; and the feeds are {mall and angulated. It is found in barren hilly paftures, but not common, and flowers in April. Ray calls it Vicia minima pracox Parifienfium. FO REIGN Broad podded Vetch, ACart) Vicia pinnis anguftis filiquis latis. The root is long, flender, divided into a few parts, andfurnifhed with fome ftrageling fibres. The leaves are pinnated, and ftand at dif. tances on the ftalk: each is compof ed of four or five pair of very narrow pinne, anda fimple HER BA L. It is not uncommon in our midland counties amonghedges. It flowers in Augutt, Jemine parvo nigro, fp BERET PST Se HIE IR’BtA L. SPECIES. tendril ftands in the place of an odd leaf at the end. The flowers are {mall, and of a deep purple. The pods are fhort, broad, and fmooth. " It is a native of the fouth of France, and flowers in June. Magnolcalls it Vicia anguftifolia purpureo vi0- lacea filiqua lata glabra, I HE flower is papilionaceous, and compofedof four petals. Thevexillumis of an oval form, and has a long hollowed bottom. The ala are ftrait, of an oblong form, a li le _heart-fafhioned, ang fhorter than the vexillum. The carina is flatted, and half round, andis {maller than the ala. The pods are placed on very long andflenderfootftalks; and there always grow a number of the flowers andpods together, and they hang downwards. Linnzeus places this amongthe diadelphia decan ia , the threads in the flower being ten, and colJe€ted into two parcels, nine in one, anda fingle one intheother. This authortakes the eftablithed name cracca from this genus; and refers it to the vicia or tare, The flowers ofthefe plants refemble one another ; but wehave here fhewnfufficient diftinétion for a generical charaéter andit is extremely needful to feparate thefe and the sares, the fpecies under each of thofe genera being numerous, andtheir diftin¢tions lefs obvious than in many other kinds, Dek Voli SizO N, al BR DA SB 1. Small Tine Tare.20440 / oP y Cracca minor filiquis pluribus birfutis. The root is fmall, and hung with numerous irregular fibres. Theftalks are numerous, weak, and of a pale green: they are not muchbranched, and they are hardly a foot high. The leaves are regularly pinnated: each is compofedof five or fix pairs of pinnae, which are fhort, broad, fharp-pointed, and ofa faint green. “Je the end of the rib in each leaf there grows a fmall tendril. The flowers growfour,five, or more together, upon long and flender footftalks, whichrife from the bofoms of the leaves: they are fmall, and of a mixed blue and white colour. The pods are broad and fhort: they are of a pale green, fomewhat hairy, and, when thoroughly ripe, whitifh: the feeds are fmall and round. It is very common in corn-fields, and under hedges. It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Vicia fegetum cum filiquis plurimis birfutis. S.P-E © IGE SS. laribus glabris. But in this he has namedit ill ; the pods are fewer than in the preceding fpecies, but they feldom ftand fingly: two or three to- gether is the moft natural manner of growth, 3. Tufted Tine Tare. Cracca multiflora fpicata, TC: Yin B The root is compofedof numerous fmall ft The ftalk is round, weak, of a pale gr and branched. The leaves are pinnated, long, of a pale green, and terminated by atendril in the place of an odd leaf: each is compofed of about eight pinne ; and thefe are oblong, nai pointed at the end. The’ flowers are fingle, and of a deep beautiful purple: they ftand in long fpikes, and are fi ported on long, flender pedicles: but they have a drooping pofition. The pods are long and flender, and the feeds are fmall and round. It is commonin hedges, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine call it Vicia multiforae. Others, 4racus, and Cracca, Wecall it Tufted ve but it is not ftri@tly of the vetch kind. 2. Smooth-podded Tine Tare. Cracca filiquis oblongis glabris. Ahn The root is fmall, oblong, divided into two or three parts, andfurnifhed with feveral fibres. Theftalks are numerous, weak, branched, a foot high, and-of "a pale green. The'leaves are: fall and pinnated, and they have long tendrils: eachis compofedof four ot five pairs of oblong pinne, with the tendril at the end. The flowers grow on long, flender footftalks, two or three’ on éach; and they are of a pale blueand white colour, and fmall. The pods are'fhort and fmooth, and the feeds are {mall and round. The whole plant often lies upon the ground entangling every little herb near it. It is common in corn-fields efpecially where the { damp, and flowers in June: Ci ecalls'it Vicia fegetum filiquis finguN° AAIX, 4. Great tufted Tine Tare. Cracca multiflora [picata maxima, Theroot is long, flender, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. The ftalk is round, and of a pale whitith green, much thicker than in the others of this kind, but not of ftrength to fupport itfelf: it climbs among bufhés,' and grows tofive feet high, The leaves’ are very beautiful: they are pinnated in a regular and elegant manner, and each has twelve or more pairs of pinne : thefe are of an oval form, obtufe at the end, of a faint green, and not divided at all at the edges, A tendril terminates the rib inftead of an odd pinna; and there generally are fhoots for young branches all the way up the plant in their bofoms, The flowers ftand in long fpikes, and are very beautiful : they are of a pale blue, ftreaked with a very deep blue in ftronglines. 4D The |