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Show 542 'tbe Hi.ftory of P L A N T s .. Robinia pedunculis racemojis, foliis pinnatis. The pinttated-leaved Robinia, with racemous peduncles. The root is large and fpreading ; the tree grows to forty feet high ; the branches are cdvered with a fmooth bark, and have very robuft and fharp fpines: the leaves are pinnated ; the pinnre are lhort and broad, and there are eight or ten pairs of them in each leaf: the flowers are large and white. It is a native of Virginia. Boerhaave calls it, Pfeudo-acacia filiquis glabris; Linmeus, Robinia aculeis geminatis. The other fpecies are, 1. The Robinia, with oblong pinna>. 2 . The Robinia, with quaternate pinnre. 3· The yellow-barked, quaternate-leaved Robinia. 0 R 0 B U S. T HE ftyle is of a linear figure; the calyx is obtufe at the bafe ; the upper fegments are fhort. Orobus caule jimpliciJlimo, folio/is pluribus lanceolatis oblongis. The Jimple-jlalked Orobus, with numerous, oblong, lanceolate folio/a. The root is fibrous ; the fialks are weak, flender, firiated, and of a pale green : the leaves are pinnated ; the pinn::e are numerous, finooth, oblong, and pointed : the flowers are moderately large and purple. ' - It is common in moft parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Afi:ragalus fylvaticus foliis oblongis glabris. The other fpecies are, I. The common, purple, fpring Oro bus. 2. The narrowerleaved, pale red Orobus. 3· The broad-leaved, purple Orobus. 4· T he narrowleaved, tuberous-rooted Orobus. 5· The vetch-leaved Orobus. 6. T he COU1Pl011 hedge Orobus. 7· The nervous-leaved Orobus. 8. The fcarlet and black feeded Ame-rican Orobus. 9· The narrow-leaved, pale-flowered Orobus. , LATH Y R US. \ T. HE fiyle is plane, and broadefr in the upper part; the two upper fegments of the cup are fhorter than the others. This genus comprehends the Clymenum and Aphaca of Tournefort, as well as his Lathyrus. . Lathyrus peduncul~s multiJI.oris, cir:is diphyllis, folio/is ovaltbus, radtce tuberqfa. · !be tuberous rooted, many-flowered Latqyrzu, with oval leaves. t.aeafe Eattb.:: nut. The root confifl:s of. a number of long filaments, t9 which, in feveral parts, are annexed large tuberofit1es of an oblong or roundi(h figure, and white, tender fobfiance: the fialks are weak and procumbent, unlefs ftlppo rted ; they grow to two feet Ion~ : the leaves are placed two on a pedicle, which terminates in a tendril; they are an m~h leng., oval, and obtufe: the flowers are numerous, large, and purple. It IS a natlve of moft parts of Europe. C. Bauhine calls it, Lathyrus arvenfis repens tuberofus. The other fpecies are, I. The large, gardeq Lathyrus.. 2. The great, wild La .. thyrus. 3· The broad-leavedJ great-flowered Lathyws. 4· The great, narrowleaved Lathyrus. 5 . . The orobus-podded, fcarlec-fiower'ed Lathyrus, 6. The very narrow-leaved, Amencan Lathyrus. 7· The purple and yellow Lathyrus. 8. The blue-flowered, annu~l Lathy_rus. 9·. The b .oad-leaved, yellow Lathyrus. 10. The narrow-leaved Lathyrus, w1th a JOmted hairy pod. 1 I. The very narrow-leaved, red-flowered, round-feeded Lathyrus. 12. The' angular-feeded narrow. .. leaved Lath~ rus. 13. The capillaceous-leaved Lathy.rus. 1 4~ The , fc~rlet-flowcred, gra!fy Lathyrus. Of The Hijlory of P L A N T S. 543 Of thofe called Clymena there are, 1. The flat-podded Clymenum. 2 , The articulated- podded Clymenum. 3· The blue-flowered Clymenum. Of the Aphaca of authors, there is but one fpecies, viz. the yellow-flowered bindweed-leaved Lathyrus. ' PISUM. T HE ftyle is triangular, and carinated in it's upper part: the two upper fegments · of the cup are the fhorter. This genus is very nearly allied to the former; it contains the Pifum and the Ochrus of authors. · Pifum petiolis decurrentibus membranaceis diphyllis. 7he Pflum, wifh membranaceous, decurrent petioles, with two leaves on each. The root is fibrous; the plaqt grows to three feet high, if fupported ; the fialks are green, angular, and flender; the leaves are oblong, broad, and of a pale green : the flowers are large, and of a pal,e yellow ; they fiand on !hort pedicles, fingly, in the :ll<I! of the leaves. It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Ochrus folio integra. The other fpecies are, 1. The common Pea, from the feveral varieties of which Tournefort and others have made feveral imaginary fpecies ; as the green pea, the umbellated pea, the d~arf Pea, the [quare Pea, and the like. 2. The angulatealeaved Pea. 3· The broader-leaVt:d· Pea. 4· The yellow, woolly, Americah Ochrus. ... .J .. 1 •, V I C I A. T HE ftigma is bar bated on the iower fide. , This genus cotnprehencls the Cracca of Rivinus, and the Faba of Tourne-fort, &c. 17icia pedunculis multijloris, folio/is ovatis, infima pari caulino. The many-flowered l7icia, with oval/eaves, the lowljl pair cauline. The root is oblong, black, and woody; the plant much refembles the common pea : the fialks are numerous, angulated, ftriated, and tough : the leaves fiaud pretty clofe; two broad ones, of an inch in length, furround the ftalk, and from thefe a pedicle runs to three inches in length, with about three pairs of pinna! on it, and terminating in a ·tendril : the flowers are {mall and white, and fiand in large clufters on long pedunclys. _ It is a native of Italy. C. Bauhine calls it, Pifum perenne. T he other fpecies are, I. The common Vicia or Tare. 2. The great, bulb Vetch. 3· The rounder-leaved, bu!h Vetch. 4· The pointed-leaved Vetch. 5· The manyflowered Vetch. 6. The hoary, many-flowered Vetch. 7· The white-flowered, hairy Vetch. 8. The early, red-flowered Vetch. 9· The many-podded, hairy Vetch.· ·JO . The fi ngle and fmooth-podded Vetch. 1 I. The long~leaved and longpodded Vetch . 12. The broad-podded, purple-flowered Vetch. 13. The V Ci!tch, which buries it's pocls under-ground. I 4· The little, early-flowering Vetch. I 5· The broad~leaved , procumbent Vetch. 16. The broad and ferrated-leaved, procumbent Vetch. 17. The pea-leaved Vetch. x8. The yellow-flowered Vetch, with hairy pods. 19. T he yellow, fmooth-podded Vetch. 20. The two-podded Vetch. Of thofe called Fab:E Beans there are, I. The common, garden Bean. 2. The fmaller-fruited Bean, with ferrated leaves, called the Narbon Vetch. Authors have made many other imagjnary fpecies, out of the varieties of the com:.. mon Bean : the le!ftr Bean, called the Horfe-bean, is evjdently but a variety of it. r I J . I .. . u! COL UTEA. |