LEGUMINOS^. CLXIX. Vicia. CLXX. Ervum. 



325 



§7. AnnualplantSf with broad leaflets, resembling the common 1 E. le'ns (Lin. spec. 1039.) stems branched; leaflets ob- 



bean, 



105 V. Narbone'nsis (Lin. spec. 1038.) stem tetragonal, 

 striated, quadrifariously pilose ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 



long, usually 8, nearly glabrous ; stipulas lanceolate, ciliated ; 

 tendrils nearly simple ; peduncles 2-3-flowered, about equal in 

 length to the leaves ; legumes broad, short, somewhat truncate, 



ovate, entire ; stipulas "semisagittately toothed, ciliated, lower finely reticulated, glabrous, 2-seeded ; seeds compressed. Q.H. 



Native of Europe, in corn-fields. Sturm, fl. germ, 1. fasc. 32. 

 with a figure. Riv. tetr. irr. t. 35. Lens esculenta, Moench. 

 meth. p. 131. Cicerpunctulatum, Hortul. Flowers small, pale 

 blue, with the vexillum veined. There are varieties of this 



ones entire ; flowers 2-3-4-together, on short pedicels ; calyx 

 campanulate, with ovate, 3-nerved segments, having the sides 

 reflexed above ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes oblong, 

 compressed, obliquely reticulated, glabrous, with ciliately-ser- 



rated sutures; seeds nearly globose. ©. H. Native of the plant with fulvous, bay-coloured, and black seeds, vary in;^ in 



Flowers dark purple. Knor. del. 2. t. L. 1. size. The lentil is called Les lentils in French, Lentzen m 



German, and Lenticcia in Italian. It is a legume of great 

 antiquity, being in esteem in Esau's time, and much prized in 

 eastern countries ever since. In Egypt and Syria the seeds are 

 parched in a frying-pan and sold in the shops, and considered 



south of Europe. 



Riv. tet. t. 40. This plant might be cultivated with advantage 

 as tares. Leaflets 4. 



Narbonne Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. Pl.cl. 



lOG V. SERRATiFOLiA (Jacq. fl. aust. append, t. 8.) stem te- . - ^ . /. i ^ i- j i i 



tragonal, striated, pilose; leaves cirrhiferous; leaflets ovate, by the natives as the best food for those who ^undertake long 



serrated ; peduncles short, 2-3-flowered ; stipulas toothed ; calyx 

 campanulate, with ovate, 3-nerved segments, which are inflexed 



journeys. The lentil is considered a native of France, but lias 

 been known in England from the earliest agricultural records. 



at the sides above ; style bearded at the apex ; legumes Ian- In Gerarde's time they were sown like tares, their haulm given 



ceolate, compressed, with ciliately-serrated sutures ; seeds nearly 

 globose. 



O. H. Native of Austria and Hungary. Sturm, fl. 



to cattle, and the grain to pigeons, and used in meagre soups. 

 There are three varieties of lentil cultivated in France and Ger- 



germ. 1. fasc. 32. with a figure. Flowers deep purple. 

 Narbonensis, var. a, serratif olia, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 365. 

 Very like F. Narbonensis, but differs in the serrated leaflets. 



V, many ; the small brown, which is highest flavoured, and the best 



for haricots and soups ; the yellowish, which is the largest and 



)/* Provence, which is almost as 

 Clt. 1723. PI. ch large as a pea, with luxuriant straw, and more fit to be culti- 

 vated as a tare, than for the grains as human food. A dry 

 warm sandy soil is requisite for the lentil; it is sown rather 

 later than the pea, at the rate of a bushel or a bushel and a half 



Serrate4eajletted Vetch. Fl. June, Aug. 



^J7 V. platyca'rpos (Roth, abandl. 10. t. 1.) leaflets ovate, 

 toothed at the apex ; stipulas ciliately toothed ; style bearded 



at the apex ; legumes almost sessile, solitary, compressed, a x - i i • i 



little inflated; seeds with scabrous margins. ©. H. Native P^r acre, in other respects its culture and harvestmg are the 

 country unknown. Flowers deep purple. J. Bauh. hist. 2. same, and it ripens sooner. The lentilj Young observes, is a 

 p. 286. with a figure. Perhaps only a variety of V. Narbo- 

 nensis. Leaflets 2 or 4. 



^"^l^^^/ruifedYetch. Fl. June, Aug, Clt. 1723. PI. cl. 



108 V. monade'lpha (Roth, cat. bot. part 2. p. 97. ex Poir. 

 aict. 8. p. 568.) leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets oval, repand-toothed ; 

 stipulas semi-lunate, laciniately-toothed, upper ones entire at 



e apex ; peduncles 6-flowered ; calycine segments unequal, 



superior ones lanceolate, and rather falcate, lower one very 



crop not uncommon about Chesterford, in Essex, where they 

 sow a bushel an acre on one ploughing in the beginning or 

 middle of March. It is there the custom to make hay of them, 

 or seed them for cutting into chaff for trough-meat for sheep 

 and horses, and they sow them on both heavy and dry soils. It 

 is, however, added, that the whole county is of a calcareous 

 nature. It is likewise stated, that attention should be paid not 

 to water horses soon after eating this sort of food, as it is apt 



long and Imear, and ciliated at the apex ; legumes terete. $ . H. to hove them. They are likewise asserted to be cultivated for 

 Native of America. Flowpr^ ^ppv. ^Mr,.1« the same purposes in Oxfordshire, and probably in other districts. 



,, -, , Flowers deep purple. 



^lonadelphous Y etch. Fl. J 



t The 



une, Aug. Clt. 1820. PL cl. 



hues, hutZ'L^{ Tf'\^'''^Tf '*" ""'''T', f'''^''' ''"^''' seldom growing above 1 

 J.i : °"^ "^^ described. Most of them are mobahlv synonymous t, ^ „ J.i:„„f« „„, 



the same purposes in Oxfordshire, and probably in other districts. 

 The produce of the lentil in grain is about one-fourth less than 

 that of the tare, and in straw it is not a third as much, the plants 



"■"A those described above. 



H 



The straw is, 



probably synonymous ijo^gver, very delicate and nourishing, and preferred for lambs 



„J R* ^«^'^'ca, Fisch. 2 V. Chris, Thouin. 



- '»ess. 4 _r. gr<fci7w, Russell. 5 V.hirsuta,Yhch. 



fhT'Ti ^y""- '' ^- Musquinez, Bosc. 8 V. 

 VireW, vf* -'^^"^"^ Martius. 10 V. torulbsa, Desf. 



3 F. ferrugt- 



6 V. 



nodosa, 



11 V. 



'^mca, Martius. 

 ones'are " ^P^^^'^s grow in any common soil, xi 

 of the an'^^'^fl^-^^ ^y dividing the roots or by seeds, 

 in spring "a 11 ?^^ """^^ require to be sown in the o^v... ^^. — 

 »e worS 1 • ^ ^^® belonging to the first division of the genus 



cultivating for the beauty of their blossoms. 



The perennial 

 The seed 

 open border 



UM 



pest 



Itv ' P* ^98. prod. 2. p. 366. 



gen 



SYST. 



**^gments 



TOUs. 



Legu 



qua! 



Calyx 5 -cleft, with linear 

 to the corolla. Stigma 



Sect I t ' / 

 ^«'t'c Damp f ^^ ^*^ ^^ti" "a™e of the lentil, which is the 

 ■Uns, Tou •" ■ P^^"'^- Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. S6Q. 

 ''°ogi' 2-seed* i"^'" *• ^ ^ ^* Legumes somewhat inflated, broad, 



and calves, and the grain on the Continent sells at nearly double 

 the price of peas. Einhoff obtained from 3840 parts of lentils, 

 1260 parts of starch, and 1433 of matter analogous to animal 



matter. 



The use of the lentil on the Continent is very general, and 

 particularly by Roman Catholics in time of Lent, both in soups 

 and dressed in butter sauce as haricot. They are imported from 

 Hamburgh and sold in London for the same purposes. 



Lentil. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1548. Pl.cl. 



2 E. ki'gricans (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 1 64.) plant pubescent ; 

 leaflets oblong ; stipulas semi-sagittate, denticulated at the base; 

 tendrils nearly obsolete; peduncles usually 2-flovvered, longer 

 than the leaves ; calycine segments rather diverging, subulate, 

 longer than the corolla ; tube of calyx very short ; legumes 

 black, glabrous, 2-seeded; seeds black. 0. H. Native of 

 the south of Tauria and of Lucania. E. lentoides, Tenor, prod. 

 Buppl. 2. p. 68. and cat. 1819. p. 5Q. Flowers pale blue. 



^/acit-podded Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. cl. 1 ft. 



3 E. LENTi'cuLA. (Schrcb. herb, ex Sturm, fl. germ. I. fasc. 

 32. with a figure) leaflets oblong-linear ; stipulas small, lanceo- 

 late, acute; tendrils almost wanting; peduncles 1-flowcred, 

 longer than the leaves; calycine segments lanceolate-Imear, 

 equal, ciliated; legumes somewhat ovate, compressed, rather 



