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LEGUMINOS^. CLXX. Ervum. 



truncate, puberulous, 2-seeded ; seeds globose, dotted with 

 black. O. H. Native of Carinthia, in fields. E. Soloniense, 

 Wulf in Schranck, pi. rar. t. 48. E. uniflorum, Tenore, prod, 

 suppl. 2. p. 68. Sebast. pi, rom. fasc. 2. p. 13. t. 4. Cicer 

 ervoides, Brig. pi. foro-juliens, 27. Flowers blue. 



Small Lentil Fl. June, July. Cit. 1820. Pi. 1 foot. 

 . 4 E. vicioiDEs (Desf. fl. atl, 2, p. 168. t. 198.) plant hairy; 

 leaves cirrhiferous, with many leaflets ; leaflets oval-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, andmucronate; stipulas subulate ; peduncles few-flowered; 

 calyx very pilose, with the segments longer than the tube ; le- 

 gumes hairy, rhomboid, reticulated, 2-seeded ; seeds roundish, 

 black. 0. H. Native of Algiers, in hedges. E, viciaeforme, 



with a figure. 



legumes torulose, 4-seeded, glabrous, transversely and finely re- 

 ticulated; seeds roundish, angular. ©• H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, in cultivated fields. Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 32. 



Riv. tetr. irr. t. 6. Blackw. icon. t. 208. t, S. 

 Vicia Ervilia, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1103. Ervilia sativa, Link. 

 enum. 2. p. 240. Flowers pale purple. The seeds of this plant 

 ground into flour are sometimes used in medicines abroad, and 

 the green herb is employed for feeding cattle in some countries, 

 but the„plant is not worth cultivating for that purpose ia 



England. 



Ervil or Bastard Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. PLcl 

 HE. mona'nthos (Lin. spec. 1040.) stems tufted, simple; 



Spreng. syst. 3. p. 270. Corolla pale blue, twice the length of leaflets numerous, linear, truncate, and mucronulate ; tendrils 

 the calyx. almost simple ; stipulas unequal, one of which is linear-Ianceo- 



Veich4ike Lentil. PI. cl. late, and entire ,• the other very narrow, and fringed ; peduncles 



6 E. hirsu'tum (Lin. spec. 1039.) leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 1-flowered, about equal in length to the leaves; calycine seg- 

 linear, rctuse, mucronulate; stipulas semi-sagittate, narrow; ments linear, equal, longer than the tube ; legumes oval, com- 

 pressed, glabrous, with transverse reticulated veins, torulose, 3- 



Sturm, fl. 



peduncles 3-7-flowcred, shorter than the leaves; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate-linear, equal, longer than the tube ; legumes 

 oblong, compressed, rather truncate, hairy, finely reticulated, 

 nodding, 2-seeded; seeds globose, variegated. 0. H. Native 

 of Europe, in cultivated fields; plentiful in Britain: also of 

 North America, at Fort Vancouver. Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 

 32. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. 971. Curt. fl. lond. 54. 

 Oed. fl. dan. 639. V. Michelli, Rafin. ex Ell. car. 2. p. 224. 

 D.C. prod. 2. p. 300? Flowers small, pale blue, or almost 

 white. This is a very troublesome weed in corn-fields ; in wet 

 seasons whole crops are overpowered by it. All sorts of cattle 

 will eat it. In some parts of England it is known by the name 

 of line-tare* 



Ilmry Lentil or Tine-tare. Fl. June, July. Brit. PI. cl. 



G E. Cociiinciiine'xsis (Pers. ench. 2. p. 309.) leaflets 3, 

 nearly lanceolate, wrinkled, and pilose ; peduncles many-flow- 

 ered ; legumes terete, acuminated, 2-seeded; seeds globose. 0. 

 H. Native of Cochin-china. E. hirsutum. Lour, cochin, p. 461. 

 Flowers purplish. 



Cochin-china Lentil. PI. 2 feet. 



7 E. Terro'nii (Tenore, fl. neap. prod, append. 5. 1826.) 

 leaves cirrhiferous, with 8 pairs of linear-elliptic, truncate, rather 



4-seeded. ©. H. 



Native of the south of Europe. 



Vicia articul^ta, Willd. 



germ. 1. fasc. 32. with a good figure, 

 spec. 3. p. 1109. Lathyrus monanthos, Willd. enum, 760. but 

 not of his spec. pi. Vicia multifida, Wallr. fl. hal. suppl. 3. p. 

 85. Flowers purple, with blue veins. 



One-flowered Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1 798. Ph cl. 



12 E. tetraspe'rmum (Lin. spec. 1039.) stems tufted, branch- 

 ed ; leaves cirrhiferous ; Jeaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong, bluntisb, 

 mucronulate ; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate ; peduncles 1-4- 

 flowered, but usually 2-flowered, filiform ; calycine segments un- 

 ' equal, broadish, shorter than the tube ; legumes oblong, com- 

 pressed, glabrous, nerveless, rather torulose ; seeds nearly glo- 

 bose, black. O. H. Native of Europe, in cultivated fields; 

 also of North America, in Upper Canada, in grassy meadows. 

 Sturm, fl. germ, 1. fasc. 32. with a good figure. Curt. lend. 1. 1. 

 55. abr. 15. Smith, engl. bot. 1223. Oed. fl. dan. t.95. Flowers 

 very pale grey. The keel tipped with deep blue. . 



Var. (3, phfjllocdrjwn (Ser. mss. in D. C, prod. 2. P- S07.J 



leaflets numerous, transformed into legumes 

 Four-seeded Lentil. Fl. June. Julv. Britain. 



PI. cl. 



„ Fl. June, July. 



18 E. GRAciLE (D. C, cat. hort. monsp. 109. et fl. fr. 5. p- 



mucronate, glabrous leaflets; peduncles awned, 4-8-flowered, 581.) stems ascending, angular, with the angles pubescent above, 

 much shorter than the leaves; calycine segments lanceolate- tendrils simple; leaflets 6-8, hnear-lanceolate, acuminated,^ ra^^e^ 



linear, equal, pubescent, and about the length of the corolla ; le- 

 gumes glabrous, ovate, truncate, inflated, reticulated ; seeds bay- 

 coloured. O. H. Native of Naples, in hedges. This plant 

 differs from £. dispermum inhemg smooth, and in the peduncles 

 being many-flowered. 



Terrone's Lentil. PI. cl. 



pubescent; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire, narrow; peduncle 

 3-flowered; flowers secund, pendulous; calycine teeth unequ , 

 2-superior ones short, broad, and a little recurved, the lov|e 

 3 equal, awl-shaped, and acute; corolla one-half longer than 

 calyx ; legumes pendulous, compressed, torulose, glabrous ; se 

 of a testaceous colour, nearly globose. O. H. Native 

 France and Spain, in corn-fields. Vicia gracilis, Lois. • 

 gall. p. 460. f. 12. E. tenuifolium, Lagasc. nov. geii. P- ^*' 

 E. tenuissimum, Pers. ench. 2. p. 309. E. longifolium, leno . 

 prod. p. 59. Vicia laxiflora, Brot. phyt. 123. E. tetraspe^- 

 mum /3, gracile, Ser. Flowers white, having the vexiU" 

 streaked with purple or red. ^ 



Slender Lentil. Fl. June, July. Ch. 1822. Ph cl. 1 *?^^^ 



14 E. pube'scens (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p* 109* "• K'-ij 

 p. 582.) stems tufted, branched; leaves cirrhiferous ; tenar^^ 

 forked; leaflets 4-6, elliptic, mucronulate; stipulas linear ; P* 

 duncles l-4.flowered, fihform ; ' ' '^'^ ""'^'^" ' 



broadish, shorter than the 

 rather villous, nerveless 

 Sect. II. Ervi'lia (an alterationjfrom the generic name). Ser. of Provence, and about Naples. Flowers purplish ? 



f^or. /3, leiocarpum (Moricand, herb.) legumes glabrous ; sten^ 

 smaller. 



8 E, DisrE''RMUM (Roxb. in Willd. enum. p. 766.) leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate, pubescent ; peduncles 2-flowered, awned; le- 

 gumes glabrous, 2-seeded. ©. H. Native of the East Indies. 

 Peduncles and calyxes pubescent. 



Tno-seedcd Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. PI. cl. 



9 E, CAMELORUM (Sprcug. syst. S. p. 270.) peduncles 1 -flow- 

 ered, nodding, awned ; legumes 2-seeded, glabrous ; leaves pu- 

 bescent, upper ones cirrhiferous, with 6-8 pairs of leaflets, lower 

 ones oblong, upper ones linear, mucronate. ©. H. Native 



country unknown. 



CameVs Lentil. PI. cl. 



filiform; calycine segments unequ^. 

 he tube ; legumes oblong, compresseti^ 

 , and a little torulose. O- H. ^^ ' 



mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 366. — Ervilia, Link. enum. vol. 2. 



Legumes s 



hat inflated, oblong-linear, 4-6-seeded. 



10 E. Ervilia (Lin. spec. 1040.) plant glabrous ; leaves cir- 

 rhiferous ; leaflets numerous, oblong, mucronulate ; flowers 

 usually twin, pedunculate ; stipulas sub-lanceolate, tootbed ; caly- 

 cine segments equal, very narrow, much longer than the tube ; 



Native about Naples. 

 Pubescent Lentil. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. Pl- ^^^ 



of 



15 E. Loiseleu'rii (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 475. exclusjve o 

 the synonyme of Lois.) leaflets objong-linear ; lower stipu»*» 

 semi-hastate, upper ones subulate; peduncles usually 2-fl<^^' 



