LEGUMINOS^. CLXXIV. Orobus. 



339 



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acuminated leaflets, with diverging nerves ; stipulas ovate-Ian- branched, decumbent, hairy as well as the leaves ; leaves with 

 ceolate, small ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary, shorter than many pairs of small, ovate-oblong, acute, or elliptic mucronate 

 the leaves; calycine segments narrow, acute, deflexed, length leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, single-toothed; peduncles many- 

 of tube ; legumes compressed, almost nerveless ; style flexuous, 



Native of the 



bearded at the apex; seeds globose. 1/. H. 



Vicia oroboides, Wulf. in Jacq. 



O. 



alps of Croatia and Carniola. 



coll. 4. p. 323, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 269. t. 242. 

 Clusii, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 259. Flowers yellow. 



Vicia-like Bitter-Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PL 2 ft. 



flowered, about equal in length to the leaves; calycine teeth 

 unequal, short ; legumes ovate-oblong, glabrous, pedicellate ; 

 style jointed. 1/ . H. Native of several parts of Europe. In 

 Britain, in mountainous woods and thickets, at Gamblesby, 

 Cumberland, about G miles from Penrith, on the way to New- 

 castle; plentiful in several parts of Wales and the lowlands of 



14 0. Lu'xEus (Lin. spec. 1028.) plant smoothish ; stems sim- Scotland; also of Ireland. Smith, engl. hot. 518. Lightf fl, 

 pie, anj^ular ; leaves with 3-5 pairs of elliptic-lanceolate, mucro- scot. t. 16. Petioles ending in tufts of hairs. Three lower 

 nulate leaflets, which are glaucous beneath; stipulas roundish, teeth of calyx fringed. Flowers crowded, cream-coloured, 



semi-sagittate, toothed at the base, much smaller than the leaflets; 

 peduncles elongated, many-flowered, about equal in length to 

 the leaves ; calyx smoothish, with short unequal teeth ; legumes 

 compressed, longitudinally and reticulately veined, sessile ; seeds 

 glohose, variegated. %.H. Native of the alps of Switzerland, 

 France, Italy, and Siberia. Lodd. hot. cab. 783. Sweet, fl. 



streaked and tipped with purple on the outside, white and veined 

 within. 



Wood 



Fl. May, July. Britain. PI. proc. 



21 O. ocHROLEu'cus (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 2. p. 123. 1. 118.) 

 stems branched, rather ascendent, villous; leaves hairy, usually 

 with about 10 pairs of ovate-lanceolate, obtuse leaflets; sti- 

 pulas ovate, upper ones linear; peduncles many-flowered, shorter 



gard. 2. series t. 115. Mill. fig. t. 193. f. 1. O. Gmelini, Fisch. 



inlitt.— Gmel. sib. 4. p. 13. no. 17. t. 4. Flowers from orange than the leaves ; teeth of calyx unequal, short; legumes corn- 



to pale yellow. 



. re///>n;-flowered Bitter- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1759. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



pressed, sessile ; style jointed ; seeds globose, brown. 



Flowers cream-coloured. 



i;.H. 



Native of Hungary. 



Cream-coIourcd-ftoweYed Bitter- Vetcl>. Fl. May, July. Clt. 



15 O. TouRNEFORTii (Lapeyr. mem. mus. 2. p. 298. t. 10.) 1816. PI. 2 to 3 feet, 

 plant glabrous ; stem quadrangular, simple ; leaves with usually 22 O. niger (Lin. spec. 1028.) plant smoothish ; ^ stern 



4 pairs of alternate, elliptic, lanceolate, parallel-nerved leaflets, 

 which are glaucous beneath ; stipulas large, roundish, semi- 



branched, angular, flexuous ; leaves with 3-6 pairs of elliptic, 

 mucronulate leaflets, with parallel nerves ; stipulas linear-lan- 



sagittate, stem- clasping, undulated; peduncles many-flowered, ceolate, acute; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; 

 rather longer than the leaves ; calycine segments linear, the two calycine teeth unequal, shorter than the tube; legumes com- 



snpenor ones very short ; legumes linear, flat. 

 of die Pyrenees. 



%. H. Native 



a white base. 



Flowers purple ; the wings and keel having 



pressed, obsoletely and reticulately veined ; style jointed ; seeds 

 globose, i;. H. Native of many parts of Europe in sub-alpine 



places. 



Tournef or fs Bitter 'Y etch. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 to 2 ft. Craiganain near Moy-house, Inverness-shire. 



In Scotland in the den of Airly, Forfarshire, and on 



Oed. fl. dan. t. 



16 0. l^evigVtus (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. p. 270. t. 243.) 

 plant quite smooth ; stem simple ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of ovate, 

 mucronate leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, toothed at the base, 

 much smaller than the leaflets ; peduncles elongated, raany- 

 flovvered, inclined, shorter than the leaves ; calyx with short 

 v^ Tj ^^^""^^^ erect, compressed, flat, smooth; style jointed. 

 J • H. Native of Hungary. 



Flowers pale yellow. Very like 



1170. Sims, hot. mag. 2261.— Riv. tetr. irr. t. 60. Flowers 

 •purple, easily changing colour. Herb turning black on drying. 



Black Bitter- Vetch. Fl. June, July. Britain. PI. 2 feet. 



23 O. Jorda'ni (Tenore, fl. neap. prod, append. 5.) root 

 tuberously fasciculate ; leaves with 3-4 pairs of oblong-lanceo- 

 late, cuspidate leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, subulate ; pe- 

 duncles 4-6-flowered, twice the length of the leaves; style 



eadows. Flowers 



PI. 1^ ft. 



Smooth Bitter- Vetch. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1 820. 



17 0. Transylva'nicus (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 260.) stem vil- 

 lous j leaves with usually 4 pairs of oblong, obtuse, mucronate 

 >"ather ciliated leaflets ; stipulas broad, semi-sagittate, quite . 

 entire ; peduncles axillary, few-flowered ; superior teeth of calyx 

 very short, 7/. H. Native of Transylvania. O. leevigatus, 

 *^aunig. but not of Waldst ex Kit. 



^^^^^yhanian Bitter^ Vetch. PI. 1 foot. 



*8 O. aura'ktius (Stev. in Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 462.) plant 

 PJ ose ; stems simple, angular ; leaves with 5-6 pairs of lan- 

 ^^^ ,^^» ^^"ntish leaflets, with diverging nerves ; peduncles elon- 

 gated, shorter than the leaves ; calyx pilose, with unequal teeth, 



very short and 1 very long; legumes pedicellate 



^auve of western Iberia. Corolla deep yellow. \ ery \\\ie0.lutcus. 



iRir'^'^^^r^^^^^^^^-flo^ered Bitter-Vetch. Fl. June, Jul. Clt. 

 ^^}^- PI- H foot. 



t 9 ^ 1 ^^^.^^^s (Desf cor. p. 85. t. 63. ann. mus. 12. p. 59. 

 leafl t^ fl^^'^°*^^ ; stem simple, angular ; leaves with 3 pairs of 

 ttneo 1 ^^^^ ^"^^ deflexed ; leaflets ovate, obtuse ; stipulas 

 to ^ \ ^^^^^ * peduncles many-flowered, about equal in length 

 »tvlp ' '^^ ' calycine teeth nearly equal ; length of tube ; 



blue. 



% 



Jordan's Bitter- Vetch. 



May 



Clt. 1830. Pl.pr. 



24 O. hu'milis (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 378.) plant 



quite smooth ; stem simple, striated ; leaves with 3 pairs of 



ovate, mucronulate leaflets, with diverging nerves; stipulas 



semi-hastate ; peduncles few-flowered, about equal in length to 



the leaves ; calycine teeth unequal, shorter than the tube. % . H. 



Native of Dahuria. Ldthyrus hiimilis, Fisch. in litt. 



Clt. 1825. 



H^ 



Fl. July, Aug. 



PI. 4 ft. 



^Jle jointed. 



rJtS "t' '^' H. Native of Cappadocia. 

 C^ ' ^^°"' *^« size of those of O. luleus. 

 2^''-«^loured-flowered Bitter- Vetch. PI. 2 foot. 



"• S5fi.VA'Ticus (Lin. amcen. 4. p. 284. spec. 1029.) stems 



25 O. TUBEROsus (Lin. spec. 1028.) plant quite smooth; 



stem winged, erect, or prostrate, tuberculate at the base ; leaves 



, vv,^v.,, with 2-3 pairs of elliptic-lanceolate, mucronulate, dotted leaflets, 



1/ . H. with rather parallel nerves ; stipulas semi-sagittate, jagged at 



the base ; peduncles few-flowered, hardly exceeding the leaves ; 

 calycine teeth unequal, ovate, blimtish, shorter than the tube ; 

 legumes terete, obsoletely and reticulately veined ; style jointed, 

 seeds globose. 1/ . H. Native of almost every part of Europe 

 in woods and among bushes; plentiful in Britain, 

 deutschl. fl. fasc. 21. Oed. fl. dan. 781. Smith, engl. hot. 

 1153.— Riv. tetr. irr. t. 59. Roots creeping, swelling mto 



„._ Calyx purple. Corolla elegant, 



variegated and veined with purple crimson, and sli^des of blue 

 and flesh-colour, changing to blue as It fades. The highlanders 

 of Scotland have a great esteem for the tubercles of the roots ; 

 they dry and chew them to give 8 better relish to their whisky ; 

 XX 2 



Sturm, 



tubers at irregular intervals. 



Flowers cop- 



