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LEGUMINOSiE. CLXXIV. Orobus. 



they also affirm that they are good against most diseases of the 



simple, angular; leaves with 3-4 pairs of linear-lanceolate, mu- 

 thorax, and that by the use of them, they are enabled to repel cronulate leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate ; peduncles many- 



flovvered, longer than the leaves ; calycine teeth lanceolate, un- 

 equal, shorter than the tube; style almost filiform. 1^. H. 



hunger and thirst for a long time. In Breadalbane and Rosshire, 



they sometimes bruise and steep them in water, and make an 



agreeable fermented liquor with them. They have a sweet Native of Italy. O. versicolor, Gmel. syst. 2. p. 1108. Flowers 

 taste, something like the roots of liquorice, and when boiled having the vexillum rose-coloured, and the keel and wings yel- 

 lowish. 



are well flavoured and nutritive, and in times of scarcity have 



served as a substitute for bread. Boiled well a fork will pass 



through the tubers, and dried slightly and roasted they are served 



up in Holland and Flanders in the manner of chestnuts. The 



plant is called Wood-pea or Heaih-pea in England, and Knap- 



perts in the lowlands of Scotland. In Gaelic it is called Cor-meille, 



Tuberous-rooted Bitter- Vetch. Fl. May, July. Britain. Pi. 

 I" to 1 foot, 



26 O. TENuiFoLius (Roth. fl. germ, 1. p. 305.) plant quite 

 smooth: leaves with 2-3 pairs of very narrow, linear leaflets ; wise; style jointed, rhomboid. 



raWo«5-flowered Bitter-Vetch. FL May, June. Clt. 1759. 



stem winged, erect ; stipulas narrow, semi-sagittate, ciliated, bi- 

 dentate behind ; peduncles few-flowered, hardly longer than the 

 leaves ; calycine teeth unequal ; legumes terete ; roots swelling 

 in tubers at intervals. % . H. Native of most parts of Europe, 

 in woods, alonfj with R, tuherosus. 



O. tuberosus, var. ^, tenui- abr. 413. 



PL 1^ foot. 



33 O. cane'scens (Lin. fiL suppL p. 327.) stem tetragonal; 

 leaves with usually 2-3 pairs of linear, bluntish, pubescent, or 

 dotted leaflets, with parallel nerves ; stipulas semi-sagittate, 

 linear, acute ; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 calycine teeth lanceolate, unequal, shorter than the tube; le- 

 gumes straight, compressed, glabrous, reticulately veined length- 



%. H. Native of the south of 

 Europe/ O. filiformis, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 568. Flowers white, 

 with a tinge of blue. 



Var. /3, tenuis (Ser. 1. c.) leaflet linear; flowers dark-purple. 

 %. H. Native of the Pyrenees. O. atropurpureus, Lapeyr. 



Canescent Bitter- Vetch. FL May, June. Clt. 1816. PLl^ft. 



34 O. palle'scens (Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 152. suppL p. 463.) 



stem simple, pubescent, tetragonal; leaves with 2 pairs of linear, 



subulate, pubescent leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, subulate, 



almost entire ; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves; 



are glaucous beneath ; stipulas semi-sagittate, linear, awned on style very thick at the apex. %^ H. Native of Tauria. 0. 



folius, Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 376. Roots and flowers like 

 those of O. tuberosus. Leaflets channelled above, and mncronate. 



Flne'leaflettedli'xtiex-Yeich. FL May, Jul. Brit. PL | to 1ft. 



27 O. Pyrena'icus (Lin. spec. 1029.) stem simple, terete; 

 leaves with 2-3 pairs of ovate, nerved, mucronate leaflets, which 



both sides; peduncles 1-2-flowercd; teeth of calyx triangular, can^scens ft pallescens, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 376. Flowers 

 the lowest one the longest; style jointed. 1/. H. Native of the white. Perhaps a sipcciesof Platfjsfylis. 



Pa/^-flowered Bitter- Vetch. FL May, Ju. Clt. 1823. PL 1ft. 



Pyrenees. O. Plukenetii, Lapeyr. mem. mus. 2. p. 299. — O. 

 tuber6sus var. /3, Pyrenaicus, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 376. 

 Pluck, phyt. t. 200. Flowers pure purple. 



Pyrencan Bitter- Vetch. FL May, July. Clt. 1622. PL 1 ft. 



28 O. DivARiCA Tus (Lapeyr. in mem. mus. 2. p. 302. t. 2.) 

 stem branched, divaricate, winged in the middle, but naked at 



both extremities ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of elliptic-lanceolate, ob- coadunate. %. H. 

 tuse, mucronate leaflets ; stipulas of the lower leaves acute, 

 entire, of the upper ones sharply and deeply toothed at the base; 

 peduncles few-flowered ; calycine segments triangular, acute, 



O. tuber- 



So O. ENsiFOLius (Lapeyr. in mem. mus. 2. p. 303. t. l*.j 



Flowers 



lower one longest. If. H. Native of the Pyrenees. 

 osus y, divaricatus, Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 376. 

 purple. 



• Divaricate Bitter-Vetch. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. PL | ft. 



29 O. ere'ctus (Poir. in Lam. diet. 4. p. 627.) stem branch- 

 ed; leaves with 4-6 pairs of elliptic, glabrous, mucronate leaf- 

 lets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, actUe ; peduncles villous, 4-6-flow- 

 ered. "2^. H. Native country imknown. 



Erect Bitter-Vetch. Fl. July, Aug. PL 1 foot. 



SO O. vicj^FORMis (Lag. gen. et spec. p. 22.) leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets oblong, bluntish ; stipulas bifid, somewhat stipitate ; pe- 

 duncles 1-7-flowered; legumes lanceolate, glabrous. If.. H. 



Flowers pale blue. 



Native of Spain. 



Var. a, calcaratus; peduncles 1-flowered, furnished with a PL 1 foot. 

 short awn. Vicia calcarata, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 166. Lagasc.l. c. 



stem terete, striated ; leaves with 2-3 pairs of ensiform, acute, 

 erect, nerved, crowded leaflets ; stipulas semi-sagittate, acute ; 

 peduncles many-flowered, twice the length of the leaves; caly- 

 cine teeth ovate, acute, lower ones longest ; wings and kee 



Native of the Pyrenees. O. can^scens var. 

 y, ensifolius, Ser, in D.C. prod. 2. p. 376. Flowers white. 

 Sword-Ieajletted Bitter- Vetch. FL May, June. PL 1 toot 

 36 O. a'lbus (Lin. fiL suppl. 327.) stem simple; leaves witn 

 2-3 pairs of linear mucronate leaflets, with parallel nerves ; sti- 

 pulas broadish, semi-sagittate, shorter than the petiole, which |s 

 winged ; peduncles many-flowered, longer than the leaves ; ca j- 

 cine teeth lanceolate, very unequal, lower ones much the longes , 

 legumes compressed, glabrous, rather flexuous ; style lin^ 



Native of the south of Europe, Austria, Hungary, oc- 

 Sweet, fl. gar. t. 22. O. Pannonicus, Jacq. austr. L t. 39. • 

 Ise^tus, Bieb. fl. taur. 2. p. 152.— J. Bauh. hist. 2. p. 326. L ^^ 

 Flowers white, tinged with rose-colour. * 



Var. /3, asphodeloides (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 376.) leaflet* 

 shorter and broader, tubers of root oblong. O. asphodeloides, 

 Gouan. ill. p. 48. Perhaps a distinct species. q, 



/FAi^e-flowered Bitter- Vetch. Fl. May, June. Clt. 17^*- 



If.H. 



Lagasc. L c. 



Var. /3, multlflorus; peduncles 2-7-flowered. 



Vicia-Jlowered Bitter-Vetch. PL decumbent. 



31 O. ? Pisci'dia (Spreng. pL min» cogn. 1. p. 47.) stem un- 



known ; 

 subulate 

 leaves. 



leaves impari-pinnate ; leaflets cuneate, retuse ; stipulas 



few-flowered, longer than the 



; peduncles racemose, 

 Native of New Caledonia. 



Vicia Piscidia, Forst. mss. 



The plant from the name appears to be used in New Caledonia 



for intoxicating fish. 



Fish-poison Bitter-Vetch. PL 



87 O. ANGusTiFoLius (Lin. spec. 1028.) stem simple; leave^ 

 with 2 pairs of narrow, ensiform, acute leaflets ; stipulas subu- 

 late, semi-hastate; peduncles many-flowered, longer than 

 leaves. 1/, H. Native of Siberia.— Gmel. fl. sib. 4. p. 1*- ^ ^' 

 Flowers yellow. The leaflets are remarkably narrow. 



Narrow'UaJletted Bitter- Vetch. FL May, June. Clt. 1/^^' 

 PL 1 foot. 1. 



38 O. ATRo-puupu^REUs (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 157. 1. 196. but 

 not of Lapeyr.) stem simple or branched, striated or angular; 

 leaves with 3 pairs of linear acute leaflets : stipulas seroi-sag"^' 



. /. ins *»t^j very narrow, awned ; peduncles manv-flowered, longer tnai 



§ 3. Leaves mth many pans of very mrrorv leaflets. ^^^ j^^^J^ . g^^;^^ ^^^^;F drooping fteeth of calyx almost 



32 O. VA'aius (Soland. in Sims's bot. mag. t. 675.) stems equal, obtuse, and very short ; style filiform, crowned by 3 g'**" 



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