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Ervca {Ajpem) folils dentato-pinnatlhdU hirfutis, 

 caule hifpido, filiquis laevibus. Rocket ^jirjh indenled^ 

 'ii'ing'pcinted^ hairy leaves^ a rcugh fialk^ and finooth 

 pods. Eruca fylveftris, major, lutea, caule aipero. 

 C. B. P. 98. Greater mid Saffron-coloured Rocket with 



a rough Jiaik* 



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foliolis lanceo- 



EarcA (T^mretifclin) foliis pinnatis, 

 iatispinnatifidis. Prod. Leyd. 342. Rocket <tvitb winged 

 leaves, tvhcfe hhs are fpear-foaped and vmig-pcinted. 

 Eruca Tenacetifolia. H. R. Par. Rocket with aTanfey 



■ leaf. 

 %, Eruca 



feflilibus, 



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{Viminia) foliis finuato-pinnatis, 

 caule ramolb. Rocket with wing-Jhaped finuated leaves 

 fitting clofe to the ftalks, which are branching. Eruca 

 Sicula burfe paftoris folio. C. B. P* 98. Sicilian Rocket 

 with a Shepherd's Purfe leaf. 



The firft fort is an annual plant, which was formerly 

 Itnuch cultivated in the gardens as a fallad herb, but 

 at prefect is little known here, for it has been long 

 rejefted on account of its ftrong ungrateful fmell. 

 It ftands in the lift of medicinal plants, but at pre- 

 JTent is feldom ufed, though it is reckoned a provoca- 

 tiw and a good diuretic. If it is propagated for fal- 

 lads, the JTceds ihould be fown in drills, in the fame 

 manner as is ufxially praftifed for other fmall fallad 

 herbs ; for it muft be eaten young, otherwife it will 

 be too ftrong for moft palates. The winter and fpring 

 feafons are the times when this herb is ufedj for 

 when k is fown in the fummer, the plants foon_ run up 

 to feed, and are then too rank* Where it is culti- 

 vated for the feed, which is fometimes ufed in medi- 

 cine, they fnould be fown in March, on an open fpot 

 ground •, and when the plants have put out four 

 leaves, the ground fhould be hoed to deftroy the 

 weeds, and the plants muft be thinned, fo as to leave 

 them three or four inches asunder •, and in about five 



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" -br fix weeks after, the groynd ftiould be a fecond time 

 hoed to deftroy the v/eeds, which, if wdl performed, 



- will prevent them from growing to injure the plants^ 

 till the fefcds are ripe ; %4ifen 'the plants fhould be 

 dravv-n up, and fpread upon a cloth in the fun for two 



' .'or three days to dry, then the feeds maybe beaten 



• out of the pods, and put up for ufe. 



The fcccmd fort grows naturally in the fouth of France 

 and Italy, where it is often eaten as a fallad herb ; 



■ this hath many fpear-lliaped leaves arifing 'from the 

 root, which are four or five inches long, and one inch 

 broad in the middle, regularly indented on their 

 ^dges, and fpread on the ground ; thefl-alks are fingle, 

 and rife about a foot high; they are naked, feldom 

 having more than one leaf, which is fituated at the 

 bottom ; the flowers grow in loofe bunches on the 

 'top of the ftalks, which are fucceeded by pods two 

 kichcs -lono-, havino" two cells filled with fmall round 

 leeds. This is an annual plant, which may be pro- 

 pagated by feeds in the fame manner as the former. 

 The third fort grows naturally about Paris, and in 

 inany other parts of Europe; the leaves of this are 

 liarrow, and regularly divided like a winged leaf; the 

 ftalks branch out upv.^rd, and are terminated by loofe 

 fpikes of yellow flowers. This hath a perennial root, 

 and an annual ftalk. 



The fourth fort grows naturally upon old walls and 

 tuildings in many parts of England, where it con- 

 tinues flowering all tlie fummer, but is rarely admitted 

 into gardens. It is fometimes ufed in medicine, for 

 which reafon I have here mentioned it. 



The fifth fort grows naturally about Turin, from whence 

 I received the feeds. This hath fine divided leaves, ''. 

 fomewhat like thofe of. Tanfey, but are of a hoary \ 

 green colour ; the ftalks rife a foot and a half high, 

 which are fully garniflied v/ith leaves of the fame 

 iorm, but gradually diminifli in their fize upward ; " 

 the flowers are produced in clufters at the top of the 

 ftalks, they are fmallj and of a pale yellow colour.; 

 thefc are fucceeded by flender taper pods two inches 

 long, which contain two rows of fmall round feeds. 

 The fixth fort grOws naturally in Italy and Spain ; 

 this is an Annual plant, v/ith many oblong leaves,* 

 wluch are fmootli and regularly finuated on their fides> 



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ih form of a winged leaf; they are five or fix inch 

 long, and one inch and a half broad, of a liglit o-re^^^ 

 having a hot biting tafte ; the ftalks rife about a i^l 

 high, they are ftrong, and divide into feveral brancheT' 

 thefe are garniftied with a fingle leaf at each joint* 

 Ihaped like thofe below, but fmaller. The flower' 

 are produced in loofe clufters at the end of \^ 

 branches ; thefe are white, and near as large as thofe of 

 the Garden Rocket, and are fucceeded by taper pod 

 three inches long, containing two rows of round feeds^ 

 Thefe plants are preferved in fome gardens for th' 

 fake of variety, therefore they are here mentioned • 

 and thofe who are inclined to cultivate them, may do 

 it by fowing their feeds on a bed of fight earth in an 

 open fituation ; and when the plants come up, theV 

 will require no other culture but to thin them, and 

 keep them clear from weeds. They flower in'june 

 and July, and their feeds ripen in Auguft,- 

 E R U C A G O. ScQ BuNi AS. 



ER VUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 784. Tourn. Inft. R.H. 

 398. tab. 221. Bitter Vetch. 

 The Characters are, 



*The €mpale7mnt of the flower is divided into five equcl 



partSy which end in acute points \ the flower is of the 



butterfly kind^ having a large y roundiflj^ plain ftandari 



two obtufe wings half the length of the ftandard, and a 



fhorter keel which is pointed. . // bath ten ftamincy nine 



joined^ and one ftanding feparate^ terminated by flnde 



fummits. It hath an oblong germaiy fupportinga rifm 



fiyle^ crowned by an obtufe ftigm a. Thegermen afterward 



. becomes an oblong taper pod^ jointed between each feed. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftion of 



. Linnteus's feventeenth clais, which includes thofe 



plants with a butterfly flower, with ten ftamina fepa- 



■ ;:rated in two bodies. To this genus Dr. Lirmieus 



• ' has jomed the Lens of Tournefort, and fome fpecies 



-f. of Vicia. ''.The difference which he makes between 



Vicia and Ervura is only in their ftigmas, that of 



•: V Yida having *an obtufe ftigma, bearded on the under 



i-lide, land that of the Erviim is fmooth. 



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■: J The Sp£Cies are, 

 X. Ervum [Ervilia) germinibus undato-phcatis foliis 

 imparl pinnatis. Hort, Upfal. 224. Ervum whofe get- 

 mens are waved and folded^ and unequal winged. leaves* 

 Ervum verum. Camer. Hort. The true fitter Vetch. 



2. Ervum (L^^zj) p eduncufis fubbifloris ferainibus com- 

 preflis convexis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 738- Ervum mib 

 foot-ftalks having two- flowers^ nnd compreffed feeds which 

 are convex. Lens vulgaris. C. B. P. 346. Common 

 .Lentils. 



3. Ervum {Mcnanthos) pe3unculis unifloris. Lin. Sp. 

 -Plant. 738. Ervum with one flower on each foot-Jidk. 



L^ns monanthos. H. L. 360. One flowered Lentil. 



4. Ervum (Tetrafpermum) pedunculis fubbifloris, femi- 

 nibus globofis quaternis. Fldr, Suec. 606. Ervum mth 

 two flowers an each foot-ftalk^ and four globtdar feeds in 



•^eachpod. ^Vicia fegetum fmgularibus filiquis glabris. 

 C* "B. P. 345^ Corn Fetch with fingle fmoeth pods. ' 



5. Ekvum (Hirfutum) pedunculis mukifloris, feminibui 

 globofis binis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 738. Ervum having 

 many flowers on a footfialk^ and two globtdar feeds in 

 each pod. Vicia fegetum, cum filiquis plurimis hir- 

 futis. C. B. P. 345. Corn-Vetch having many hairy pods^ 

 The firft fort grows naturally in Italy and Spain: 

 h is an annual plant, which rifes with angular weak 

 ilalks a foot -and a half high, garniftied at each joint 

 with one winged leaf, compofed of fourteen or fif- 

 teen pair of lobes, very like thofe of the Vetch, but 

 narrower; the flowers come out from the fide of the 

 ^ftalks, on foot-ftalks an inch bng, each fuflaining 



/^two pale-coloured flowers, which are fucceeded by 

 'ihort pods a little compreflTcd, each having three or 

 four round feeds ; the pods fwell at the place where 

 each feed is lodged, fo that it is called a jointed pod 

 by rriatiy. -The feeds of this plant ground to flour 

 h fometimes ufed -in medicine; and the green herb 

 is ufed for feeding of cattle in fome countries, btit ic 

 ^is not worth cultivating for that purpofe in England. 

 The lecond fort Is the common Lentil, which [scul- 

 • -tivated in many j^arts of England, either as fodoer 



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