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ORNITHOPUS. Lin.Gen. Plant. 790. Ornidio- 

 podium. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 400. tab. 224. Bird's- 

 i'oot j in French, Pic-d^oifeau. 



The Characters 



J'he empalemcnt cf thef.oivcr is permanertty of one leaf 

 iuluhiis, and indented in five equal fegments at the brim, 

 The flower is of the butterfly kind^ theflandardis heart- 

 fljaped and entire \ the wings are oval^ ere^y and ahnoft 



effed. 



ftandard ; the keel is fmall 

 It hath tenflarninay nine of which are joined 

 ftands feparate, terminated by Jingle fummits, n 



fupporting a brifily afcending flyle 



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nEiured fligni 



gerrmn afterward 



becomes a taper incurved pod^ having many joints con- 



oblong feed 



fep 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third fedion of 

 Linnacus's feventeench clafs, which includes the plants 

 whofe flowers have ten ftamina joined in two bodies. 



The Species are, 



{Perpuftlh 



ejfed pods 



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^dofa) foliis pinnatis, leguminibus 

 latis. Bird^S' foot with winged leaves^ 

 \ clufters upon foot-ftalks. Ornitho- 



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along the midrib, terminated by an odd one. The 

 flowers grow in fmall bunches on the top of the 

 branches ; they are yellow, and are generally fuc- 

 cceded by two flat pods not much more than an inch 

 long, turned inward like a bird's claw. This flowers 

 and feeds about the fame time with the former. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally among the Corn m 

 Spain and Italy ; this hath many fmooth branchir. 

 ftalks, which rife near two feet liigh, garnifhed toward 

 their top with trifoliate oval leaves fitting clofe, hav- 

 ing two fmall appendages. The lower leaves arc often 

 fingle, and of a grayiOi colour, the middle lobe bcina 

 twice the fize of the tv.'o fide ones. The flowcrt 

 ftand upon (lender foot-fl:alks, are yellow, and fuc- 

 ceeded by -taper pods, which are two inches lona 

 fliaped like a bird's claw. This flowers and feeds about 

 the fame time with the former. 

 Thefe plants are propagated by fowing their feeds in 

 the fpringupon a bed of light frefli earth, where they 

 are to remain (for they feldom do v/cll wlien they are 

 tranfplanted •,) when the plants come up, they mufl 

 be carefully cleared from weeds ; and where they are 

 too clofe, fome of the plants fliould be pulled out, fo 

 as to leave the remaining ones about ten inches afun- 

 der. In June thefe plants will flower, and the feeds 

 will ripen in Auguft:. There is no great beauty in 

 them, but for the variety of their jointed pods, they 



podium radice tuberculis nodosa. C. B. P. 350. Birds- J are prefervcd by fome curious perfons in their plea- 



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minibus compreflls rugofus. Hort. Cliff; 364. Bird's- 

 foot with linear winged leaves y and compreffed pods grow- 

 ing in pairs, Ornithopodium Scorpoides, filiqua com- 

 prefsa. Tourn. Infl:. 400. Bird's-foot with the appear- 

 of Caterpillar y and flat 



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Ornithopus (Scorpioides) foliis ternatis fubfefTilibus I after the feeds are ripe. 



fure -gardens ; where, if their feeds are fown in patches 

 in the borders, each fort difl;indlly by itfclf, and the 

 plants thinned, leaving only two at each patch, they 

 will require no farther care, and will add to the vari- 

 ety, efpecially where the Snail and Caterpillar plants 

 are preferved, which are very proper to intermix with 

 them. They are all annual plants, which perifh foon 



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foliate leaves fitting clofe to the ftalk^ and the middle lobe 

 very large.' Ornithopodium Portulacae folio. Toul-nl* 



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foot with a Purjlane leaf 



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in Spain, and Italy. It is an annual plant^ having many 

 traihner ftalks a foot and a half long, from which come 



out a lew fide branches, garnifhed with long winged 



leaves, compofed of about eighteen pair of fmall oval 



,^ lobes, terrjiinated by an odd one -, thefe lobes ftand 



' 7 fometimes oppofite, and at others they are alternate 





OROBANCHE, or Broom Rape. 



_ There are fix or feven fpecies of this genus at prefcnt 



^^^hoWrJ, two of which grow naturally on dry grounds 



;-_in_feveral parts bf England ; but as all the forts do 



not agree with culture, fo they are not' admitted into 



gardens. They are ranged in the fecond fedion of 



Linn^us's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia An- 



^olperrnia, the flowers having two long and two 



fhorter ftariiina, and their feeds being included in a 



capfule. ". W. .:7 • , 



OROBUS. Tourn.Inft. R. H. 393. tab. 214. Lin. 



and hairy. The flowers are produced in fmall clufters j Gen. Plant. 780. [opciS(^, of tfc-Trro;, to eat, ^a?, an 



at the top of foot-ftalks, which arife from the wings 

 of the ftalks, and are near three inches long, having 

 a fmall winged leaf, part of which is below, and the 

 other part above the flowers, fo that they feem to 

 come from the midrib of the leaf; the flowers are of 

 a deep gold colour, and ftiaped like a butterfly. 

 Thefe appear in July, and are fucceeded by flat nar- 

 . row pods about three inches long, v/hich turn inward 

 at the top like a bird's claw. They are jointed, and 

 a little hairy, containing a fingle i^ed in each joint, 

 which ripens in autumn, when the joints feparate and 

 fkll aflmder. -y\.V}- ;r: • '^.x^;; ' ' 



The fecond fort grows naturally oh dry cbnimons 

 and heaths in moft parts of England. The root of 

 this fort. is compofed of two or three ftrpng fibres, to 

 ■which hang fcveral fmall tubercles or knobs like 



There arc many flender ftalks come out 

 root, and fpread on the ground^' 'from 

 ''four to eight inches Jong, gafniftied with fmall, 

 **,wiftged, hairy leaves, compofed of fix or feven pair 

 ** of narrow lobes, terminated by an odd one. The 



erams." 

 from *the 



ox, q. d. an herb with which oxen are fed, becaufc 

 the ancients ufed to fatten their oxen with alike herb.) 

 Bitter Vetch ; in French, Orobe. ■ i . 



The Characters are, ' - , .' 



The empalement of the flew tr is tubulous, of one leaf with 

 an obtufe bafe \ the brim is oblique and indented in five 

 partSy the three lower acute^ the two upper fhorter and ob- 

 tufe. The flower is of the butterfly kind \ theflandardis 

 beart-fhaped ; the two wings are almoft as long as the 

 ftandard^ and join together \ the keel is bifiJ, acute-pointedy 

 and riftng upwards \ the borders are compreffed^ and the 

 body fwollen. It bath ten ftamina^ nine are joined, and 

 one feparate ; thefe are riftng, and terminated by roundijb 

 fummits. It hatb a cylindrical compreffed germen, fup- 

 porting a crooked rifing flyle, crowned by a narrow downy 

 ftigma, faftened by the inner edge in the middle to the 

 ; point of the flyle. The germen afterward becomes a long 

 taper pod ending in an acute point, having one cell, contain- 

 ing feveral roundifh feeds. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftionof 

 Linnaeus's feventeenth clafs, which contains thofe 



flowers ftand upon long (lender foot-ftalks, which j plants whofc flowers have ten ftamina joined in two 



-^ come out at every joint of the ftalk ; they are fmall, I bodies. 



^' of a yellow colour, and are" fucceeded by clufters of The Species are, . . . 



i'flibrt pods, which are a little incurved at the top. i. Orobus (Vernus) foliis pinnatis ovatis, ftipulis fcmi- 



* It flowers and feeds about the fame time as the former. fagittatis integerrimis, caule fimpllci. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



728. Bitter Vetch with oval winged leaves, entire fltpulf 

 half arrow-pointed, and aftngle Jhlk. Orobus fylvati- 

 cus purpureus vernus, C. B. P. 351, Purph, vcrncily 



wood Bitter Vetch. - . . 



2. Orobus (Tuberofus) foliis pinnatis lanceolatis,ftip^l^s 



=■ femifagittatis, caule fimplici. Lin. Sp. Plant. 728. 



^ ^ . Bttter 



Napl 



ihird fort grows plentifully about Meflina and 

 s. The root of this fort runs deep into the 

 grouriB,' ftriding out a few fmall fibres on the fide -, 

 the ftalks are about fix inches long, and do not lie flat 

 on the ground like the other •, the leaves are hairy, 



compofed of ten or twelve pair of narrow lobes placed 





