. 
Peete iy 8 as ae 
~Orozbus Varius, ParticoLourep BitTEr- 
dg ~VETCH. pf selsatanis 
(| SRREISHSHHRSaibedas 
Clafs and Ordér, °° : 
Drapverpuia DECANDRIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Stylus linearis. Cal. bafi obtufus : laciniis fuperioribus pro- 
fundioribus, brevioribus. ae 
Specific Chara&er and Synonyms. Se 
; OROBUS varius ; foliis fubquadrijugis lineari-lanceolatis, fti- 
| pulis femifagittatis integerrimis, caule alato fuperne . 
- fubramofo. Solander MSS. 
| OROBUS foliis pinnatis lineari-lanceolatis decurrentibus, fti- 
| pulis femifagittatis, caule fimplici. Mill. Did. ed, 
Se, Se ee ee 
| OROBUS angultifolius italicus flore vario. Tournef. Inft. 393. 
OROBUS verficolor foliis quadrijugis: ftipulis fagittatis lan- 
ceolatis pedunculis axillaribus angulatis. Sy/, Nat. 
| Gmel. 1108 ? Voy. Sup. Pl. Ebr. t. 107- f. 2 
P? Orosys angupifolius, albus, and -warius, have fo near an 
affinity to each other, that fome Botanifts have confidered them 
% mere varieties ; they appear to us however to be fufficiently 
ditinet fpecies. Our plant is diftinguifhed by the winged 
| flalk, which is more fpreading and branched, bets greater 
Dumber of pairs of leaflets and of flowers on one peduncle, 
| tos by the colour of the latter, which does not feem difpofed 
10 vary, | 
: It appears to have been known to Miter before the year 
: pre. but was probably foon loft, In the new edition by 
quently obferved it in different colleGtions about London 
flor Martyn, we find no trace of it, though we have 
