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 Orobus niger. Black Bitter- Vetch. 



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Class and Order. 



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Generic Character. 



Stylus linearis. Cat. basi obtusus : laciniis superioribus 

 profundioribus, brevioribus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Orobus niger; caule ramoso, foliis sexjugis ovato-oblongis. 



Willd. Sp. PL 3. p. 1076. Spec. PI. 1028. Hort. 



Kew. ed alt. 4. p. 304. Pollich Pal. n. 674. Scop. 



Cam. v. 2. p. 59. Decand. Fl. Franc. 4. p. 586. Fl. 



danica. t. 1170. 

 Orobus caule ramoso ; foliis ovatis, duodenis. Hall. Hist. 



n. 418. 

 Orobus pannonicus I. Clus. Hist. 2. p. 230. Clus. 



Pannon. p. 737. icon adfinem appendicis. 

 Orobus sylvaticus viciaj foliis. Bauh. Pin. 352. Rivin. 



Pentap. 60. 

 Astragaloides. Dod. Pempt. 551. — altera Lob. ic. 2. p. 78. 



A rather ornamental hardy herbaceous perennial, which 

 owes its name to the circumstance of its always turning 

 black in drying. Haller remarks that its roots are sweet. 

 Native of most parts of Europe, but not of Britain. Culti- 

 vated in 1596 by John Gerard. Flowers in June and 

 July. Communicated by John Walker, Esq. 



