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 Orobus hirsutus. Hairy Bitter-Vetch. 



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DlADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Stylus linearis. Cal. basi obtusus : laciniis superioribus 

 profundioribus, brevioribus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Orobus hirsutus ; foliis conjugates petiolatis, stipulis inte- 

 gris. Sp. PL 1027. ed. Willd. 3. p. 1072. M. B. Fl. 

 Taur. Caucas. 2. p. 152. et. 3. p. 461. 



Orobus laxiflorus ; villosus, foliis conjugatis ovatis acutis, 

 stipulis maximis sagittatis, floribus laxe racemosis, la- 

 ciniis calycinis subulato-setaceis. Desfont. in Annates 

 du Mus. 12. p. 57. t. 8. 



Orobus creticus latifolius incanus. Tournef. Cor. 26. 



Orobus latifolius repens, flore caeruleo, foliis et siliquis 

 hirsutis. Boerh. Ind. alt. 2. p. 46. n. 7. 



Orobus sylvaticus, foliis circa caulem auriculatis. Buxb 

 Cent. 3. p. 22. t. 41. 



The Orobus hirsutus is a very rare plant, and is not 

 recorded either in the Hortus Kewensis or any of the cata- 

 logues of plants growing in our gardens. 



It was one of the plants discovered by Tournefort in 

 the Isle of Candia, and from his specimens the figure of 

 Des Fontaines above quoted was taken. It is nearest of 

 kin to Orobus lathyroides (No. 2098) from which it differs 

 chiefly in having quite entire as well as pubescent stipules 

 and leaves ; and in the trichotomous division of the upper 

 part of the stem. 



The faultiness of the description added by Willdenow, 

 from a dried specimen, occasioned Desfontaines to doubt 



this 



