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at a confiderable diftance from the parent flock. 

 The fmall oval leaves are connedted together by 

 a midrib, with a tendril at the extremity; the 

 flowers are in fhape like thofe of the common vetch, 

 of a reddifli purple colour; the firft that bloflbm 

 ufually come in pairs, afterwards to the number of 

 four at a joint; the pods are much fhorter than 

 thofe of the common vetch, larger in proportion 

 to their length, and flatter, and are of a black 

 colour when ripe ; the feeds are fmaller than thofe 

 of the cultivated fpccies, fome fpeckled, others of 

 a clay colour. 



Being a perennial, it fhould feem to be a very 

 proper kind to intermix with grafs feeds for lay- 

 ing down lands intended for pafture ; and that it is 

 as juftly entitled to this epithet as any herbaceous 

 plant whatever, I think I may be allowed to affirm, 

 having obferved a patch of it growing in one par- 

 ticular fpot of my orchard for thefe fourteen or 

 fifteen years paft. 



It is not only a perennial, but an evergreen ; it 

 fhoots the earlieft in the fpring of any plant eaten 

 by cattle with which I am acquainted, vegetates 

 late in autumn, and continues green through the 

 winter, though the weather be very fevere ; add to 

 this, that cattle are remarkably fond of it. Thefc 



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