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LEGUMINOS^E. CLXX. ERVUM. 



truncate, puberulous, 2-seeded; seeds globose, dotted with 

 black. Q. H. Native of Carinthia, in fields. E. Soloniense, 

 Wulf. in Schranck, pi. rar. t. 48. E. tmiflorum, Tenore, prod. 

 suppl. 2. p. G3. Sebast. pi, rom. fasc. 2. p. 13. t. 4. Cicer 

 ervoides, Brig. pi. foro-juliens, 27. Flowers blue. 



Small Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 1 foot. 



4 E. VICIOIDES (Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 168. t. 198.) plant hairy; 

 leaves cirrhiferous, with many leaflets ; leaflets oval-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, and mucronate; stipulas subulate ; peduncles few-flowered ; 

 calyx very pilose, with the segments longer than the tube ; le- 

 gumes hairy, rhomboid, reticulated, 2-seeded ; seeds roundish, 

 black. . H. Native of Algiers, in hedges. E. vicisefonne, 

 Spreng. syst. 3. p. 270. Corolla pale blue, twice the length of 

 the calyx. 



Fetch-like Lentil. PI. cl. 



5 E. HIRSU'TUM (Lin. spec. 1039.) leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 

 linear, retuse, mucronulate ; stipulas semi-sagittate, narrow; 

 peduncles 3-7-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate-linear, equal, longer than the tube ; legumes 

 oblong, compressed, rather truncate, hairy, finely reticulated, 

 nodding, 2-seeded ; seeds globose, variegated. Q. H. Native 

 of Europe, in cultivated fields; plentiful in Britain: also of 

 North America, at Fort Vancouver. Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 

 32. with a figure. Smith, engl. bot. 971. Curt. fl. lond. 54. 

 Oed. fl. dan. 639. V. Michelli, Rafin. ex Ell. car. 2. p. 224. 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 360? Flowers small, pale blue, or almost 

 white. This is a very troublesome weed in corn-fields ; in wet 

 seasons whole crops are overpowered by it. All sorts of cattle 

 will eat it. In some parts of England it is known by the name 

 of Tine-tare. 



Hairy Lentil or Tine-tare. Fl. June, July. Brit. PL cl. 



6 E. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 309.) leaflets 3, 

 nearly lanceolate, wrinkled, and pilose ; peduncles many-flow- 

 ered ; legumes terete, acuminated, 2-seeded; seeds globose. Q. 

 H. Native of Cochin-china. E. hirsutum, Lour, cochin, p. 461. 

 Flowers purplish. 



Cochin-china Lentil. PL 2 feet. 



7 E. TERRO'NII (Tenore, fl. neap. prod, append. 5. 1826.) 

 leaves cirrhiferous, with 8 pairs of linear-elliptic, truncate, rather 

 mucronate, glabrous leaflets ; peduncles awned, 4-8-flowered, 

 much shorter than the leaves ; calycine segments lanceolate- 

 linear, equal, pubescent, and about the length of the corolla ; le- 

 gumes glabrous, ovate, truncate, inflated, reticulated ; seeds bay- 

 coloured. Q. H. Native of Naples, in hedges. This plant 

 differs from E. dispermmn in being smooth, and in the peduncles 

 being many-flowered. 



Terrene's Lentil. PL cl. 



8 E. DISPE'KMUM (Roxb. in Wilkl. cnum. p. 766.) leaflets 

 linear-lanceolate, pubescent ; peduncles 2-flowered, awned; le- 

 gumes glabrous, 2-seeded. O. H. Native of the East Indies. 

 Peduncles and calyxes pubescent. 



Tno- seeded Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. PL cl. 



9 E. CAMEIORUM (Spreng. syst. 3. p. 270.) peduncles 1-flow- 

 ered, nodding, awned ; legumes 2-seedcd, glabrous ; leaves pu- 

 bescent, upper ones cirrhiferous, with 6-8 pairs of leaflets, lower 

 ones oblong, upper ones linear, mucronate. Q. H. Native 

 country unknown. 



Camel's Lentil. PL cl. 



SECT. II. ERVI'LIA (an alteration from the generic name). Ser. 

 inss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 366. Ervilia, Link. enum. vol. 2. 

 Legumes somewhat inflated, oblong-linear, 4-6-seeded. 



10 E. ERVILIA (Lin. spec. 1040.) plant glabrous ; leaves cir- 

 rhiferous ; leaflets numerous, oblong, mucronulate ; flowers 

 usually twin, pedunculate ; stipulas sub-lanceolate, toothed ; caly- 

 cine segments equal, very narrow, much longer than the tube ; 



legumes torulose, 4-seeded, glabrous, transversely and finely re- 

 ticulated ; seeds roundish, angular. O- H. Native of the south 

 of Europe, in cultivated fields. Sturm, fl. germ. 1. fasc. 32. 

 with a figure. Riv. tetr. irr. t. 6. Blackw. icon. t. 208. t. 3. 

 Vicia Ervilia, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1103. Ervilia saliva, Link, 

 enum. 2. p. 240. Flowers pale purple. The seeds of this plant 

 ground into flour are sometimes used in medicines abroad, and 

 the green herb is employed for feeding cattle in some countries, 

 but the plant is not worth cultivating for that purpose in 

 England. 



Ervil or Bastard Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1596. PI. cl. 



1 1 E. MONA'NTHOS (Lin. spec. 1040.) stems tufted, simple; 

 leaflets numerous, linear, truncate, and mucronulate ; tendrils 

 almost simple ; stipulas unequal, one of which is linear-lanceo- 

 late, and entire ; the other very narrow, and fringed ; peduncles 

 1 -flowered, about equal in length to the leaves; calycine seg- 

 ments linear, equal, longer than the tube ; legumes oval, com- 

 pressed, glabrous, with transverse reticulated veins, torulose, 3- 

 4-seeded. Q. H. Native of the south of Europe. Sturm, fl. 

 germ. 1. fasc. 32. with a good figure. Vicia articulata, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 1109. Lathyrus monanthos, Willd. enum. 760. but 

 not of his spec. pi. Vicia multifida, Wallr. fl. hal. suppl. 3. p. 

 85. Flowers purple, with blue veins. 



One-flowered Lentil. FL June, July. Clt. 1798. PL cl. 



12 E. TETRASPE'RMUM (Lin. spec. 1039.) steins tufted, branch- 

 ed ; leaves cirrhiferous ; leaflets 4-6 pairs, oblong, bluntish, 

 mucronulate; stipulas lanceolate, semi-sagittate; peduncles 1-4- 

 flowered, but usually 2-flowered, filiform ; calycine segments un- 

 equal, broadish, shorter than the tube ; legumes oblong, com- 

 pressed, glabrous, nerveless, rather torulose ; seeds nearly glo- 

 bose, black. O- H. Native of Europe, in cultivated fields; 

 also of North America, in Upper Canada, in grassy meadows. 

 Sturm, fl. germ, 1. fasc. 32. with a good figure. Curt. lond. 1. t. 

 55. abr. 15. Smith, engl. bot. 1223. Oed. fl. dan. t. 95. Flowers 

 very pale grey. The keel tipped with deep blue. 



Var. ft, phyllocarpon (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 367.) 

 leaflets numerous, transformed into legumes. 



Four-seeded Lentil, fl. June, July. Britain. PL cl. 



18 E. GRA'CILE (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 109. et fl. fr. 5. p. 

 581.) stems ascending, angular, with the angles pubescent above ; 

 tendrils simple; leaflets 6-8, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, rather 

 pubescent; stipulas semi-sagittate, entire, narrow; peduncles 

 3-flowered ; flowers secund, pendulous ; calycine teeth unequal, 

 2-superior ones short, broad, and a little recurved, the lower 

 3 equal, awl-shaped, and acute ; corolla one-half longer than the 

 calyx ; legumes pendulous, compressed, torulose, glabrous ; seeds 

 of a testaceous colour, nearly globose. () H. Native of 

 France and Spain, in corn-fields. Vicia gracilis, Lois. fl. 

 gall. p. 460. f. 12. E. tenuifolium, Lagasc. nov. gen. p. 22. 

 E. tenuissimum, Pers. ench. 2. p. 309. E. longifolium, Tenor, 

 prod. p. 59. Vicia laxiflora, Brot. phyt. 123. E. tetrasper- 

 mum /3, gracile, Ser. Flowers white, having the vexilltim 

 streaked with purple or red. 



Slender Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. PL cl. 1 foot. 



14 E. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 109. fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 582.) stems tufted, branched; leaves cirrhiferous ; tendrils 

 forked ; leaflets 4-6, elliptic, mucronulate ; stipulas linear ; pe- 

 duncles 1-4-flowered, filiform; calycine segments unequal, 

 broadish, shorter than the tube ; legumes oblong, compressed, 

 rather villous, nerveless, and a little torulose. O- H. Native 

 of Provence, and about Naples. Flowers purplish ? 



Var. ft, leiocdrpum (Moricand, herb.) legumes glabrous ; stems 

 smaller. Native about Naples. 



Pubescent Lentil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL cl. 



15 E. LOISELEU'RII (Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. p. 475. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Lois.) leaflets oblong-linear; lower stipulas 

 semi-hastate, upper ones subulate; peduncles usually 2-flow. 



