qgz DIADELPHIA DECANDIllA. 



Ic is an excellent fodder, and^ibme foils would pro* 



bably reward the hulbandman's cultivation. 

 The badger is faid to feed upon it. 



fih-e/Iris 2. I,, pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, foliolis 

 enfiformibus, internodiis membranaceis. Sp. pi. 

 103:^, {RJvin. /. 39. Moris, hiji. f. i.t. 2. /. 4. 

 bona. Oed. Ban. t. 325. optima.) 



Narrow-leav'd Pcafe-everlaftino-. ^mlis. 



In dry rough flirubby places, and by wood-fides, 

 but rare. SibhJd. %. VII. VIIT. 



The ftalk is a yard high, wing'd with two membra- 

 nous angles, diffufely branched, weak and climb- 

 ing : the leaves are long and lanceolate, have 

 three nerves on the under fide, and the rib to 

 which they grow is wing'd : the tendrils are tri- 

 fid and branched, often trichotomous : the 7?/- 

 ptiU are narrow and llibulate at both ends, their 

 lower points prefiing the ftalk : the floral pedun- 

 cle is five or fix inches long, bearing a fpike of 

 four to eight flowers : the vc^illmn is of a rofy 

 purple color, reticulated with deeper veins : the 

 /z/^ or fide-petals are of a blueifli purple : the 

 carina, or keel-petal at the bottom of .the flower 

 is of a pale green : the pod is narrow, cylindri- 

 cal, and two inches long. 



pc-Ju/^ris 3. 



LATHY RUS pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis poly- 

 phyllis, llipulis lanceolatis. Sp. pi. 1034. {Pluk. 

 Jim. t. 71. /. 2. Oed. Van. t. 399. opt.) 



Marfli Chichling Vetch, Marfh Lcthynis. Jnglis. 



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