t94 DIADELPHIA DECANDKIA. 



deeply and acutely denticulated, and the dents 

 bearded : the leaves have eight or ten pair of 

 oval pinn^ growing commonly alternate, the 

 middle nerve of each ^i/7;z^terminated in a point 

 or fpinule : the tendrils are bifid and greatly 

 curk'd : the floral ftalks arife from the nU of the 

 leaves, are four or five inches long, and bear a 

 fpike of i^ or 20 white pendulous flowers, 

 ilreakcd with blue veins : the carina or keel-pe- 

 tal is obtufe, and blue at the a-ptx : the pod is 

 fmooth, but little longer than the flower, and 

 contains from four to iix globular feeds. 



crr.c-'x 2. 



VICIA pedunculis multifloris, fl.oribus imbricatis, 

 foliolis lanceolatis pubefcentibus, flipulls inte- 

 gris. Sp. />/. 1035. {Rivin. i. 49. Parkins. 10-^2. 

 Moris, hijl.f. 2. /, 4./. i.fed fnale.) 



Tufted Vetch. Anglis. 



Peafair-luch na coille. GauHs, 



In corn fields, psilures, and bufhy places frequent, 

 Of. VII. VIII. 



The ilalk is tvv'o or three feet high, furrow'd, weak 

 and branched : the leaves are pinnated \vith 12 

 or more pairs of piun^e, of a narrow-elliptical 

 form, hairy, deflex'd, rather blunt at the end, 

 the nerve termina|ing in a fliort fpinule : the ten- 

 drils are great^^ branched and curled : the 

 flowers grov/ 30 or more in a long pendulous 

 fpike, all on the fame fide of the flalk, imbri- 

 cated dosvnvvards, fmall, but make an elegant 



appearance. 



