DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



fome parts of England the crop is plongh'd in to 

 anlwer the purpofes of manure to the land : 

 pigeons are very fond of the leeds, and in fome 

 parts of ^''j.'cden, &c. they enter into the com- 

 pofitipn of bread, either alone, or mixed with 

 the flour of rye. In England a dccodion of them 

 in water is fometimes given by nurfes to expel 

 the fmall-pox and meafles. 



VICIA leguminibus fefnlibus folitariis ercdis gla- 

 bris ; foliolis fcnis, inferioribus obcordatis. Sp. 

 pi. 1037. {Ger. em. my. f. 4. Herm. par ad. t. 

 242. Rivin. tetr. 169. Ocd. Dan. t. 58 J 



Strangle Tare, or wild Vetch. Anglis. 



In dry paftures, and in gravelly and fandy foils 

 frequent, as in the king's park at Edinhirgh^ and 

 in Leith gravel pit, &c. Dr. Parfons. O. V.VI. 



Several ilaiks, from three to fix inches long, arifc 

 from the fame root, and fpread upon the ground : 

 the lower leaves are pinnated with one or tv/o 

 pairs of heait-fliap'd pinna:, but the upper ones 

 moft commonly with three pairs of elliptical 

 acute ones : the JlipnU are acute at both ends, 

 hooked at the bale and entire on the fides ; the 

 tendrils generally fimple and unbranched : the 

 flowers are fmall and purple, often verging to 

 blue : the pod is fmooth, and contains from fix 

 to ten feeds : the llalk and leaves are downy : 

 we have fometimes obferved the feeds to alTume 

 a cubical fhape, which we confider only as a va- 

 riety 



