DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 397 



riety, tho' we lufpecl it has been miftaken for the 

 ERVUM folomerife of Unnaus. 



feptum 5. y_ ]eguminibus pedicellatis fubquaternis ere6lis, fo- 

 liolis ovatis integerrimis, cxterioribns decrefcen- 

 tibus. Sp.fi. 1038. (Grr. em. iiiy.f. 2.) 



Bufh-Vetch. Anglis. 



In woods and fhady places not unfrequent. % . VI. 



The ftalk is angular, fmooth, and two or three feet 

 high : the leaves have from five to eight pair of 

 pinnce, of an oval-obtufe form, eir.arginated, 

 nightly hairy, decreafing gradually in fize to- 

 wards the extremity, the nerve terminating in a 

 point : the JlipuU- are fmall, oval, acute, and 

 marked with a dark red fpot : the tendrils are 

 branched : the flowers grow from three to five 

 in a duller or fpikc, upon a very fliort peduncle: 

 the calyx is of a livid color, hairy, and ftriared : 

 the flower of a dull blue, reticulated with veins 

 of a deeper color : the pods are fliort, erect, and 

 contain five or fix globular fpotted feeds. 



It is faid to be a good fodder for cattle. 



ERVUM. Gen. pL 874. 

 Cal. 5-partitus, longitudine corollce. Stigma capi- 

 tatum, imberbe, obtufum. 

 ietrapoer- ERVUM pedunculis fubbifloris, feminibus globo- 

 mum I. fis quaternis. Sp.pl lo^g. (Moris, hijl. f. 2. t. 4, 



/. 16. Rivin. t. 53. Oed. Dan. t. 95. opt.) 

 Little fmooth Tare. Anglis, 



In 



