B9^ DIADELFHIA DECANDRIA. 



In corn fields, but not very common, o. VI. VH. 

 The ftalk is two-edg'd, obfcurely quadrangular, 

 humble, weak and branched : the leaves have 

 from three to five pair of linear fpear-fhap'd 

 pinn^, growing generally alternate, but often 

 oppofite : the ftipuU are entire, and hooked at 

 the bafe : the tendrils bifid and branched : the pe- 

 duncles arife from the ale of the leaves, eredl, 

 very (lender, and generally bear two flowers, but 

 fometimes one only : the flower is very fmall, the 

 vexillum purple or blueifli, the aL^ white, the 

 apex of the carina blue : the pod is Imooth, fliort, 

 obtufe, and contains three or four tumid feeds. 



E, pedunculis multifloris, feminibus globofis binis. 

 Sp. pL 1039. {Ger. em, 1028./. 5. Rivin. t. s^,J 



Little hairy Tare. AngUs. 



In corn fields frequent. O.VII. 



The ftalk is a cubit high or more, weak, and 

 branched : the leaves have 10 or 12 pairs of 

 nearly linear pinn^^ growing alternate ; the 

 lower Jlipul<€ are dcntatcd, the upper ones en- 

 tire : the tendrils branched : the floral peduncles 

 are two inches long, and bear from three to five 

 fmall blueifli white flowers the apex of the carina 

 is blue : the pod is fliorr, broad, acuminated, 

 hairy, pendulous, and contains two black fpot- 

 ted leeds. 



ORNITHOPUS. 



