LEGUMINOS^:. [Orobus. 



1-celled. Seeds round or angular. Climbing herbaceous plants. 

 Stipules half saggitate. Leaves abiwptly pinnate, of from one 

 to three pairs, with a tendril in the place of the terminal leaflet. 

 Peduncles axillary. De Cand. Name \a6vpos, a Leguminose 

 plant of Theophrastus. Diadelphia. Decandria. 



1. L. pratensis, Linn. Meadow Vetchling. Stalks many- 

 flowered ; tendrils mostly simple, each bearing a pair of lan- 

 ceolate leaflets. Br. Fl. 1. p. 3-21. E. Fl. r. iii. p. 276. E. 

 Bot. t. 670. 



Moist meadows, pastures, and bushy places, frequent. Fl. July, 

 Aug. IjL. Stems two to three feet long, climbing-. Flowers yellow. 

 Cattle are said to be very fond of this common plant. 



2. L. palustris, Linn. Blue Marsh Vetchling. Stalks many- 

 flowered ; tendrils branched, each bearing several elliptical lan- 

 ceolate leaflets; stipules lanceolate. Br. Fl. 1. p. 322. E. Fl, 

 v. iii. p. 278. E. Bot. 1. 169. 



In boggy meadows. A plant which the late Mr. Templeton sup- 

 posed to be this, was found by him in a moist meadow a little north of 

 where the Lagan Canal enters Lough Neagh, but I have not seen any 

 Irish specimens. Fl. July, Aug. %. Stems two to three feet high, 

 climbing. Leaflets about two inches long. Flowers bluish purple. 



15. OROBUS. Linn. Bitter-vetch. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft, the 2 upper lobes the shortest. Sta- 

 mens diadelphous. Style slender, linear, villous at the end. 

 Pod cylindrical, oblong, 1-celled, 2-valved, many-seeded. 

 Seeds with a linear hilum. Erect herbaceous plants. Stipules 

 half saggitate. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with a short simple seta 

 in place of the terminal leaflet. Racemes axillary, stalked. 

 De Cand. Name ; opw, to strengthen or invigorate, and fiovs, an 

 ox, yielding food for cattle. Diadelphia. Decandria. 



1. O. sylvaticus, Linn. Wood Bitter-vetch. Stem branching, 

 decumbent, hairy ; leaves hairy, of many pairs ; leaflets ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate ; stipules half saggitate ; peduncles many- 

 flowered, scarcely so long as the leaves ; teeth of the calyx un- 

 equal, short; pod ovate, stalked. Br. Fl 1. p. 321. E. Fl v. 

 iii. p. 272. E. Bot. t. 518. 



Woods and bushy places, rare in Ireland. I received specimens of 

 this plant from a wood within four miles of Cloghjordan, King's 

 County, where it was first observed by Mr. Robert Hodgens, nursery- 

 man. Fl. July. % . 



2. O. tuberosus, Linn. Common Bitter-vetch, or Heath-pea. 

 Leaves pinnate, elliptic-lanceolate ; stipules half arrow-shaped, 

 toothed at the base ; stem simple, erect. Br. Fl. 1. p. 320. E. 

 FLv. in. p. 272. E, Bot. t. 104. 



In mountainous pastures, thickets, and woods, frequent. Moots 

 tuberous, having somewhat the flavour of liquorice, and is said to be 



