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217. ONONIS. 



1. O. arvensis, stem hairy ; branches at length spinous ; flowers 

 mostly solitary, rose-coloured; leaves generally simple, entire 

 towards their base. Rest-harrow. 



Hob. Sandy sea-coast, as on Spittal Links ; and borders 

 of fields, common. June Aug. If. 



218. ANTHYLLIS. 



1. A. vulneraria, herbaceous; leaves pinnate, unequal; flowers 

 yellow, in a pair of crowded terminal heads. Ladies' -finger. 



Hob. Dry pastures. Sea and river banks, plentiful, 

 Thomp. June Aug. I/. 



219. OROBUS. 



1. O. tulerosus, stem simple, erect; leaves pinnate, elliptic- 

 lanceolate ; stipulas half-arrow-shaped, toothed at the base ; 

 flowers in axillary loose clusters, purple, veined* Heath Pea. 



Hob. Heaths and deans. May, June. If 



" But among the useful plants, the Corr or Cor-Meitte must not 

 be omitted, whose roots dried are the support of the High- 

 landers in long journeys, amidst the barren hills destitute 

 of the supports of life ; and a small quantity, like the ali- 

 mentary powders, will, for a long time, repel the attacks of 

 hunger. Infused in liquor, it is an agreeable beverage, 

 and, like the Nepenthe of the Greeks, exhilarates the 

 mind. From the similitude of sound in the name, it 

 seems to be the same with Chara^ the root discovered by 

 the soldiers of Caesar, at the siege of Dyrrachium, which, 

 steeped in milk, was such a relief to the famished army. 

 Or we may reasonably believe it to have been the Caledo- 

 nian food described by Dio, of which the quantity of a 

 bean would prevent both hunger and thirst; and this, 

 says the historian, they have ready for all occasions." 

 PENNANT. 



2. O. sylvaticus, stems recumbent, hairy, branched ; leaves pin, 

 nate, hairy, leaflets numerous, ovate-lanceolate ; flowers white, 

 striated with purple. Wood Bitter-vetch. 



Hab. " Observed also by Dr Burgess in great plenty on 

 a bank facing the Tweed, on the north side, about a 



