Th BRITISH HERBAL 
Ray calls it Vicia folio fubrotundo brevi cbtufo 
mucronate, pediculo brevi infidente flore vicie dume- 
forum. 
4. Strangle Tare. 
Vicia pinnis anguftis flore purpureo. 
The root is long, flender, and divided, and 
has numerous ftrageling fibres, 
The ftalk is weak, flender, and green; and, 
when it meets fupport, will grow to the height 
of two feet, but is never much branched. 
The leaves are numerous and pinnated: each 
is compofed of three or four pairs of pinnae, 
rarely more ; and thefe are oblong, narrow, and 
obtufe at the ends: they are of a dufky green co- 
lour ; and at the ends, inftead of an odd leaf, 
there ftands a large divided tendril. 
The flowers are fmall, but of a lively and beau- 
tiful red, with a white fpot in the centre: they 
grow ufually two together, and have fhort foot- 
ftalks in the bofoms ‘of the leaves. When the 
foil is very rich, three will grow together ; and, 
when it is poor, there will ufually be only one in ‘ 
a place; but two is the moft frequent number. 
The pods are flender and long, and ftand point- 
ing upwards: the feeds are eight or ten in each, 
'_ and they are fometimes greenifh, fometimes black, 
and fometimes fpotted. 
It is common among bufhes, and in corn- 
fields, and flowers in July, 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia fomine rotundo nigro, 
Others, Aracus, and Cracca major. 
5. Red-flowered Vetch, with fmall black feeds. 
Vicia flore ruberrimo femine parvo nigro. 
The root is compofed of a few large fibres. 
_ The ftalk is flender, weak, and of a pale green; 
but, when fupported, it grows to three feet in 
height. 
The leaves are pinnated : each is compofed of 
_ about four pairs of pinnae, which are oblong, 
broadeft at the bafe, and fmall at the extremity, 
and of a faint green. 
' The flowers grow ufually two together from 
the bofoms of the leaves: they are large, and of 
an extremely bright red. ; 
The pods are very long and flender; and, 
when they are ripe, are black : the feeds alfo are 
black : they are round, and about ten are con- 
tained in each pod. 
DHEV 1S. OuNe TI FO 
Broad podded Vetch. 
Vicia pinnis anguftis filiquis latis. 
The root is long, flender, divided into a few 
parts, and furnifhed with fome ftrageling fibres. 
The leaves are pinnated, and ftand at dif 
tances on the ftalk: each is compofed of four 
or five pair of very narrow pinne, and a fimple 
It is not uncommon in our midland counties 
among hedges. It flowers in Augutt. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia vulgaris acutiore folio 
Semine parvo nigro. Ray, Vicia fylveftris flore ru- 
Lerrimo filiqua longa nigra. The flowers are fome- 
times white. 
6. Yellow Vetch with rough pods. 
Vicia flore flavo filiquis birfutis. 
The root is long, thick, divided into feveral 
parts, and furnifhed with numerous fibres. 
The ftalk is round, thicker than in moft of the 
vetch kind, and of a pale green. 
The leaves ftand irregularly on it, and they 
are very beautifully pinnated, each being com- 
pofed of ten or more pairs of pinnae: thefe are 
oblong, narrow, and fharp-pointed, and of a 
dufky green. 
The end of the rib in this, as in the other fpe- 
cies, is furnifhed with a tendril for fupporting 
the plant in the ftead of an odd leaf. ‘ 
The flowers ftand in an irregular manner in 
the bofoms of the leaves, and are large, and of 
a pale yellow. _ 
The pods are fhort, thick, hairy, and placed 
upright: the feeds are few, and roundifh. 
It is found in our fouthern counties, and 
flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Vicia fjlveftris lutea Siliqua 
hirfuta. 
7. Little, early, red-flowered Vetch. 
Vicia pracox pumila flore rubente. 
The root is compofed of many flender fibres, 
The ftalk is round, weak, flender, of a bluith 
green; and, when fupported, is about a foot 
high. ; 
The leaves are irregularly pinnated: each is 
compofed of three or four pairs of pinnae, of 
which one or more are naturally wanting ; and 
thefe are of an oblong, oval figure, and of a 
dufky green. 
The flowers ftand fingly on long, flender foot- 
ftalks, and are of a beautiful purple: they are 
fmall, and but of fhort continuance. 
The pod is very flender, and moderately long ; 
and the feeds are fmall and angulated. 
It is found in barren hilly paftures, but not 
common, and flowers in April. 
Ray calls it Vicia minima precox Parifienfium. 
RiE'TGN?’S PE CT E's. 
tendril ftands in the place of an odd leaf at the 
end, 
The flowers are fmall, and of a deep purple. 
The pods are fhort, broad, and {fmooth. 
Itis a native of the fouth of F rance, and flowers 
in June. 
Magnol calls it Vicia angupifolia purpurea vio- 
lacea filiqua lata glabra, 
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