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. At fea they eat the dried feeds in the manner of 
peafe; but this is a coarfe method, occafioned by 
neceflity. The young pod isthe proper part. 
2. Scarlet Kidneybean. 
Phafeolus flore coccineo major. 
‘The root is long, flender, and hung with a 
great number of fibres. 
The ftalk is of a pale green, flender, and 
weak: when fupported it will grow to fix or 
eicht feet in height ; but otherwife it trails on the 
ground, and is fhorter. 
The leaves are placed on long footftalks, and 
three ftand on each: thefe are long, broad at the 
bafe, fharp at the point, and of a fine green. 
' ae a fe large, and of a bright fcarlet : 
they ftand in a kind of {pik = 
ee pikes upon long foot 
‘The feed-veffel is large and oblong: the feeds 
are large and fpotted. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and flowers in 
July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Phafeolus Indicus lore cocci- 
neo; and others follow him. 
G E Nee U S 1 AVA 
Bak pS por A 
0.G.H RUS. 
HE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is very broad, and nipp’d at the top. The ala 
aré roundifh, and convergent. The carina is fhort, flatted, and of the fhape of a new moon, 
The cup is formed of a fingle piece, divided into five fegments. The feed-veffel is long and large, 
and the feeds are round: they are fixed to the receptacle by a long rim. The leaves are fingle, and 
have tendrils at the end. . 
Linneus places this among the diadelphia decandria; the threads being ten, and difpofed as in the 
preceding genera. 
This author does not allow the ochrus to be a diftin& genus. He makes it a fpecies of pea; but it 
is fufficiently diftinguifhed by Nature. There is but one known fpecies of this genus, and it has at 
all times been judicioufly held diftin& by authors. 
The Birds-Pea. 
Qcbras. 
The root is long, flender, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. ea) 
The ftalks are numerous, weak, flender, and 
of a pale green: they lie upon the ground, if not 
fupported: but, when there are bufhes near, they 
will run up to two feet and a half in-height. 
The leaves are of a very fingular fhape and 
ftruéture : their bafe is leafy, and runs down the 
ftalk ; from thence they run out broader to the 
extremity, where they divide into two parts, pro- 
perly the leaves of the plant, and have tendrils. 
Gee SON 
We call the leaves fingle, in conipliance with 
cuftom; but the fingle part is truly a kind of 
bafe all the way, on which grow thefe two 
feparate leaves. 
The flowers ftand fingly on fhort footftalks in 
the bofoms of the leaves ; and they are {mall and 
white. 
The feed-veffel is long, and the feeds are 
round. 
Tt is common wild in the corn-fields of Italy, 
and in the Greek iflands. It flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Ochrus folio integro capreolos 
emittente. Others fimply Ochrus, and fome Er- 
vilia. ; 
Up 2S..° NV, 
Tek aN olay cre 
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Neo. 
HE flower is papilionaceous. The vexillum is large, broad, and obtufe. The ala are of the 
fame form with the vexillum, and about half its bignefs. The carina is very fmall, and fharp- 
pointed. The cup is divided into five narrow and longifh parts. The feed-veffel is fhort, and 
the feeds are two in each pod, and they are round. 
Linnzeus places this among the diadelphia decandria, as the preceding : and he makes the cicer or 
chich a {pecies of this genus; but they are fufficiently diftinét from the particular form of the chich 
feed, and always have been called by feparate names. 
Common Lentil. 
Lens vulgaris. 
The root is fmall, longifh, and full of fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous and weak: they are 
of a pale green, and lie upon the ground in great 
part, unlefs they meet with buthes or fticks for 
fupport. 
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The leaves are long, narrow, and beautifully 
pinnated: each is compofed of feveral pairs of 
fhort, oval pinnze, with a tendril inftead of an 
odd leaf at the end. ‘ ‘ 
The flowers are fmall, and of a faint purple: 
they grow on long, flender footftalks, rifing from 
the bofoms of the leaves, two on each. 
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