392 DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



It is an excellent fodder, and fome foils would pro- 

 bably reward the hufbandman's cultivation. 

 The badger is faid to feed upon it. 



J^kejiris 2» L. pedunculis mulrifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, foliolis 

 enfiformibus, internodiis membranaceis. Sp. pi, 

 1033. {Rivin. /. 39. Moris, hift, f. 2./. 2. /. 4. 

 bona, Oed. Dan. /. 325. optima.) 



Narrow-leav'd Peafe-everlafting. Jtiglis. 



In dfy rough fhrubby places, and by wood- fides, 

 but rare. SihhaU. %. VII. VIIL 



The ftalk is a yard high, wing'd with two membra- 

 nous angles, diffufely branched, weak and climb- 

 ing : the leaves are long and lanceolate, have 

 three nerves on the under fide, and the rib to 

 which they grow is wing'd : the tendrils are tri- 

 iid and branched, often trichotomous : the fti- 

 puU are narrow and fubulate at both ends, their 

 lower points prefling the flalk ; the floral pedun- 

 t:le is five or fix inches long, bearing a fpike of 

 four to eight flowers ; the vexillum is of a rofy 

 purple color, reticulated with deeper veins : the 

 al^ or fide-petals are of a blueifti purple : the 

 carina^ or keel-petal at the bottom of the flower 

 is of a pale green : the pod is narroW, cylindrl- 



- cal, and two inches long. 



4 ] a ' LATHY RUS pedunculis multifloris, cirrhis poly- 

 ^ phyllis, ftlpulis lanceolatis. Sp. pi. 1034. {Pluk. 



Jim, t. 71. /. 2. Oed, Dan, t. 399. opt,) 

 Marfh Chichling Vetch, Marfli Lathyrus, Jnglis. 



By 



