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fome parts of England the crop is plongh'd in to 

 aniwer the purpofes of manure to the land : 

 pigeons are very fond of the feeds, and in fome 

 parts of Sweden, &c. they enter into the com- 

 pofition of bread, either alone, or mixed with 

 the fjour of rye. In England a deco6lion of them 

 in water is fometimes given by nurfes to expel 

 the fmall-pox and meafles. 



lathyroides VICIA leguminibus fefTilibus folitariis eredlis gla- 

 4' bris; foliolis fenis, inferioribus obcordatis. .S^. 



pi, 1037. {Ger. era. 1227. /. 4. Herm, parad. /. 

 242. Rtvin. tetr, 169. Oed. Dan, /. c^%.) 

 Strangle Tare, or wild Vetch. Anglis, 

 In dry paftures, and in gravelly and fandy foils 

 frequent, as in the king's park at Edinburgh, and 

 in Letth gravel pit, &c. Dr. Parfons. G. V. VI. 

 Several flalks, from three to fix inches long, arifc 

 from the fame root, and fpread upon the ground : 

 the lower leaves are pinnated with one or two 

 pairs of heait-fhap'd pinn^, but the upper ones 

 mod commonly with three pairs pf elliptical 

 acute ones : the fiipuU are acute at both ends, 

 hooked at the bafe and entire on the fides ; the 

 tendrils generally fimple and unbranched : the 

 fiowers are fmall and purple, often verging to 

 blue : the pod is fmooth, and contains from fix 

 to ten feeds : the flalk and leaves are downy : 

 v/e have fometimes obferved the feeds to afTume 

 a cubical fhape, which v/e conGder only as a va- 

 riety 



