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riety, tho' we lufpedt it has been miftaken for the 

 ERVUM folonienfe of Linn^us. 



fepium 5. y^ leguminibus pedicellatis fubquaternis eredis, fo- 

 liolis ovatis integerrimis, exterioribus decrefcen- 

 tibus. Sp,p!, 1038. (Ger. em. 1227./. 2.) 

 Bufli-Vetch. Anzlis. 



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In woods and fhady places not unfrequent. 'U. VI. 



The ftalk is angular, fmooth, and two or three feet 

 high : the leaves have from five to eight pair of 

 pinnce^ of an oval-obtufe form, emarginated, 

 (lightly hairy, decreafing gradually in fize to- 

 wards the extremity, the nerve terminating in a 

 point : the JiipuU are fm.ail, oval, acute, and 

 marked with a dark red fpot : the tendrils are 

 branched : the flowers grow from three to five 

 in a duller or fpike, upon a very lliort peduncle : 

 the calyx is of a livid color, hairy, and ftriated : 

 the flower of a dull blue, reticulated with veins 

 of a deeper color : the pods are fhort, ered, and 

 contain five or fix globular fpotted feeds. 



it is faid to be a good fodder for cattle. 



ERVUM. Gsn. pi 874. 

 CaL 5-partitus, longitudine coroll^e. Stigma capi- 

 tatum, imberbe, obtufum. 

 t Cusr ERVUM pedunculis fubbifloris, feminibus globo- 

 mum 1. ^^s quaternis. Sp.pl. lo^g, (Moris, hijt. f, 2. /. 4. 



/. 16. Rivin. /. 53. Oed. Dan, /. ()^, opt.) 

 Little fmooth Tare* Anglis, 



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