39^ DIADELFHIA DECANDRIA. 



In corn fields, but not very common. O. VI. Vil. 



The (lalk is tvvo-edg*d, obfcurely quadrangular, 

 humble, weak and branched : the leaves have 

 from three to five pair of linear fpear-fhap'd 

 'pinn<f^ growing generally alternate, but often 

 oppofite : the jlipule are entire, and hooked at 

 the bafe : the tendrils bind and branched : the pe- 

 duncles arife from the aU of the leaves, ercdl, 

 very flender, and generdly bear two flowers, but 

 fometimes one only : the flower is very fmall, the 

 vexilhan purple or blueifli, the aJ^ white, the 

 {^pex of the carina blue : the pod is fmooth, fhort, 

 obtufe, and contains three or four tumid feeds. 



hirfutum 2. E, pedunculis multifloris, feminibus globofis binis. 

 Sp. pL 1039. (Ger. em, 1028./. 5. Rivin, t. 53 J 



Little hairy Tare. Anglls, 



In corn fields frequent. O. VII. 



The llalk is a cubit high or more, weak, aniJ 

 branched: the leaves have 10 or 12 pairs of 

 nearly linear pinn^^ growing alternate : the 

 lower JlipuU arc dentated, the upper ones en- 

 tire : the tendrils branched : the floral peduncles 

 are two inches long, and bear from three to five 

 fmall blueifh v^hite flowers the apex of the carina 

 is blue : the pod is fhort, broad, acuminated, 

 hairy, pendulous, and contains two black fpot- 

 ted feeds. 



ORNITHOFUS. 



