OROBUS. 
Leaves of ae or five pair of aia pe briftle- 
pointed leaflets, glaucous beneath, an inc alf long, 
a {ma ern ees terminal briltle, or ‘sbortive 
he figure in Dalechamp i is 
but Gmelin’s is the belt. Miller’s t. 193. 
Stems many; weak, unbranched, angular, without win 
aoe of only one pair of narrow, dark-green, nearly f cffle 
ets. las very narrow, entire, half-arrowfhaped. 
Flowers Ps couple » about four in eac ch clufter. 
9- canefcens. French Bitter-vetch. Linn. 
Suppl. 327. Willd. na. 8. ( ie 4 vel apios leguminofe 
iM @.. = 
«B27. Be 
fpecies, Toffano eh Bau oie cap. 21.) 
Ste ched. 0 pair of linear- 
lanceolate leaflets, 
f. 1. defcribes the flowers as purple Stipules half arrowthaped, awl-fhaped. 
_ 4. Ov vernus. Sprin g Bitter-vetch. Linn. es ie 1028. —Native of Burgundy. Baw e know this merely 
Curt. Mag. t. s21. (O. venetuss Cluf. Hift. v. 2.232. from the authors cited, not’ having feen any fpecimen. It 
Ger. em, I — Leaves pinnate, with about chiee pair of is faid to differ from 0. angufti ase in pote) a branched 
ovate taper-pointed leaflets. Stipulas half-arrowfhaped, en- /fem, and whitifh-blue flowers. and defcrip*ion 
tire. Stem fimple-—Native of mountainous woods, chiefly of Bauhin anfwer very nearly to yin aie variety 
in the northern parts of Europe, sete Dr. Sibtherp ga- 
thered it on mount Athos and the Bithynian Olympus. 
With us i: is only a garden plant, but avery pretty one, 
corfpicuous in April or May for its broad bright-green 
Leaves, and copious fhowy fl oy vs, variegated with crimfon 
an Allittle thelter fecures its ae in the fickle 
{pring of our climate. 
a 
gs. O. tub . Common Bitter-vetch, or Heath Pea. 
Linn. Sp. Pl. 1028. Sm. FI. 
78. ( 
237-)—Le $ pinnate, w a b 
three pair of ‘alliptie. lanceolate leat, ftipulas half-arrow- 
Ste o i 
thaped, toothed at the ba! winged.—Native of paf- 
tures, woods and ee on lo oil, in the north 
of Europe more efpecially. The roots are knc 
Ti herb i is 
, White pens Biicnaceh. a Suppl. 
22%. Willd. D. "6. (O. pannonicus; Jacq. 
L 
inear ieaflets. 
Cluflers on 7 i. *tealles a 
bom four white Vis che fize of the lafl. Legum 
compreffed. 
7. O. ang ve us. 
Linn, Sp. Pl. 1028. 
Siberian ae -leaved Bitter-vetch. 
‘Gmel. Sib. v. 4. 14. t. 5.—Leaves 
pi air of linear fword- fhaped leaflets. I- 
pulas half-hattate, awl-fhaped, entire. 
withou wings.—Native of Siberia. 
Stem fimple. Leaflets remarkably narrow, flightly hairy. 
Stipulas of two.awl-thaped long lobes. one ereét, the other 
horizontal. Flowers racemofe, yellow in the Linnzan wild 
{pecimen from Siberia, but Gmelin defcribes them as purple. 
His figure is carelefsly drawn, and we fufpeé& he may have 
confounded with this plant the narrow-leaved variety of 
O. tuberofus, as many others have done. 
8. O. fffilifolius. rata Seffile-leaved Reeve Sm. 
Prodr. Fi. Grac. Sibth. v. . Fl. Gree. t. 692, unpub- 
lifhed. (O. orientalis, foliis anguttiffimis, cofte breviflime 
innafcentibus ; ‘Tourn. Cor. 26.)—Leaves in pairs, fword- 
os nearly feffile. Stipulas awl-fhaped. Stems nume- 
ous, unbranched.—Gathered by Dr. Sibthorp about 
an and Meffena. Root perennial, tapering, -brariched. 
of the tubcrofus. 
10. O. varius. Parti-coloured Bitter-vetch. Soland. MSS. 
urt. Mag. t.675. (O. anguftifolius italicus, flore vario ; 
Tourn. Inft. 393. Aftragalus quibufdam, aracho Toffani 
Hi 
ar oli spies Bauh. Hift. v. 2. 326. cap. 22.)—Leaves 
about four pair of linear. lanceclite leaflets, 
Stem winged, branched 
‘eof Italy, near wae A hardy haa 
with us, oatily propagated by off-ets from the roots, and 
flowering ean Se in May or ats oe its parti-coloured 
and very eleyant bioffome are a great ornament tot 
h 
(om 
n 
ma 
eo 
QS: 
as 
P, 
and broader Sfipulas. The fi 
clutter ; sth calyx red ; flandard crimfon, fading toa pale 
yellow ; nd deel variegated with yellow and buff. 
Curtis ae i rarely eae feed i in Euglan 
Dark-purple Bitter-vetch. Def- 
Willd. n. ¢ 
to think a diftin& {fpecies, becaufe the Tiel are more angu- 
lar than Desfontaines reprefents. © root 
rather woody. Stems twelve or eighteen inches high, 
ifh, but with fome appearance of angles, ftriated, either 
fimple or branched wes of two or three pair of linear, 
ery narrow leafle a common {talk an inch long. 
Flowers from pel to ih or more, i enfe clufter, 
ong 
ength, the pale ae of its 2 petal romares y long, co- 
ani ae in a, tubular manner, their limb deep purple o 
Black Bitter-vetch. Linn. ci Pl. 1028. 
vaticus, vicie foliis; 
ra es fae em. 1239. 
eaves ie ae about fix pair of ovate-oblong 
ative of various parts of Europe, from 
We have long had 
The fem is 
Leaves 
12. O. niger. 
Willd. n. 10. 
Irr..t 
Sweden to Gr reece, fa not of Britain. 
it in ees laa flowering about June. 
hii hed, two te three feet high, angular 
leaves. . The whole Ris turns black in can 
Bt pyrenaicus. Pyrenean Bitter-vetch 
l. to Scop: Carn, v. 2. 5 Pha latifolius 
ner rvofus Pluk. Phyt. t. 21 Stem branched. 
Leaves pmnate, with two pair of. alliptical ribbed leaflets. 
Stipulas 
