Ervum hirsutum. Rough-podded Tine-Tare. 



ERVUM Linneti Gen. PL Diadelphia Decandria. Calyx quinquepartitus, longitudine corollas* 



Rail Gen. 23. Herb^ flore papilionaceo seu leguminosje. 

 ERVUM Urfutuni, pedunculis multifioris, feminibus globofis binis. Linn. Syjl. Vegeiab. p. 554. Spec. Plant* 



1039. PL Sueck. 255. 

 VICIA foliis linearibus, filiquis racemofis, difpermis, hirfutis. Halter hifl. helv. n. 422» 

 ERVUM hirfutum. Scopoti Ft. Carnlol n. 901. Hudfin PL Angl. p. 280, 

 VICIA fegetum cum filiquis plurimis hirfutis. Bauhin. Pin. p. 345- 

 VICIA fylveftris feu Cracca minima. Gerard, emac. 1028. 



ARACHUS five Cracca minor. Parklnfon 1070. Rail Syn. fmall wild Tare or Tine Tare. Mutter, Plor't 

 Dan. icon. 639. 



RADIX annua, tenuis, praslonga, paucis fibrillis inttru&a. | 



CAULES pedales, aut bipedales, debiles, ramofi, qua- $ 

 drangulares, tortuofi. * 



STIPULE in plures lacinias teniies divifas, fuperiore $ 

 majore. | 



FOLIA pinnata, ad oclo aUt duodecem paria, oppofita, | 

 aut fubalterna, lasvia, lanceolata, apice iruncata, I 

 nervo medio in mucronem edu£lo y capreolo ramofo 1 

 terminata* * 



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PEDUNCULI longitudine foliorum, muttiflori. | 



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FLORES a tribus ad o6to, pallide purpurei, racema- * 



tim, et imbricatim difpofiti. , | 



CALYX: PERiANTHiuMquinquedentatum, perfiftens, | 

 longitudine fere Corollas, dentibus linearibus, I 

 acuminatis, fubasqualibus, duobus ftiperioribus | 

 more Orobi obtufe divifis, fig. 1 . ' % 



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COROLLA papilionacea % Vexillum fubrotundum, | 

 vix emarginatum, parumreflexum, fig. 2 ; Alje f 

 Carinas adhasrentes, ovatas, obtufas, ad bafin li- * 

 neares, fig. 3 ; Carina alis brevior, fig. 4, | 

 interne macula purpurea utrinque not at a. 



STAMINA: FilamEnta decern affurgentia, fupre- 4 

 mum brevior casteris, nee liberum, fig. § ; An- J 

 THER^E fimplices, flavas. % 



PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, Stylus (implex, % 

 afliirgens, Stigma obtufum, villofum, fig. 6. I 



PERICARPIUM: Legumen breve, hirfutum, difpermum, % 



fig- 7- I 



SEMINA duo, fubrotunda. J 



ROOT annual, (lender, long, and furnifhed with feW 

 fibres. 



STALKS from one to two feet high, weak, branch*, 

 ed, quadrangular and twitted, 



STIPULiE divided into many (lender laciiiiaSj of which 

 the uppermoft is the lafgeft. 



LEAVES pinnated, from eight to twelve pair, oppo^ 

 fite, or nearly alternate, fmooth v lanceolate^ 

 with the top cut off, and the midrib running 

 out to a Jhort point, terminated by a branch- 

 ed tendriL 



PEDUNCLES the length of the leaves, and fupport- 

 ing many flowers. 



FLOWERS from three to eight, of a pale purple 

 colour, difpofed in racemi, and laying one o-* 

 ver another. 



CALYX : a Perianthium with five teeth, continu- 

 ing, almoft the length of the Corolla, the 

 teeth linear, and pointed, nearly equal, the 

 two upper ones obtufely divided in the man- 

 ner of the Orobus, fig. 1. 



COROLLA papilionaceous ; the Vexillum founding 

 fcarcely nicked in, bending a little back, fig* 

 2 ; the Wings adhering to the Carina, oval^ 

 obtufe, at bottom linear, fig. 3 ; the Carina 

 fhorter than the Wings, fig. 4, marked inter- 

 nally 071 each fide with a purple fipot. 



STAMINA: ten Filaments which rife Upward, the 

 uppermott connected with^and fhorter than the' 

 others, fig* 5 ; the Anthers fimple and yellow. 



PISTILLUM: Germen oblong, StylE fimple and ri- 

 fing upward, Stigma blunt and villous, fig. 64 



SEED-VESSEL a fhort hairy Legumen with two 

 feeds, fig. 7. 



SEEDS two, and roundifh* 



This fpecies of Tine-Tare, which at firtt fight beats fo great a refemblance to the Ervum teirafpermum, grows 

 like that, too frequently among Corn, to which it is in general more deftrudtive, as being a ftronger and more 

 prolific plant. I have in wet feafons feen whole fields of corn overpowered and wholly deftroyed by this plant. 



It is eafily diftinguiihed from the Tetrafpermum ; in the firft place, the leaves are not pointed as in that fpecies, 

 but appear as if cut off at the end, which although a material circumltance is not noticed by Muller in his figure 

 of it, vid. Ft. Dan. icon. 639 ; fecondly the Stipulasare divided into many more lacinias; the flowers and confequently 

 the Pods grow in a kind of Clutter, whereas there is feldom more than two grow together in the teirafpermum ; 

 and lattly, which feems to be the beft diftin&ion, the Pods are rough and contain two Seeds in each, while in 

 the Teirafpermum, they are fmooth and contain four Seeds. 



