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the whole Surface of the Water in 

 a few Years. 



In fome fmall Gardens I have feen 

 thefe Plants cultivated in large 

 Troughs of Water, where they have 

 flounftYd very well, and have annu- 

 ally produced great Quantities of 

 Flowers : but as the Expence of 

 thefe Troughs is pretty great (their 

 Infides requiring to be lined with 

 Lead, to prefer ve them), fo there . 

 are few People who care to be at 

 that Charge. 



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^^AK. Vide Quercus. 



OBELISCOTHEC.A. Fide^aA- 

 beckia. 



OCHRUS, Winged Pea. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 cut of whofe Empalement rifes the 

 Feint al, which afterward becomes a 

 Pod, for the mofi part round and cy- 

 lindrical, filled with roundijb Seeds : 

 to thefe Notes ?nuft be added, That the 

 Leaves are fometimes fimple, and fome- 

 times conjugated, ending in ten- 

 drils. 



The Species are ; 



1. Ochrus folio intcgro, capreolos 

 emittente, femine fubluteo. C. B. P. 

 Ochrus or winged Pea, with an in- 

 tire Leaf, fending forth Tendrils, 

 and a yellowifn Seed. 



2. Ochrus folio integro, capreolos 

 emit tcnle, femine pullo. C.B. P.Ochrus 

 •or winged Pea, with an intire Leaf, 

 fending forth Tendrils, and a brown 

 Seed. ■ 



5. Ochrus folio integro, capreolos 

 emittente, femine atro. C. B. P. 

 Ochrus or winged Pea, with an in- 

 tire Leaf, fending forth Tendrils, 

 and a black Seed. 



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4. Ochrus folio di<vtfo in caprej- 

 los abeunte. Infl. R. H. Ochrus or 

 winged Pea, with a divided Leaf 

 ending in Tendrils. 



5. Ochrus American us tomentofus* 

 foribus luteis. Plum. Woolly Ochrus 

 or winged Pea of Amerka, with yel- 

 low Flowers. 



The three firft Sorts are accidental 

 Varieties, which differ in the Colour 

 of their Flowers and Seeds ; but in 

 every other refpect are the fame, fo 

 that they may be deemed only femi- 

 nal Variations. They are annual 

 Plants, which mult be fown in the 

 Spring of the Year, on an open Bor- 

 der or Bed of light freih Earth ; al- 

 lowing the fame Diftance, as is ufual 

 for the middle Sort of Peas. The 

 better Way is to fow them in Drills, 

 about two Feet afunder ; and when 

 the Plants are come up, the Earth 

 fhould .be drawn to them, in the 

 fame manner as is pradtifed for Peas: 

 and when the Plants begin to rife in 

 Height, there mould be fome Sticks- 

 put down by them, to which they 

 will fallen their Tendrils, whereby 

 they will be fupported from trailing, 

 on the Ground ; for want cf which, 

 in bad Seafons, they do not ripen 

 their Seeds kindly. The Ground; 

 between the Rows fhould always be 

 kept clean from Weeds, which, if 

 permitted to grow, will foon over- 

 bear the Plants, and deftroy them. 

 About the Middle of June thePlants 

 will flower, and their Seeds will ri- 

 pen the Beginning of Jugufi. 



Thefe Plants grow wild in Lorn- 

 hardy, and in fome Parts of Spain ; 

 but in England they are preferved 

 in the Gardens of fome Perfons v/ho 

 are curious in Botany, for the fake, 

 of Variety. The Seeds of thefe 

 have been eaten in times when there' 

 has been a Scarcity of other Provi- 

 fion, by the poor Inhabitants where 

 they naturally grow ; but they are 



bitter, 



