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terpiller Plants are preferved, which 

 are very proper to intermix with 

 them. They are all annual Plants, 

 which perifh foon after their Seeds 

 are ripe. 



OROBUS, Bitter-vetch. 

 The Characters are; 



It hath a -papilionaceous Flower, 

 confjling of the Standard, the Keel, 

 and the Wings ; out of whofe Em- 

 palcment rifes the Pointal ivrapt up 

 in the Membrane, which afterward 

 becomes a roundPod,full of oval-fhap^d 

 Seeds : to which muft be added, That 

 two Leaves joined together grow upon 

 a Rib that ends in a Point. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Orobus fylvaticus purpureus 

 •vemus. C. B. P. Vernal purple 

 Wood Bitter- vetch. 



2. O.i ob us fylvaticus nojlras .Rail 

 Syn. EngUJh Wood Bitter-vetch. 



3. Oroeus fylvaticus, foliis ob- 

 longis glabris. Tourn. Wood or 

 Heath Peas. 



4. Orobus flvaticus, foliis vi- 

 ci<e. C. B. P. Wood Orobus; with 

 Vetch -leaves. 



5 . Orobus latifolius rep ens, fli- 

 qua parva. Boerh. lnd. Broad- 

 leav'd creeping Orobus, with a 

 frnall Pod, commonly cali'd Venetian 

 Vetch. 



6. Orobus fylvcjlris angufifo- 

 lius, afphodeli radice. C. B. P. Nar- 

 Tovv-leav'd wild Bitter- vetch, with 

 an Afphodel-root. 



7. Okoeus fylvaticus, foliis ver- 

 rvofs. Inf. R. H. Wild or Wood 

 Bitter-vetch, with Leaves full of 

 Nerves. 



8. Orobus Creticus latifolius in- 

 canus. Inf. R. H. Broad-leav'd hoary 

 Bitter-vetch of Candy. 



q. Orobus Orient alis latifolius 

 n)illofus y f ore croceo. Tourn. Cor. 

 Broad-leav'd hairy E a fern Bitter- 

 vetch, with a faftron- coloured Flow- 

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fo. Orobus Americanus, frucltt 

 eoccineo, nigra macula notato. Inf. R. 

 H. American Bitter - vetch, with 

 fcarlet Fruit, mark'd with a black 

 Spot, commonly cali'd wild Liquo- 

 rice by the Inhabitants of America. 



11. Orobus Americanus ere£tus % 

 foliorum pinnis angufis, iff fubtus in~ 

 cards, fliquis glabris. Houf. Up- 

 right American Bitter - vetch, with 

 narrow Leaves, which are hoary un- 

 derneath, and fmooth Pods. 



12. Orobus Americanus latifolius 

 argenteus, fore purpureo. Houf. 

 Broad-leav'd filvery American Bitter- 

 vetch, with a purple Flower. 



13. Orobus Americanus pro cum* 

 bens & hirfutus, fore purpureo. Houf. 

 Trailing hairy American Bitter- vetch, 

 with a purple Flower. 



14. Orobus Americanus procum- 

 bens minimus angufifolius, fiore cocci* 

 neo. Houf. The leaft narrow-leav'd. 

 trailing Bitter- vetch of America, with 

 a fcarlet Flower. 



The ftrft of thefe Plants was 

 brought from Germany, where it 

 grows in the Forefts in great Plenty* 

 as alfo about Geneva ; but it is hardy 

 enough to endure the Cold of our 

 Climate in the open Air, provided 

 it be planted in a dry Soil. This 

 may be propagated either from 

 Seeds, or by parting the Roots in the 

 Spring. If you fow the Seeds, you 

 ftiould obferve to put them pretty- 

 early into the Ground before the dry 

 Weather comes on, otherwife the 

 Seeds will not come up : as you 

 mould alfo tranfplant the Roots juit 

 before they begin to (hoot, or elfe 

 their Flowers will be very weak. 

 The Roots of this Plant will abide 

 many Years, -and fpring up frefh 

 every Year, and in April produce 

 fine Spikes of purple pea - bloom 

 Flowers, which are (ucceeded by 

 flrait black Pods two Inches long, 

 contain- 



