624 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Class XVII. 
1562. ER'VUM. W. 
10421 Lens L. 
10i22 tetraspermum W. 
10423 hirsutum W. 
10424 dispermum W. 
1563. ERVI'LIA. Link. 
10425 sativa Link. 
1564. CFCER. W. 
10426 arietinum W. 
1565. LIPA'RIA. W. 
10427 sph^'rica W. 
10428 capitata W. 
10429 tomentosa W. 
10430 vestita W. 
10431 graminifolia JV. 
10432 villosa W. 
10433 hirsuta W. 
10434 sericea W. 
1566. CY'TISUS. W. 
10435 Laburnum W. 
10436 alp'inus fT. era. 
10437 tomentosus B. R. 
10438 nigricans W. 
10439 foliolosus W. 
10440 divaricatus JV. 
10441 sessilifolius 
10442 wolgaricus W. 
10443 Cajan }V. 
10444 nanus W. en. 
10445 hirsutus W. 
10446 capitatus W. 
10447 austriacus W. 
10448 leucanthus ' W. 
10449 purpureus W. 
(3 albijiorus 
10450 supinus W. 
10451 biflorus W. 
10452 falcatus K. 
10453 triflorus W. 
10454 elongatus W. 8; K. 
10455 rhombifolius Ph. 
10456 proliferus W. 
10457 argenteus W. 
10458 calycinus j5/<?6. 
pauciflorus W. 
10422 
Tare. 
Lentil _^ O clt 
smooth _| O un 
hairy J| O un 
two-seeded _^ O un 
Ervilia. 
common _| O clt 
Chick-Pea. 
common X 
LiPARIA. 
globe-flowered * 
headed *t 
downy * 
concave-leaved 3* 
narrow-leaved * 
woolly * 
shaggy-stem'd *t 
silky-leaved *!t 
Cytisiis. 
comm. Laburn. ^ 
Scotch Laburn. ^ 
tomentose St 
black-rooted ^ 
leafy it 
clammy 3^ 
common ^ 
wing-leaved Si 
Pigeon-Pea £ 
dwarf ■a. 
hairy ^ 
cluster-flowered ?3i 
Austrian ^ 
cream-colored Si 
purple-floweredSi 
white-flowered 
trailing Jtk 
two-flowered Si 
sickle-shaped Si 
three-flowered Si 
long-branched Sik 
rhomb-leaved -ii 
silky it 
silver-leaved Si 
few-flowered SI 
O clt 
1 1 or 
I I or 
I I or 
I I or 
tm 
tm 
1 I or 
or 
I I or 
_|or 
or 
Leguminosce. 
1 my Pa 
11 jn Pu 
2 jn.jl B 
H jn.jl Pa 
Leguminosce. 
li jn.jl Pu 
Leguminosce. 
1 jl.au Pa 
Leguminosce. 
4 jl.au Or 
3 jl.au Y 
3 jl.au Y 
3 my.jn Y 
3 jn.jl Y 
3 jn.jl Y 
3 ap.d Y 
3 jn.jl Y 
Leguminosce. 
•15 my.jn Y 
30 jn Y 
11 jl.au Y 
3 jn.jl Y 
2 jl.au Y 
3 jl.au Y 
6 my.jn Y 
2 my.jn Y 
2 jl.au Y 
I my.jn Y 
5 jn.au Y 
3 jn.jl Y 
3 jn.s Y 
4 jn.jl Pa.Y 
3 my.au Pu 
Sp. 4—16. 
France 1548. 
Britain corn fl. 
Britain corn fi. 
E. Indies 1802. 
Sp. 1. 
S. Europe 1596. 
Sp. 1. 
S. Europe 1548. 
Sp. 8—13. 
r.m Rivini tet. t. 35 
h.l Eng. bot. 1223 
h.l Eng. bot. 970 
CO 
S CO Black, t. 208. f. 3 
S CO Bot. mag. 2274 
1794. 
1812. 
1812. 
1800. 
1800. 
1774. 
1792. 
1794. 
or 1 my.au Y 
my.jn 
jn.au 
jn.jl 
my.jn 
ap.my 
au 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. IL 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
C. G. H. 
Sp. 24—41. 
Switzerl. 1596. 
Europe 1596. 
C. G. H. 1798. 
Austria 1730. 
Canaries 1779. 
S. Europe 1656. 
Italy 1629. 
Siberia 1786. 
E. Indies 1687. 
Levant 1816. 
S. Europe 1739. 
Austria 1774. 
Austria 1741. 
Hungary 1806. 
Austria 1792, 
S. Europe 1755. 
Hungary 1760. 
Hungary 1816. 
Spain 1640. 
Hungary 1804. 
Louisiana 1811. 
Canaries 1779. 
France 1739. 
Tauria 1820. 
p.l Bot. mag. 1241 
CO 
CO 
p.l Bot, rep. 382 
CO 
CO Ho.n.h.5.t.29.f.l 
p.l Bot. reg. 8 
p.l 
CO 
Bot. mag. 176 
CO 
p.l Bot. rep. 237 
s.l Bot. reg. 802 
p.l Bot. mag. 426 
s.l Bot. mag. 1387 
s.l Bot. mag. 255 
s.l Pall. ross. 1. 1.47 
s.l Rhee. mal.6.t.l3 
s.l Dend. brit. 81 
CO Jac. obs. 4. t. 96 
s.l Bot. cab. 497 
s.l Jac. aust. 1. 1. 21 
s.l Bot. mag. 1438 
s.l Bot. mag. 1176 
s.l Jac. aust. 1. 1.20 
s.l Bot. reg. 308 
s.l Bot. cab. 520 
s.l 
s.l Pl.rar.hu.2.t.l83 
s.l 
p.l Bot. reg. 121 
CO Bot. cab. 673 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1562. Ervum. From erw, tilled land, in Celtic j to which this plant is a pest. E. lens (from lentil, Celtic), 
Lentille, Fr., Lentze, Ger., and Lenticcia, Ital., is a legume of the greatest antiquity, being in esteem in 
Esau's time, and much prized in eastern countries ever since. In Egypt and Syria they are parched in a 
frying-pan and sold in the shops, and considered by the natives as the best food for those who undertake long 
journies. There are three varieties of lentils cultivated in France and Germany ; the small brown, which is 
the lightest flavored, and the best for haricots and soups ; the yellowish, which is a little larger, and the next 
best ; and the lentil of Provence, which is almost as large as a pea, with luxuriant atraw, and more fit to be 
cultivated as a tare, than for the grain as human food. A dry warm sandy soil is requisite for the lentil ; it 
is sown rather later than the pea, at the rate of a bushel, or one and a half bushel, to the acre ; in other re- 
spects its culture and harvesting are the same, and it ripens sooner. The produce of the lentil in grain is 
about a fourth less than that of the tare; and in straw it is not a third as much, the plants seldom growing 
above one and a half foot high. The straw is, however, very delicate and nourishing, and preferred for lambs 
and calves ; and the grain, on the continent, sells at nearly double the price of pease. Einhoff obtained from 
3840 parts of lentils, 1260 parts of starch, and 1433 of a matter analogous to animal matter. 
1563. Ervilia. A word with the same meaning as Ervum. See that word. 
1564. Cicer. All authors agree in deriving the name from xtsivs, force ; on account of the eminent qualities 
the ancients attributed to it. It grows naturally in the South of Europe, and is cultivated there for the same 
purposes as the lentil, but it is too delicate for field culture in this country. It is called Arietinum, because the 
young seed bears a very curious resemblance to a ram's head. 
1565. Liparia. From Xi^oc^o;, brilliant, in allusion to the surface of the leaves. " The species," Sweet ob- 
serves, " thrive very well in a mixture of loam and peat, and do not require so much water as some other 
genera of the order, L. villosa, vestita, sericea, and some others, if they get too much water over their leaves 
