Ojider IV. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDIIIA. 
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10843 Pods subbinate cylindr. smooth, Leafl. subcuneif. fleshy hoary. Slip, leaf-shaped 
10844 Heads few-fl., Leafl. and bractes 3-leaved subspatulate 
10845 Pods subbinnate lin. straight erect. Stem erect, Pedun. alternate 
10846 Pods subternate round subulate straight, Cal. cil. Leafl. obi. Stem erect 
10847 Pedunc. about 1-fl. Stem much branched decumb. Pods round straight very slender 
10848 Pedunc. about 1-fl. Stem branched procumb. Leafl. obovate smooth. Pods lin. compressed 
10849 Pods cylindr. awned, Pedunc. 3-fl. Bractes 1-leaved 
10850 Heads few-fi. with bractes, Leafl. and stipules obovate cuneate equal. Pods cylindr. smooth 
10851 Pods round torulose, Pedunc. 3-fl. Bractes 3-leaved 
10852 Pods usually in threes arcuate compressed. Stems diffuse 
10853 Pods usually in threes. Stem herbaceous erect, Leafl. linear 
10854 Pods usually in threes, Stem half-shrubby. Leaves silky shining 
10855 Pods about 4 rounded awned, Stem branched, Leafl. lin. lane, smooth 
10856 Heads roundish. Stem erect hairy. Pods ovate 
10857 Heads roundish. Stem erect smooth. Pods straight smooth 
10858 Hairy, Heads halved, Bractes 1-leaved, Pods straight torulose mucronate 
10859 Heads depressed on long stalks, Leafl. obi. lane, acuminate. Stipules ovate 
10860 Heads depressed many-fl. Pods spreading cylindr. Claws of carina linear 
10861 Heads depressed. Stems decumb. Legumes cylindr. spreading 
10862 Heads halved. Stem diffuse much branched. Leaves downy 
10863 Heads halved. Pods obi. compressed, Cal. as long as cor. Bractes 1-leaved 
10864 Pods straight cylindr. mucronate, Stems decumb. smooth, Pedunc. few-fl. 
10865 Pods solitary. Leaves smooth, Bractes lanceolate 
10866 Pods solitary. Leaves procumb. Leaves downy beneath 
10867 Pods solitary, Bractes ovate, Intermediate leaflets somewhat toothed 
10868 Pods in pairs, Bractes oblong ovate 
10869 Pods stalked heaped obi. lin. straight, Leafl. obi. truncate mucronate 
10870 Pods stalked heaped pendulous oval compressed, Leaflets roundish 
10871 Pods stalked compressed ovate veiny, Leafl. cuneiform nearly entire smooth 
10872 Pods subsessile heaped erect straiglitish long linear, Pedunc. not awned 
10873 Pods stalked racemose hooked round, Pedunc. spiny longer than leaflet 
10874 Pods stalked heaped declinate subfalcate compressed, Pedunc. spiny very short 
10875 Pods stalked heaped declinate subfalcate, Pedunc. long somewhat spiny 
10876 Pods sessile heaped arcuate divaricating inclined short, Pedunc. mucronate unarmed 
10877 Pods sessile about 3 linear nearly erect. Leaves truncate cuneate pinnatifid toothed 
10878 Pods sessile straight nearly erect a little falcate acuminate 
10879 Racemes stalked. Common pedunc. longer than leaf. Pods linear falcate heaped pendulous 
10880 Pods sessile subsolitary subfalcate. Leaflets entire 
10881 Pods stalked longer than leaf, Leaves streaked 
10882 Pods stalked umbelled erect incurved, Leafl. cuneate serrate. Stem much branched 
10883 Pods about 4 arcuate erect, Pedunc. unarmed : when in flower as long as leaf, Leafl. cuneate 
10884 Pods about 6 arcuate erect wavy torulose, Pedunc. unarmed : when in fl. longer than leaf, Leafl. cuneate 
10885 Pods stalked heaped declinate falcate furrowed, Pedunc. awned longer than leaf 
10886 Pedunc. very short spiny. Pods short curved upwards 
10887 Pods subsessile nearly erect falcate acuminate downy, Stem spreading 
10888 Leafl. linear lane, acute, Teeth of calyx ovate 
10889 Leafl. obate blunt. Teeth of calyx ovate 
and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
disagreeable smeU, and an unctuous farinaceous taste, accompanied with a slight bitterishness. An ounce 
renders a pint of water thick and slimy. To rectified spirit, they give out the whole of their distinguishing 
smell and taste, and afterwards to water a strong flavorless mucilage. These seeds are never given internally, 
their principal use being in cataplasms and fomentations, for softening, maturating, and dispersing tumours ; 
and in emollient glysters. They were also an ingredient in the oleum e mucilaginibus ; but this has no longer 
a place in the pharmacopasia. {Woodvillc and Lewis.) They are used by grooms and farriers for horses. Fenu- 
greek has not been cultivated in any quantity for use in England, because it is an imcertain crop, occasioned 
by the inconstancy of our weather. 
1604. Borycnium. The Greek name of an herb, supposed to be the Convolvulus Dorycnium of the moderns. 
The plant now called by the name has no resemblance to that of the ancients. D. hirsutum is a beautiful half- 
hardy shrub, well deserving cultivatioa 
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