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wings, and the under one the keei. There are nine sta< 
mina united, and one above separated in most instances 
by the slightest art, or by the swelling of the legume, or 
pod. 
In some cases all the ten adhere into one body, when 
the structure of the flower determines the class, which is 
perfectly natural and singular, being generally obliquely 
pendapt. 
The Seeds of this class furnish food for men, and ' 
other animals : they are farinaceous and flatulent. The 
Leaves are food for cattle. None of them are poi- 
sonous. 
Dr. Pulteney, in a note added to his translation of the 
Pan Suecicus, says, A general view of this class, 
*' shews at once how very acceptable its plants are to 
" almost all cattle ; cows and sheep refused none, and 
*' horses not more than three, out of the whole number 
^' with which they were tried. They aflford the richest 
'' food for cattle, and are cultivated in divers parts of 
" Europe, with all possible attention. With us, the 
*' Tri FOLIUM, pratense, (or Clover), is mostly sown. 
Lately some trials have been made with the Hedy- 
" SAiiUM Onohrychis, (Saintfoin), and some hpe 
thought that it answers better than clover. I say no- 
thing of the exotic Liicern, Among these plants the 
^SAnthyllis milnera7''ia is particularly acceptable to 
^' sheep; insomuch, that the separate cultivation of it 
has been recommended, but it will not succeed well 
except on chalky grounds." (See Dr. Pulteney's judi- 
piou^ vioxkj entituled^ '• A General View of tliq Life and 
